Ireland AI Investment Landscape
Irish AI companies raised €256 million across 75 deals YTD in 2026, following a record €691.3 million raised across 107 deals in 2025.
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Irish AI companies raised €256 million across 75 deals YTD in 2026, following a record €691.3 million raised across 107 deals in 2025.
Funding across stages in Germany was evenly split, with the start-up segment raising EUR 726 million and the scale-up segment raising EUR 714 million.
Geopolitical risk acts as a key driver of traditional and emerging risks, featuring in over 50% of the topics discussed in the report.
In YTD 2026, U.S. seed capital invested reached $19B across a projected 4,724E deal count, with a median seed deal size of $3.0M.
Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).
Ethereum ETH held by active validators reached an all-time high of 43.80 million ETH in Q3 2026, representing 35.9% of the total ETH supply.
In May 2026, geothermal innovator Fervo Energy completed an initial public offering on Nasdaq, raising $2.2 billion.
Total global fintech investment increased from $95.5 billion in 2024 to $116 billion in 2025, ending three consecutive years of decline.
In Q4 2025, $91.6 billion was deployed across an estimated 4,482 VC deals in the US market.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimates that $2T worth of data centers will power software globally over the next four to five years [p.4].
Sweeping US import tariffs lifted the average effective US tariff rate to 18.0%, marking its highest point since 1934.
Global fintech investment reached $44.7 billion across 2,216 deals in H1’25, down from $54.2 billion across 2,376 deals in H2’24.
Only 24% of surveyed banks report being highly successful in achieving their cost reduction goals.
More than 93 percent of the material requirement for the Swiss economy originates from primary materials rather than recycled sources.
Spanish startups raised €1.9B in VC investment in 2024.
The US venture capital market deployed $215.4 billion across 14,320 deals in 2024.
Handling inbound calls to customer service centers can cost billers between $25 to $50 an hour.
Household insurance is the most widely owned policy type at 62%, followed by motor insurance at 57% and occupational pensions at 21%.
Bavarian startups raised EUR 2,331 million in 2024, outperforming Berlin startups at EUR 2,177 million for the first time.
Total capital deployed in the Baltic startup ecosystem reached €1606 million in 2025, up from €546 million in 2024.
Spot bitcoin ETFs gathered $33.56 billion in assets following their launch in the U.S. in 2024.
Artificial intelligence creates a $4T+ market opportunity as it disrupts software, services, and labor markets.
The Nasdaq Composite Index grew 38% over the last twelve months, adding $8.4 trillion in market capitalisation.
The EIF VC Survey 2024 gathered anonymised responses from 398 VC fund managers operating in Europe.
Total global fintech investment across VC, PE, and M&A fell from $62.3 billion across 2,287 deals in H2’23 to $51.8 billion across 2,254 deals in H1’24.
Over 100 central banks around the globe are exploring central bank digital currencies to modernize payment systems.
reached 483 companies by the close of 2023, reflecting a yearly growth of eleven percent, while Liechtenstein hosted 22 FinTech companies.
In 2021, U.S. venture capital firms invested a record $348 billion before overall investment activity declined.
A new record of 397 financing rounds was set for Swiss start-ups in 2023.
Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.