Irish Venture Capital Association
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Venture capital funding for Irish firms up 41% despite Covid crisis
- Technology
- November 17, 2020, 09:30
Venture capital funding into Irish companies for the first nine months of the year is just €34 million below the total raised for the whole of 2019, n(...)

Call to reform R&D tax credit as start-ups in crisis
- Economy
- October 5, 2020, 05:00
Start-up companies are facing ongoing issues claiming research and development (R&D) tax credits and some could go out of business before they re(...)

Tech sector urges changes to budget to save high-potential start-ups
- Technology
- September 20, 2020, 14:00
The Government is being urged to introduce changes in Budget 2021 to make it easier for private investors to back early-stage companies. In a pre-bud(...)

VC firms can avail of additional €10m to back Irish start-ups
- Financial Services
- September 16, 2020, 07:00
Venture Capital firms have been invited to apply for additional capital to invest in Irish start-ups impacted by Covid-19. Enterprise Ireland said it(...)

Backing start-ups a worthwhile venture for State
- Economy
- May 5, 2020, 05:06
Few if any businesses haven’t been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. With so many affected, it’s no easy task for the Government to save them all. (...)

Start-ups face wipeout as funding declines in first three months
- Technology
- May 4, 2020, 15:00
New figures show that venture-capital funding for start-ups sharply declined even before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold locally. The Irish Venture C(...)

How start-ups can combat the Covid-19 investment crisis
- Technology
- April 23, 2020, 06:00
In a perfect world this would be a time of celebration for the Irish tech sector. With a number of high-profile deals for indigenous companies since t(...)

Republic falling behind in offering incentives for entrepreneurs
- Business
- January 28, 2020, 16:30
Incentives offered to entrepreneurs in other European countries are overtaking those provided here, according to a new report, which urges the State t(...)

VC funding for Irish companies down sharply in third quarter
- Technology
- December 5, 2019, 06:45
Venture capital funding into Irish companies fell sharply in the third quarter, but is up by 3.7 per cent to €566 million for the first nine months of(...)

Tech entrepreneur praises measures for start-ups in Budget 2020
- Technology
- October 9, 2019, 13:07
Budget 2020 is “possibly the most positive budget from a start-up/scale-up perspective in a generation”, according to tech veteran Brian Caulfield, wh(...)