Invest in emerging firms or else risk getting left behind

Since 1994, Irish governments, through Enterprise Ireland (EI), have committed €565m from five Seed and Venture Capital schemes to venture funds to help ensure that there is an effective overall funding ecosystem here. To date, four new funds have been supported under the most recent €175m scheme, and a call is currently open seeking to deploy up to €82m to both domestic and international fund managers with funds that will support the next generation of Irish tech companies.