founders in ireland
irish founders work around software, medical devices and pharmaceutical manufacturing, with many international firms based in dublin and cork and an english-speaking route into the EU. reagent matter is a fit for the device and pharma production, and reagent capital is a fit for teams raising their first round.
talk to reagentireland at a glance
- economy
- $721.7 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, in current U.S. dollars; real growth of 12.3% in 2025.
- population
- 5.5 million
- residents in 2025, about $131,592 of output per person.
- new businesses
- 23,440
- limited liability companies registered in 2024.
- patent applications
- 68
- filed by residents in 2024.
- research and development
- 1.59%
- of gross domestic product spent on research and development in 2023.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- GDP (current US$), World Bank
- GDP growth, World Bank
- population, World Bank
- new businesses registered, World Bank
- patent applications by residents, World Bank
- research and development spending, World Bank
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.