Analysis

November 21, 2023

Are these the next Irish unicorns?

Three startups joined the $1bn+ club in Ireland last year — who’s next?


Éanna Kelly

3 min read

Photo by Chris Spalton on Unsplash

Seeing Ireland beat South Africa in the Rugby World Cup recently prompted former player-turned-investor Jamie Heaslip to observe that the country’s “resilience is echoed in the corridors of our startups”. 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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