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Private equity firms in Ireland

Updated 4 Sep 2026

29
Private equity firms in Ireland
29
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
2
Other types here
29 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Kernel Capital Cork, Ireland 87 45 17 5
2 Spark Crowdfunding Dublin, Ireland 27 12 1 0
3 Oyster Capital Partners Blackrock, Ireland 20 4 5 0
4 Malin Corporation Dublin, Ireland 14 8 6 1
5 MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland Dublin, Ireland 12 11 6 8
6 Disrupt Ventures Dublin, Ireland 11 1 3 26
7 OLMA Luxury Holdings Dublin, Ireland 10 8 0 4
8 International Investment & Underwriting Limited Dublin, Ireland 10 4 4 0
9 Melior Equity Partners Dublin, Ireland 8 2 4 6
10 Abbey International Finance Dublin, Ireland 6 2 0 1
11 Renatus Capital Partners Dublin, Ireland 6 2 1 10
12 Causeway Capital Dublin, Ireland 6 1 1 4
13 Cardinal Capital Group Ballsbridge, Ireland 5 4 0 7
14 Activate Capital Dublin, Ireland 4 1 1 8
15 AIB Equity Dublin, Ireland 3 2 2 0
16 Chirisa Dublin, Ireland 3 2 0 4
17 Inspire Investments Dublin, Ireland 3 2 0 0
18 Powerscourt Capital Partners Dublin, Ireland 3 1 1 0
19 KellySan Enterprises Dublin, Ireland 2 0 0 0
20 The Good Investors Dublin, Ireland 2 0 0 0
21 Clashrock Capital Park, Ireland 1 1 1 0
22 KBI Global Investors Dublin, Ireland 1 1 0 0
23 Erisbeg Dublin, Ireland 0 0 0 0
24 Incentive Investment Funds PLC Dublin, Ireland 0 0 0 0
25 Ishikawa Technologies Dublin, Ireland 0 0 0 0
26 Kerten Private Equity Rathmines, Ireland 0 0 0 0
27 Kilcullen Kapital Partners Dublin, Ireland 0 0 0 0
28 Pluton Capital Dublin, Ireland 0 0 0 0
29 Venturewave Dublin, Ireland 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in Ireland, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 29.

Investment stages

Among these 29
Private equity investors21 Early stage investors12 Late stage investors9 Venture investors6 Seed investors4 Post IPO investors2 Crowdfunding investors1 Convertible note investors1

Other investors in Ireland

Angel investors81 Venture capital firms63

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 Canada286 France277 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 South Korea150 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Japan72 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44
Cite: FundingWatcher, 29 private equity firms in Ireland, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/ireland/