Ireland plans €1 billion programme to help startups scale
Ireland's Budget 2027 includes a €1 billion scaling programme intended to give startups better access to growth capital. The source is an opinion piece on whether Irish companies can grow in their home country.
Ireland's Government has used its Budget 2027 announcement to address a problem that has affected the country's startup community for decades: access to capital for growth.
The budget includes a €1 billion scaling programme to be delivered through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF). Its aim is to give startups greater access to growth capital.
The need for such a measure was underlined in 2025, when the Department of Enterprise became involved. The available extract cuts off at this point, so further details cannot be given.
An opinion piece
The article, published by EU-Startups, is labelled as opinion. Its headline argues that Ireland is losing Irish companies because they cannot scale there. That is the author's assessment, not the Government's position.
