There is good and bad news about how much money venture capitalists are pumping into Irish start-ups and scale ups. The good news, they invested more than ever in the previous quarter. The bad news is that they appear to be investing less in smaller start-ups that arguably need seed capital than before. Nicola McClafferty is with the Irish venture capital association joined Joe on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to Breakfast Business on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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