Best Mobile Companies in Ireland
The 52 best Mobile companies in Ireland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Plynk.
- Ireland's mobile phone usage in numbers
- Mobile penetration in 2nd world to hit 95% by 2013
Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Ireland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plynk Provider of lottery result information and related services | $29M | 109 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 2 | Touch Press Developer of casual games | $18M | 114 mo ago | Series A | Stephen Wolfram Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 3 | Swype Predictive alternate keyboard app | $18M | 180 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2002 | — | — |
| 4 | NewBay Real-time notification platform | $10M | 220 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2002 | — | — |
| 5 | DIGIT Game Studios Mobile game developer | $7M | 100 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 6 | WarDucks Game development studio based in Ireland | $6M | 88 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | Selatra Game Service Provider | $4M | 250 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Fergal OCallaghan Co-Founder & CEO | 2002 | — | — |
| 8 | HeyStaks Targeted advertising based on search and browsing activities | $4M | 132 mo ago | Seed | Barry Smyth Co-Founder / Chief Scientist / Chairman of the Board | 2008 | — | — |
| 9 | eRepublik Labs Mobile game developer focusing on casual games | $3M | 208 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2007 | BootstrapAmazon Web ServicesCloudflare Rocket Loader+5 | — |
| 10 | Emojitones Emoji based mobile messenger together with sound | $653K | 121 mo ago | Seed | Guy de Bromhead Founder | 2015 | — | — |
| 11 | TippyTalk Mobile application for people with communication difficulties | $426K | 91 mo ago | Seed | Rob Laffan Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 12 | Haunted Planet Developer of AR mobile games | $392K | 118 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mads Haahr Founder & CEO | 2010 | — | — |
Top 12 Mobile companies in Ireland
#1
Deadpooled · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2014 · 24 employees$5.9Mraised▾
War ducks is a web game development studio based in Ireland. The studio has developed multiple games including "Global Agents" - a strategy game, "Sneaky Bears" - an action-adventure VR game and "RollerCoaster Legends II: Thor's Hammer" - an adventure VR game. The games are available on the Steam, PlayStation Store, and Oculus store. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Mar 2019Series A$3.8M
- Sep 2017Seed$1.6M
- Oct 2015Seed$495.7K
#2
Acquired · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2012 · 88 employees$6.7Mraised▾
Founded in 2012, Digit Game Studios is a game developer headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The first game titled Kings of the Realm, is a MMO strategy game. Allows players to play the game on any device, including iOS, Android, browser and social platforms and move between devices. The company is working on the next game, announced to be released in 2016.
- Mar 2018Series A$1M
- Jan 2018Series A$500K
- Jun 2017Series A$2.7M
- May 2015Series A—
#3
Deadpooled · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2015 · 8 employees$29Mraised▾
Provider of lottery result information and related services. It publishes results for various state lotteries, offering timely updates on winning numbers and prize details. The service also provides information on lottery rules, ticket purchasing, and claim procedures. It acts as a central hub for accessing lottery-related data, assisting users in understanding the process and accessing results. Additional services may include FAQs and contact information for relevant lottery authorities.
- Jun 2017Series A$28.2M
- Oct 2016Seed$795.2K
- Angel$21.8K
#4
Acquired · Dublin, County Dublin · founded 2002 · 4 employees$17.7Mraised▾
Swype(formerly known as ForWord Input) is an alternate keyboard app where the user enters words by sliding a finger or stylus from the first letter of a word to its last letter, lifting only between words. It uses error-correction algorithms and a language model to guess the intended word. Swype includes a predictive text system, handwriting and speech recognition support. Swype supports 71 languages on Android and 30 languages on iOS. Swype provides Emoji Keyboard. Swype was acquired by Nuance in 2011 for $102.5M.
- Jul 2011Series C$6M
- Mar 2011Series C$3.5M
- Feb 2010Series A$6.5M
- Jun 2009Seed$1.7M
#5
Series A · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2016 · 7 employees$18.4Mraised▾
Developer of casual games. The portfolio of games developed are Barbie Color Creations, Disney Coloring World, Marvel HQ Kids Super Hero Fun, Barbie Color Creations, Sesame Street Mecha Builders, and more. It develops games for mobile platform and is made available on playstore.
- 2017Series A$10M
- Jan 2017Series A$8.4M
#6
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2008 · 4 employees$4.1Mraised▾
HeyStack provides a product called Retina platform which is used to analyse users' search and browsing activities and identify like minded people. Adds context to user profile with time, location, device and identifies people with expertise on certain search and browsing topic. Collects the user data from mobile operators and enables the operators to monetize the data using targeted advertisement.
- Jul 2015Seed$1.7M
- Oct 2013Seed$1.1M
- Oct 2010Seed$1.4M
#7
Seed · Limerick, County Limerick · founded 2015$425.5Kraised▾
TippyTalk is a mobile app based solution to help people with communication difficulties. The TippyTalk App allows a person with a verbal disability, communicate by translating pictures into text messages that can be sent to a family member or caregivers phone.
- Dec 2018Seed—
- Feb 2017Seed$425.5K
#8
Acqui-Hired · Cork, Munster · founded 2002 · 15 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Founded in 2002, Selatra provides a range of mobile games related services ranging from consulting, game distribution, game hosting and a fully managed games service for Mobile Network Operators. the company had raised a total of $4.2M in funding before being acquired by 24mas.com in May, 2011.
- Sep 2005Series A$2.2M
- Jul 2005Series A$2M
- Jul 2005Seed—
#9
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2015$653.5Kraised▾
Emojitones Messenger allows users to send text messages with sound. It allows users to send text messages using emojis combined with sounds. As of Sep 2016, over 700 Emojitones are available each accompanied with different sounds. All the emojitones play automatically once they open the messages. The app was released for both iOS and Android platforms.
- Jun 2016Seed$562.4K
- 2015Seed$91.1K
#10
Acquired · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2002 · 42 employees$9.9Mraised▾
NewBay developed a mobile notification system called LifeCache. It is a real-time notification platform for a mobile-optimized system that delivers notifications across applications and services. Supports mobile handsets, tablets, and desktops. Also developed a software platform for storing, sharing, accessing, and organizing digital content for operators and device makers.
- Mar 2008Series B$9.9M
#11
Acquired · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2007 · 37 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Mobile game developer focusing on casual games. The company has developed games like Cannon Land, Twin Shooter - Invaders - an arcade-style shooter game, Age of Lords - a turn-based strategy game. The games are developed for Android and iOS users.
- Mar 2009Series A$2.8M
- Seed—
#12
Funding Raised · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2010 · 4 employees$392.3Kraised▾
Developer of a adventure smartphone gaming platform designed to offer augmented reality mobile games. The company's platform combines highly realistic visuals, engaging gameplay and a unique location-based approach to audio, with a sophisticated story-driving technology to develop augmented reality games within certain areas, such as historical sites or theme parks, enabling gamers to enjoy location based online games.
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)$392.3K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding flat · growth falling
How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Ireland
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 215 Ireland-affiliated papers.
- University College Dublin69
- Trinity College Dublin45
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth33
- Nokia17
- University College Cork11
- Beamforming13→34
- MIMO4→24
- Electronic engineering1→16
- Antenna (radio)2→11
- Beamforming15→29
- Telecommunications link4→13
- Telecommunications2→10
- Electronic engineering3→10
- MIMO8→13
- Beamforming7
- MIMO3
- Radar3
- Telecommunications3
- Electronic engineering3
Where 5g 6g is researched across Ireland
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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