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.

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