From left: Ciara Burrowes with Aideen McClenaghan, manager, Irish Venture Capital Association. Photo Fennell Photography.
News Release
New manager appointed at Irish Venture Capital Association
Dublin, Monday, 26th January, 2026: Aideen McClenaghan has been appointed manager of the Irish Venture Capital Association. She replaces Ciara Burrowes, who has retired after over 20 years with the organisation.
Ms McClenaghan has over 15 years’ experience in senior executive roles for technology, media and financial services companies. Most recently she was HR mergers and acquisitions manager for media company, Dentsu. Prior to that she was UK and Ireland HR manager for Salesforce consultancy, Pexlify. She has also worked for GroupM and RTE.
The Irish Venture Capital Association, which marked its 40th anniversary last year, is the representative organisation for venture capital and private equity firms on the island of Ireland. Venture capital funding into Irish technology SMEs last year exceeded €1 billion.
Ms Sarah-Jane Larkin, director general, Irish Venture Capital Association commented: ‘We would like to pay tribute to Ciara Burrowes who has been a mainstay of the association and has made a major contribution to its development as the voice of the sector over the last 20 years. We are really pleased to have located someone in Aideen, who has the capacity to take on this challenging role at a critical time for venture capital and SME investment in Ireland.
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About the Irish Venture Capital Association (www.ivca.ie)
The Irish Venture Capital Association, which marked its 40th anniversary last year, is the representative organisation for venture capital and private equity firms on the island of Ireland. Venture capital funding into Irish technology SMEs last year exceeded €1 billion.
An independent DCU report found that VC backed Irish companies create more jobs, exports and R&D investment than other SMEs.
Venture capital supports the state’s investment through its agencies’ Enterprise Ireland and Irish Strategic Investment Fund and gears up funding through the Seed & Venture Capital Programme by almost 16 times.
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