Western Development Commission
westerndevelopment.ie Direct investor
The Western Development Commission is a statutory body that invests in businesses, communities, social enterprises, and creative industries in the Western Region of Ireland through its Western Investment Fund. It provides equity finance and loans, and also conducts policy analysis and regional development activities.
Western Development Commission is a public fund headquartered in Ireland, founded in 2001. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in business, community, social enterprises and creative industries. €120 million under management and 373 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We provide equity finance and loans to business, communities, social enterprises, strategic initiatives and the creative industry based in the Western Region of Ireland.”
— Western Development Commission, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Headquarters
- Ireland
- Invests in
- Western Region of Ireland
- Sectors
- business, community, social enterprises, creative industries
- Founded
- 2001
- Assets under management
- €120 million
- Portfolio
- 373 companies
Team, as Western Development Commission publishes it
- Gillian Buckley Head of Investment
- Geraldine McLoughlin Senior Investment Manager
- Jonathon Kavanagh Senior Investment Manager
- Olive McLucas Investment Executive
- John Muldoon Investment Executive
- Fiona Regan Investment Officer
Names and roles exactly as listed on westerndevelopment.ie. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Western Development Commission publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://westerndevelopment.ie/name, type, hq_country, description, status, confidence
- https://westerndevelopment.ie/investment-funds/is_investor, layer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, people
- https://westerndevelopment.ie/investment-funds/western-investment-fund-impact-report/founded, aum, portfolio_count
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Record 6082 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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