Cora Systems
{{Short description|Irish software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Cora Systems
| type = Private
| industry = Software
| founded = 1999
| founder = Philip Martin
| hq_location_city = Carrick-on-Shannon
| hq_location_country = Ireland
| num_locations = 5
| area_served = Worldwide
| website = {{URL|https://corasystems.com/}}
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Cora Systems is a privately held Irish software company that develops enterprise project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions. Founded in 1999{{Cite news |last=Gain |first=Vish |date=2023-06-19 |title=Cora Systems bags big investment for its SaaS platform |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/cora-systems-investment-scottish-equity-partners-ireland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202141507/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/cora-systems-investment-scottish-equity-partners-ireland |archive-date=2024-12-02 |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=Silicon Republic |language=en-GB |url-status=live }} and headquartered in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, the company also has offices in Dublin, Ireland; Bedford, United Kingdom; New York, United States; and Virginia, United States. Its software is used in sectors such as healthcare,{{Cite web |date=2023-08-13 |title=Leitrim firm Cora Systems lands another major US customer |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/jobs/leitrim-firm-cora-systems-lands-another-major-us-customer/a308660263.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=O’Halloran |first=Barry |title=Irish software developer Cora Systems to create 300 new jobs |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/irish-software-developer-cora-systems-to-create-300-new-jobs-1.4886851 |access-date=2025-04-18 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} transportation,{{Cite web |last=julia |date=2023-03-06 |title=Irish Rail selects Leitrim software firm Cora platform for its project portfolio management |url=https://www.techcentral.ie/irish-rail-selects-leitrim-software-firm-cora-platform-for-its-project-portfolio-management/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=TechCentral.ie |language=en-GB}} aerospace, defense,{{Cite web |date=2023-08-13 |title=Leitrim firm Cora Systems lands another major US customer |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/jobs/leitrim-firm-cora-systems-lands-another-major-us-customer/a308660263.html |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}} and public administration.{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Charlie |title=Cora Systems projects huge revenue growth based on 'revolutionary' software |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/cora-systems-projects-huge-revenue-growth-based-on-revolutionary-software-1.3631218 |access-date=2025-04-18 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}
History
Cora Systems was founded by Philip Martin in 1999.{{Cite press release|last=Behan |first=Declan |date=2019-12-02 |title=Western Development Commission Marks 15 years of Investment in Cora Systems |url=https://westerndevelopment.ie/2019/12/02/western-development-commission-marks-15-years-of-investment-in-cora-systems/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Western Development Commission |language=en}} It has received financial support from the Western Development Commission, which began investing in the company in the early 2000s.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-14 |title=WDC celebrates 15 year link with CORA |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/wdc-celebrates-15-year-link-with-cora/38753454.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Sligo Champion |language=en}}
In 2022, Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a UK-based growth equity firm, invested in Cora Systems to support its product development and international growth initiatives.{{Cite press release |title=SEP invests in Cora Sytems {{!}} Scottish Equity Partners |url=https://www.sep.co.uk/article/sep-invests-in-cora-sytems |access-date=2025-04-13 |website= sep.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Robert |date=2023-06-19 |title=Cora Systems raises growth capital from Scottish Equity Partners |url=https://businessplus.ie/ma/funding/cora-systems-growth-capital-equity-partners/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Business Plus Magazine |language=en-GB}}
The company’s software has been implemented in projects such as the NHS Global Digital Exemplar program, for which it received a Project Management Institute UK award in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Rebecca |date=2019-11-28 |title=Winners Announced For The First Ever PMI UK Awards |url=https://projectmanagernews.com/news/pmi-uk-awards-2019/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Project Manager News |language=en-US}} In 2014, the company was named during a Dáil Éireann session in connection with an Android app it developed for the Irish Water Meter Survey program.{{Cite web |website=Oireachtas.ie | date=2014-02-04 |title=Information and Communications Technology – Tuesday, 4 Feb 2014 – Parliamentary Questions (31st Dáil) – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2014-02-04/474/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |language=en-ie}} In 2023, it contracted with Irish Rail.{{Cite news |last=O’Halloran |first=Barry |title=Software developer Cora Systems to create 70 jobs by month's end |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/05/16/software-developer-cora-systems-to-create-70-jobs-by-months-end/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}
Recognition
In 2018, Cora Systems received an Irish Logistics and Transport Supply Chain Achievement Award.{{Cite web |title=The Irish Logistics & Transport Awards 2025 - 2018-winners |url=https://www.iltawards.ie/2018-winners |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Irish Logistics & Transport Awards |language=en}} In 2023, Deloitte ranked the company 33rd among Ireland's 50 fastest-growing technology companies based on revenue growth.{{Cite press release |title=2023 Technology Fast 50 awards {{!}} Deloitte Ireland |url=https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/about/press-room/fast-50-2023-winners.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Deloitte |language=en}}
Operations
As of 2018, Cora Systems had 57 staff and an annual turnover of €5.5m.{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Sean |date=2018-04-01 |title=A global focus in lovely Leitrim |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/small-business/a-global-focus-in-lovely-leitrim/36762563.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}} By 2022, it employed approximately 135 people,{{Cite web |last=MacNamee |first=Donal |title=Cora Systems grows by 330 per cent in past 12 months |url=https://www.businesspost.ie/post-plus/cora-systems-grows-by-330-in-past-12-months/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Business Post |language=en-US}} 125 of which were at its headquarters.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Elaine |date=2022-05-24 |title=Cora Systems creates 300 jobs following explosive growth |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs-news/cora-systems-software-jobs-ireland-shannon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207024906/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs-news/cora-systems-software-jobs-ireland-shannon |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=Silicon Republic |language=en-GB |url-status=live }} Its headquarters in Carrick-on-Shannon{{Cite news |last=O’Dea |first=Blathnaid |date=2023-06-13 |title=Innovation and ice cream: Cora Systems' fast-growing team has a local feel |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/cora-systems-saas-irish-company-scaling-recruiting-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209174625/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/cora-systems-saas-irish-company-scaling-recruiting-us |archive-date=2024-12-09 |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=Silicon Republic |language=en-GB |url-status=live }} positions it among a small number of technology firms based outside Dublin, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, and other national and regional tech hubs identified by TechIreland.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=John |date=2018-02-05 |title=Rise of the regions: Which areas of Ireland are winning in tech? |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/regions-ireland-tech |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210060924/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/regions-ireland-tech |archive-date=2024-12-10 |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=Silicon Republic |language=en-GB |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last=Goodbody |first=Will |date=2022-05-24 |title=Leitrim-based Cora Systems to create 300 jobs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0524/1300770-leitrim-based-cora-systems-to-create-300-new-jobs/ |journal=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |language=en}}{{fv|reason=Where does either linked source say anything about the org being "among a small number of technology firms based outside Ireland’s major urban centers"? Or anything like it? The siliconrepublic.com source makes no mention of the subject org. This is WP:SYNTH |date=April 2025}} At the opening of its Dublin office, then-Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail Neale Richmond recognized the company's "transformative role" in the Irish digital technology sector.{{Cite web |last=O'Grady |first=Donal |date=2023-11-30 |title=Cora Systems opens Dublin office to support hyper-growth |url=https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/1361112/cora-systems-opens-dublin-office-to-support-hyper-growth.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.leitrimobserver.ie |language=en}}{{fv|reason=This is an overtly promotional interpretation of this quote. Speaking at a launch event (already a promotional environment) the minister gave the company as an example of one of many "Irish innovators" and tech firms. The implication that the subject org (alone or uniquely) is responsible for transforming the "Irish digital technology sector" is a promotional extrapolation of the source. |date=April 2025}}
Cora Systems supported Limerick City and County Council's transition to managing all capital projects using cloud-based software.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Limerick City and County Council Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2024-01/limerick-city-and-county-council-annual-report-2022.pdf |website=Limerick City and County Council}}