A startup and innovation hub in the Dublin Docklands, Ireland. We help entrepreneurs succeed with space, events, programmes and the
@NDRC_hq
Accelerator.
It’s
@Siftedeu
status for our CEO
@pwlsh
today following an exclusive interview with a top European startup outlet.
Inside: Patrick gives his read on the Irish tech scene and argues for more policy levers to pull talent out of Big Tech jobs
@EannaKelly1
✍️
Yesterday, we were honoured to welcome Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to our community, as they visited our startup hub to meet the people shaping our country's future.
@KensingtonRoyal
#RoyalVisitIreland
We are honoured to be selected by the Irish Govt. to deliver Ireland’s national accelerator programme
@NDRC_hq
!
Entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do at Dogpatch, and we’re excited to work with our regional partners to begin a
#NewEra
for entrepreneurship.
A special day for us in
@DogpatchLabs
as we welcome Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander & Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. They experienced first-hand how an inclusive technology ecosystem enables true innovation.
Today we’re open-sourcing our version of the
@YCombinator
SAFE, adapted for Irish Law. We’re releasing the SAFE for the ecosystem, and making it freely available to all Irish entrepreneurs.
See our new
@NDRC_hq
SAFE page, with downloads available:
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined us to celebrate the 7th birthday of
@CoderDojo
, the global movement of volunteer-led programming clubs for young people. We are proud to be a founding patron and home to their global HQ.
@KensingtonRoyal
#RoyalVisitIreland
📢 Announcing
#Founders
- Ireland’s first talent accelerator
We’re bringing together the most talented engineers, domain experts and commercial minds to
🤝Find a co-founder
🚀Build the next generation of tech startups
💸Pitch for €100K investment
Apply:
Our front door is now open again for the first time in 18 months!
Whether you’re a veteran Dogpatch member, or a new founder searching for a startup community, we can’t wait to welcome you to the space.
This week
@stripe
global policy team & legendary rockstar The Edge
@EndeavorIreland
visited to learn about Ireland’s startup ecosystem and to join a policy roundtable led by
@ScaleIreland
. Some of our leading founders & regional hubs shared their experiences.
📢 Announcing our 2021
@NDRC_hq
Accelerator cohort!
These 11 startups represent the next generation of the Irish ecosystem, with former
@Intercom
+
@Stripe
engineers, the 2021
@BTYSTE
winner, and more.
It’s unicorns creating unicorns.
Delighted to welcome An Taoiseach
@CampaignforLeo
and Ministers
@HHumphriesFG
&
@PaschalD
to our community for today’s launch of
#FutureJobsIreland
. Great to learn of new initiatives to support remote working, regional tech clusters and indigenous innovation-driven enterprise.
After 5 years of supporting Irish startups, our Director of Ecosystem Development
@mrjakephillips
hosted his final Community Drinks w/ an exclusive performance
@stillbluemusic
🎶
From membership to Masterclasses to driving national programmes - Jake's journey has made an impact
Thrilled to see our very own
@arcurn
launch
@evervault
's pragmatic privacy manifesto on Centre Stage at
@WebSummit
2019 Opening Day! Great to see one of our
#startups
take on this global initiative. Read more:
"Fostering an inclusive tech culture takes collective effort from leaders across the ecosystem." -
@LizMacKerry
(D&I Lead)
Thanks to everyone who helped us win Google’s Global Diversity & Inclusion Award.
#DiversityandInclusion
@GoogleStartups
👋 Say hello to the first
#NDRCAccelerator
cohort of 2022!
This year we’ll be running two accelerators and increasing the total number of startup investments from 11 to 14. This is the highest proportion of capital invested in the accelerator’s history.
“We want to make Ireland the most attractive place to scale a business - a place for startups to thrive - and need your help.”
CEO of
@ScaleIreland
, broadcasting from our studio this AM, talks with top players in the startup ecosystem on policy changes needed from the govt.
He built & sold a company of scale, while sharing his knowledge with the ecosystem through mentoring, talks & workshops. Thank you
@Mark_Cummins
for being such an incredible founder.
Congrats to the
@Pointy
team on joining the
@Google
family!
Read:
We’re proud, as a bootstrapped value-driven hub, to be listed in
@Crunchbase
’s top 15 global startup
#incubators
. We're all working to support entrepreneurs in their journey to solve some of the world's biggest issues. Read on:
📢 Announcing our new five year partnership with
@ESBGroup
to run its sustainable innovation programme X_Potential.
Our startup-driven innovation will support ESB’s ambition to lead the transition to a low carbon future.
Read the
@IrishTimes
article:
This July, we welcomed
@OpenAI
’s global leadership team to Dogpatch, delivering 'Intro to the Irish Ecosystem', and a roundtable with top AI developers & entrepreneurs in our community.
2 months later, it announces its first Dublin office, and offers mentorship to
@joinPatch_
🥳
Irish entrepreneurs are creating an open-source solution for coronavirus patients! 👇
We’re incredibly proud of members
@ConallLaverty
,
@RosaLanghammer
& all Irish entrepreneurs tackling the global challenges of
#COVID19
with
@OSVentilator
.
Check out:
Delighted to host
#WomenWhoCode
’s workshop with
@Pivotal
last night, employing test-driven open-source software development right here in our Urban Garden.
Patch finds and accelerates great young builders. It’s a 6 week summer accelerator for high-potential teenagers. This year supported by
@stripe
and some of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. More:
Kicking off the week with a virtual team-wide clap & smile! Team culture is so important at times like this. Keeping things creative for Monday Morning All-Hands.
The culmination of months of mentoring, pitch preparation and sheer hard work paid off this evening with all the startups participating in the
@pearselyons
@alltech
Accelerator delivering high quality pitches to a full house.
Next up the
#ONE18
Conference in Kentucky!
#AgTech
An important & moving event last night at “Hiring People with Autism” for
#DogpatchDITW
. From job specs, to interviews, to on-boarding; education plays a key role in improving these systems.
This morning: Tune into
@TheBusinessRTE
from 10am - 11am with Richard Curran.
Our CEO
@pwlsh
will share his journey from early entrepreneur to Dogpatch founder, with insights into the importance of the
@NDRC_hq
, and the tech landscape in Ireland.
Delighted to receive the
@GoogleForEntrep
Diversity & Inclusion Award along with
@iSpaceGh
at the
#Trailblazers
summit.
So grateful to be part of this powerful network catalysing inclusive startup ecosystems around the world.
“How can I make sure that I’m a leader who can really do this for the next 20 years!” - A great article on the story of building
@DogpatchLabs
and our community by our founder
@pwlsh
by
@ZuziawWhelan
in
@Fora_ie
Diversity in Tech Week is back & this year we’re activating 5 of Ireland's leading startup hubs in our 2020
#DiTWRoadshow
.
Join us in Dublin, Cork and Galway to learn practical frameworks for diversity & inclusion.
See full schedule:
🇧🇪 Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister
@Sophie_Wilmes
& Ambassador
@K2Vlierberge
joined us in Dogpatch.
Our CEO
@pwlsh
led a discussion on Ireland’s startup community, ecosystem connectivity across EU & startup policy.
Amazing turnout and feedback from tonight's
#Allyship
in Tech event to mark
#IWD2018
with lots of actionable takeaways for implementing
#diversity
and
#inclusion
.
Thanks to all the fantastics speakers, participants and staff that came together to make it happen!
#DogpatchDITW
“As a leader, you can’t delegate D&I - you need to own it!” Simple tactics shared at ‘Allyship in Tech’ last night for
#DogpatchDITW
- empower champions, realise bias & be brave!
Proud to be host to a historic day for Diversity & Inclusion in Ireland with the launch of
#LGBTIReport
, shaped with the help of over 4,000 young people from across the country. Amazing to see so many active young people in Ireland pushing for change! 🇮🇪🏳️🌈
Eager to re-connect into a thriving network of entrepreneurs? Looking to broadcast your virtual events with social distance? Searching for a flexible & safe space to innovate with your team?
Learn how we’ve created a safe & supportive community below!
ℹ️
Building a diverse & inclusive workplace? Join us for ‘Allyship in Tech’ at
#DogpatchDITW
& learn some practical frameworks for inclusion. Register now:
🎧 Our CEO
@pwlsh
joins economist
@davidmcw
to talk:
🇪🇺 The optimistic state of the European startup ecosystem
🦄 Growing to 320+ unicorns in half a decade
💹 Cultural & policy shifts needed for Ireland to succeed
Listen to full episode below:
Chilly one in Ireland this morning. Back to work podcast time. Lots in this today plus a wonderful contribution on the state of tech and startups in Europe and Ireland with
@pwlsh
of
@dogpatchlabs
. Enjoy.
And we’re off 🇮🇪➡️🇫🇷
It’s offsite time for the Dogpatch team as we make our way to the ‘City of Light’, and to the world’s biggest startup campus and our
@GoogleStartups
global hub partner
@JoinStationF
.
À bientôt Paris 👋
Minister
@mmcgrathtd
officially launches the
#2050Accelerator
and Ecosystem today 🚀
He emphasises the role of public-private collaboration, Ireland’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and using our small country's uniqueness to drive on sustainability innovation.
Congrats
@WeAreKinzen
as they announce their recent €2.2m fundraise.
@AineKerr
&
@marklittlenews
have always been so generous in supporting the startup community. From speaking at First Fridays to Diversity in Tech Week - they've always given back.
📰
Congrats to our members
#SocEnt
startup
@FoodCloud
on €110k investment from world’s largest food & beverage firm
@Nestle
.
Iseult & the team are a force of good in the Irish startup ecosystem by helping redistribute food in these challenging times.
Read:
“We’ve got locally embedded innovation hubs supporting startups country-wide. With international experts as advisors & mentors, we’ll be globally connected to help ambitious startups scale internationally.”
Our CEO
@pwlsh
on air
@MorningIreland
this AM:
Ireland’s biggest FinTech
#Hackathon
is back in Dogpatch!
@UlsterBank
invite you to hack new ideas, connect with great minds & pitch to senior executives in Tech & Banking. Register now:
Our CEO
@pwlsh
welcomes Madam Prime Minister
@Elisabeth_Borne
, French Minister
@jnbarrot
, Irish Minister
@simoncoveney
, and a room full of esteemed guests to Dogpatch.
Tonight’s theme: how France and Ireland can learn from each other to drive entrepreneurship in Europe 🇪🇺
“Supporting our indigenous entrepreneurs has never been so important”.
@pwlsh
shares the need for hubs everywhere to regain full momentum to keep innovation in Ireland alive.
Join our startup community today:
Read:
Good luck to our
@TPLAccelerator
start-ups as
@Alltech
kick off
#ONE19
in Kentucky today! Having had the opportunity to get a sneak-peek of pitches at our Dublin Showcase, we're excited to see what they bring to the stage!
Ready to ditch the kitchen table office? Need a space to meet your team?
Our doors are officially open at Dogpatch & we're welcoming you to join our community of like-minded entrepreneurs into our
#COVID
-adapted space today!
See our flexible options 👉
That's a wrap on another amazing
@UlsterBank
Hackathon. Credit to all the participants, staff and volunteers that helped make it such a memorable weekend...
See you again next year!
#BankOfAPIs
#fintech
#hackathon
Headlining March
#FirstFridays
is none other than
@Intercom
co-founder
@destraynor
.
He joins our Fireside to talk:
🏃 Surviving & thriving in the startup fast lane
🔧 Timing & building the right thing
💝 Understanding why people buy your product + more
➡️
That’s a wrap on the 1st All-Ireland Hub Summit; 6 hubs supporting 200+ hubs nationwide 🤝
📣 Welcome Address by Minister
@HHumphreysFG
🛠️ 11 workshops delivered to level up hub impact on regional growth
🗣️ 18 speakers shared tips to empower local communities
#OurRuralFuture
Celebrating 3 years of
#FirstFridaysForStartups
at Dogpatch seems surreal but it's amazing to see how much we've accomplished with
@GoogleStartups
.
Massive thanks to all mentors, speakers & supporters who have helped us accelerate and shape the tech ecosystem for startups.
Before we all sign off for Christmas, we at
@dogpatchlabs
wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who supported us in 2017! We're already looking forward (after a well-earned rest!) for what promises to be an exciting new year in the Irish tech community 😀
🚀 Our new NDRC
#earlystage
supports for founders across Ireland are live!
Whether you’re starting off in Offaly, need feedback in Finglas, or are seeking investment in Inch, take your 1st steps to building a globally scalable startup w/
@NDRC_hq
.
Visit:
Want to get expert advice from
@pwlsh
who in 5 years has transformed Dogpatch Labs from an empty furniture store to a successful innovation hub on a shoestring?
Register for
#FirstFridaysForStartups
mentoring before sign-ups close at midnight! Register:
Delighted to host
@ActVC
’s first
#FemaleFounders
office hours with 15 incredible startups this morning.
Great to see such a diverse mix of startups connecting, exchanging best practice, & building relationships for future collaboration.
We’re excited to have hosted our members
@GivebackIE
app launch, who are working on solving homelessness in Ireland. Powerful & inspiring talks from
@SenLynnRuane
&
@AnthonyICHH
on the severity of
#homelessness
. Check out how you can help:
If we want to have a world-class startup ecosystem, we must create a world-class policy environment. So
@Dogpatchlabs
decided to do something about it. Over the past two years we worked with startup leaders across Ireland to incubate & build
@ScaleIreland
:
With a little piece of Ireland in every corner of the world, celebrate
#StPatricksDay
with us as we stand in solidarity with startup communities around the world.
From local, to national, to global networks, it's times like this where connecting with each other is key.
Today we challenged the narrative that ‘women in tech are like gold dust’ and featured a full-female lineup at our
#FirstFridaysIWD
.
Huge thank you to the 250+ attendees, 22 mentors, 4 speakers, and 5 our own team making MC debuts and to all for celebrating
#IWD2021
with us 👏
Today at Demo Day all 11 startups shared their progress over the past 12 weeks, from
@dataships
closing a $3m seed round to
@viduhq
announcing 3
@Intercom
founders as angel investors, as each startup goes out to raise, hire and more.
Read
@tech_eu
here:
“There are a lot of successful & talented women in the tech industry. We want them be more visible & to inspire a new generation."
Great interview in
@IrishTimes
w/
@alaina
@WomenWhoCode
on the drive for gender equality in tech
#DogpatchDITW
#IWD2018
From CMO
@Trustev
(sold for $45m), to VP of Growth & Marketing at one of Ireland’s most successfully-bootstrapped companies
@TeamWork
, to now helping startups grow global
@republicofwork
- DC is a true startup veteran.
Get 1:1 advice from DC and others:
“That was my eureka moment.”
From furniture store, to thriving startup hub, our CEO
@pwlsh
joined Saturday’s
@TheBusinessRTE
, and shared his entrepreneurial journey, building Dogpatch, and
@ndrc_hq
’s role in the Irish tech ecosystem.
🎧 Full interview:
Full house at
#Founders
last night where 100+ ambitious outliers met, networked, heard all about our accelerator, and left inspired after a Co-Founder Fireside w/
@AineKerr
&
@marklittlenews
.
“Find the pain, make the medicine. Together”
3 weeks to apply
“My networks & introductions brought me to success, through failure and back again!”
@ConnorPM
at
#FirstFridays
Keynote highlighting the importance of building connections in a startup world. We’re proud to be a platform for our community to connect, collaborate & thrive!
We’ve just kicked off our 1st virtual
#Hackathon
with partners
@UlsterBank
and this year we’re reaching global audiences!
UB CEO Jane Howard & Dogpatch CEO
@pwlsh
open today’s event, welcoming hackers from around the world to our 54-hour weekend event.
"The pitches were as good as any we've seen in Silicon Valley".
Just some of the feedback from the
@RBS
&
@UlsterBank
judging panel after the internal incubator 'StartUp' pitches. Congratulations to all the teams!
#Intrapreneurship
#Innovation
👋 We’re hiring a
#Community
Manager
- Work with top startups like
@HiWoebot
, ,
@defactor_
& 100’s more
- Help members scale, connect, hire, fundraise +
- Continue building Dogpatch as a thriving space for entrepreneurs
Join us:
Behind the scenes today in our Innovation Space with our members
@Buymie_IRE
, and
@waddellmedia
who are filming a production for
@RTEbusiness
.
It’s an exciting time for local Irish businesses, so keep your eyes peeled for future features!
We're excited about kicking off a 12-week long internal
#incubator
with
@Alltech
! See some of the action from the workshops, mentoring and entrepreneurial talks that have taken place so far
"Supporting inclusivity in your startup is not only a moral necessity but brings a wider vision your company, having a positive impact on business profitability."
Great talk by
@LizMacKerry
(D&I Lead) sharing Dogpatch's best practices at
#Valencia
Startup Week!
📢 Join our Accelerator Demo Day on 28th September!
Meet the next generation of the ecosystem with pitches from 11
@NDRC_hq
Accelerator startups. Plus, get the chance to speak to each founder directly about their company.
Register here:
It's amazing to work with people that are as passionate & devoted as Mary, who's been a force of good for the Irish
#startup
ecosystem; empowering entrepreneurs every day & inspiring budding
#femalefounders
.
Congrats to Mary & the team
@portershed
on her appointment as CEO.
Galway City Innovation District apoints Mary Rodgers as CEO.
On behalf of the Board of GCID
@mauriceogorman
said Mary’s “track record, depth of experience and passion for developing our community makes her the ideal person to lead our expansion”
Day 2 of the
@UlsterBank
Hackathon 2018 was another exciting one with
#mentoring
sessions and a long day of crucial hacking for the newly-formed teams, as they prepare for tomorrow's final pitches!
#BankOfAPIs
#fintech
To celebrate
#WorldMentalHealthDay
, we’re highlighting our newest startup
@KeepAppy
who are focused on maintaining & enhancing users’ mental wellbeing. In such a fast-paced world, we’re proud to be a platform for accelerating this inspiring startup!
By Royal Innovation: From coding with youths, to showcasing smart cities & retail innovation, to an immigration & entrepreneurship roundtable. Their Majesties truly immersed themselves in
@DogpatchLabs
& expressed their shared passion for developing true innovation.
Halfway through our
#Patch
Accelerator with 9 teams of budding entrepreneurs from across the world.
From open-source climate modelling, to haptic 3D touch software for the blind, these next-gen innovators are creating our future right from Dogpatch!
More: