If folks ex Stripe or Twitter are finding their feet all of a sudden & want to hang out in Dogpatch for free next week just DM me. Loads of amazing Irish startups are hiring. Or explore starting something.
What an honour it was to welcome The Duke & Duchess of Sussex to the
@dogpatchlabs
community where they met entrepreneurs, kids learning to code and took part in a Diversity Roundtable on empowering women and girls in tech
#RoyalVisitIreland
Entering our 2nd full week of remote working. Many of the team sitting on kitchen chairs, not ideal. So on Friday, we brought Dogpatch to them. Hired a van. Chair & desk delivered.
#COVID_19ireland
Community & Networking drinks with friends from Twitter, Meta, Stripe. Thanks to
@realBobbyHealy
for picking up the tab & sharing a sense of the startup ecosystem
*Announcement* The first Guaranteed Irish Tech Hero is
@Pwlsh
, founder of startup hub
@DogpatchLabs
, for his contribution to the
#tech
industry in Ireland!
#GIHero
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:
A few years ago Tom started Patch to create a platform for young people to come together and build cool stuff. There is a certain magic to it and every year it seems to get better. Great to see Stripe joining in to support.
@joinpatch_
@FusorFusion
I was delighted to be asked by the Sunday Independent to talk about the inspiration we’ve taken from the story of the IRFU in the running of the national startup accelerator.
Today it was a privilege to host Germany's President & First Lady, to explore the huge potential of the European innovation ecosystem. Knowledge sharing with our European neighbours is critical to strengthening this element of our national competitiveness, now more than ever.
Great to be back
@dogpatchlabs
this week after 3 months and to see a steady influx of our community returning.
Hear also from our regional startup ecosystem friends
@portershed
in Galway,
@UCC
Ignite accelerator in Cork along with
@NovaUCD
innovation hub and
@NDRC
.
Two years ago
@LizMacKerry
and I started working on an idea to change Ireland's policy environment for entrepreneurs. Today we've announced
@ScaleIreland
Great to see Taoiseach recognizing crucial insights from
@ScaleIreland
's Startup Survey, highlighting low adoption of key startup policies like share options scheme (<17%) & angel investor relief. Usability & extent of the tax incentive are vital for boosting uptake
#Policy
I wonder how many Irish homes Starlink is already serving by comparison?
Anecdotally, it’s an easy DIY install, fast & reliable.
Buy the dish for 544k locations & save 95% or €5.4bn. With the balance, everyone gets 8+ yrs paid. Plus Im guessing
@elonmusk
would cut us a deal
Shout to Jack Pierse
@wayflyerapp
, raised a quarter of a billion dollars yesterday but takes a full hour of his time to spend time with our accelerator startups today. Fair play, amazing story
King Willem-Alexander of Netherlands “Dublin is showing us its past, present and future. From the golden treasures of Trinity College, some over 1,000 years old to the enterprising spirits of the Dogpatch Labs, where designers and start-ups are creating the world of tomorrow”
"We created the number one fiscal policy environment in the world if you’re a Google, but we lag behind when it comes to key start-up policies".
Thanks to
@FinancialTimes
@jude_webber
for the invitation to contribute.
Full article:
Excited to be at
@websummit
with so many of our
@dogpatchlabs
community, Irish regional partner hubs and NDRC accelerator startups. Kudos to
@paddycosgrave
and his team, the experience is flawless and the entrepreneurial energy is electrifying around town.
Tuned into the
@entirl
Showcase this morning. Brilliant talk from
@destraynor
filled with actionable, useful advice for founders. Also, was cool to see the early product versions of
@Intercom
- big things start small!
📢Office Hours for Startups 📢
As the founder of
@dogpatchlabs
I got mentorship from some incredible founders. Now I want to give back.
Helping startups with strategy, go-to-market, fundraising, bootstrapping, etc.
👉Apply here:
Today we are relaunching First Fridays for Startups and making it regional enabled by some of Ireland’s most forward thinking FDIs investing in the local ecosystem including
@Google
@Hubspot
,
@Microsoft
@Salesforce
.
The epic scale of serendipity and unplanned interactions is the magic that
@WebSummit
somehow creates so well. It’s a music festival of entrepreneurship. Hats off to the
@paddycosgrave
and his team.
We're hiring a Programme Director
@dogpatchlabs
for incubator & accelerator
#agtech
. If you're interested please DM me, also any referrals would be great! Thanks!
1/8 The Irish startup ecosystem has evolved so much over the past 10 years. My sense is that there is even more untapped entrepreneurial potential out there.
At
@dogpatchlabs
, we believe that entrepreneurs are the ultimate drivers of positive change and there’s no greater challenge facing our planet right now than climate change.
I’m delighted to see
@MartinaFitzg
as the new CEO of
@ScaleIreland
. As former RTÉ political correspondent Martina’s well placed to lead policy advocacy for Irish startups in this next chapter.
Welcome Martina, on behalf of
@dogpatchlabs
community!
‘If Jeff Bezos’s parents had been Irish, they would have given him money for a deposit on a house, they wouldn’t have given him money for the business.”
Dr Frances Ruane, Chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
Menno
@1250
has helped build Dogpatch for the last 5 years, pretty much since those furniture store days. His maturity as someone who can spot talented founders and startups is growing all time. We're lucky to have him.
I remember my own experience of taking that leap into entrepreneurship. It was a bit scary...
Being part of a community, sharing your idea, getting feedback and mentoring are so important at those early stages.
That's why NDRC is more than an accelerator now >
Latvia ranked most “startup-friendly” in Europe, following a legislative change to the country’s stock option policy
@IndexVentures
Ireland is 13th.
@ScaleIreland
I feel very lucky to work everyday with such a passionate & accomplished team of women as we celebrate International Women’s Day
#IWD2019
@dogpatchlabs
This really got to me this week. I grew up on Mary Robinson, was 6 years old when she became President. She represents the best of us. Everyone should listen to it. We need to do more.
An emotional Mary Robinson, Chair of
@TheElders
and former President of Ireland slams leaders for not being in crisis mode and blames Saudi Arabia for blocking
@skynews
#COP26
Today will be very important.
Doing a startup hub regional tour to the 4 corners of Ireland. Been to Belfast, Cork and today in Galway
@portershed
. Amazing job
@johnbreslin
& team. And the vision to be a catalyst for the wider ecosystem is great. Fair play to
@johnnyodwyer
for backing.
Six week ago, we announced that Dogpatch was selected to deliver the
@NDRC_hq
, alongside our regional partners.
Today we’re sharing a sneak peek into the new set of programmes launching throughout February.
Watch our video to see what’s in store. 1/3
Fair play to
@realBobbyHealy
who insisted he wanted to make the trip to Galway for 1st regional First Fridays. Deacon level ambition inspiring the rest of us.
“The exciting new field will have a huge impact globally and Ireland has the chance to lead on it”. Looking forward to another year working with an incredible entrepreneur
@PearseLyons
and
@Alltech
Today our first-ever virtual
#FirstFridaysForStartups
had 80+ mentor sessions, 250+ people from 15 counties across Ireland & 17 countries across the world. Incredible engagement!
A $90 a billion market of back street shops & expensive dermatologists; and they’re already the biggest brand in the category. Great talk
@patphelan
@sisuclinic
Damn, classic Cork faux pas. Ordered a Guinness, told there was only Murphy’s. Getting out of Dublin & visiting regional startup hubs this week
@donal_cahalane
@republicofwork
UK Angel investor relief just got even better
Annual investor cap £100k>£200k
Startup cap £150k>£250k
50% off income tax, No CGT, Loss Relief
Ireland scheme nowhere close
Angel rounds under €500k lowest in 5yrs
Competitiveness gap needs to be closed
Enterprise Ireland re-inventing CSF from €50k for 10% equity to €100k uncapped CLN a major leap forward. Kudos to
@leo_clancy
& team. Great for early stage startups.
Commitment of
@Alltech
CIO
@AJConnolly1
& senior level Champions across the org was fundamental to the success of the programme. Really strong feedback from the startups.
Today NDRC celebrates three years of helping build a thriving startup ecosystem in Ireland.
Highlights
🌟 €56m raised by NDRC startups
🌟 €180m raised by entire portfolio
🌟 650+ new jobs created
🌟 30% women-led / co-led investments
Read full report
Genuine journalism helps maintain democracy and make our society a better place. For years
@TomLyonsBiz
@ipkehoe
have bravely taken on important stories in Irish business and public policy. Delighted to be a subscriber of their new startup
@TheCurrency_
There’s a certain magic that is in-person
@CoderDojo
and so great to have this energy back in the community after the COVID years with kids from our local community… and 95% female tonight
Delighted for
@robotiguy
, Evan Darcy &
@RobotifyLabs
team, acquired by a top US edtech company
Adds a new strategic piece of a world-leading kids coding product to
@ImagineLearning
Looking forward to seeing them scale in Dogpatch & as NDRC alum
What’s great about working with
@EamonRyan
on our national startup accelerator is that he genuinely 'gets it’. He’s an entrepreneur. He even won Ireland's EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
This was 1 take, no notes, off the cuff, after a short walk around together:
@NDRC_hq
Animal nutrition, supporting immigrants via multi-lingual forms, sport impact detection - all at the
#PreAccelerator
Showcase
📈 21 startups presented progress in < 6 weeks
🚺 78% women co-founded teams
💪100+
@Dogpatchlabs
to meet these 'ones to watch'
Great buzz in the
@EthIreland
biggest web3 hackathon in Ireland this year, some nice projects and a judge from
@a16z
who has flown in especially.
Thanks to
@FCATalyst
as lead sponsor
Last day to apply for our 2nd accelerator (€100k SAFE)
Delighted to have
@philreynolds
leading it: former VP Engineering at Workday, angel investor, regularly asked by VCs for technical DD & previously an entrepreneur
It's a short application form:
Amazing to see Allison
@HiWoebot
smashing it on main stage of
@WebSummit
. From PHD to $100M+ raised & solving such a meaningful problem. Doesn’t seem so long ago she was wondering about making the leap to entrepreneurship.
Today we’re open-sourcing our SAFE for the Irish ecosystem. Major kudos to
@CiaranGilsenan
&
@jd
for driving it through (& many others in the community who helped)
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:
Great to see the Smart Cities initiative move to this level, well done
@jcudden
. Excited that
@dogpatchlabs
@chq
is part of the new Docklands Smart District
Irish female entrepreneur Stanford PHD backed by one the biggest names in AI
@andrewyng
. So excited for my pal
@alisonmdarcy
on her crazy journey! Fireside chat this Wed
@dogpatchlabs
(also, hiring a dev in Dublin!)
Ann Hunt is a real deal founder. She encouraged me to go build Dogpatch many years ago and has been a support and friend ever since. Go work for her
#fintech
startup.
We are growing our team at
@chasing_returns
as trading behaviour becomes more and more the centre of success in the markets. Fantastic opportunity to join a successful startup.
We're getting ready to write 7 more €100k accelerator cheques. Deadline is tonight, application form is short to fill out. DM's open if you need a steer
Delighted for you DC. Big validation of your hardwork & contribution to the Cork entrepreneurial system to have the amazing VoxPro founders involved. Onwards!
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:
So energizing!
@CoderDojo
Coolest Projects so important for young coders & future entrepreneurs. Massive impact future diversity & young girls.
@dogpatchlabs
community so proud to be home to the incredible team behind it
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.
Do you know a 16 - 21 year old who would like to spend their summer building something great? Encourage them to join the Fireside chat + Q&A tomorrow (deadline two weeks!)
Join us online on Tuesday, February 8, at 7pm, for a fireside chat with
@arcurn
, founder of
@Evervault
. There’ll also be a Q&A session with some Patch alumni.
Register here:
Proud to announce our largest corporate innovation partnership yet. There's so much entrepreneurial talent within
@ESBgroup
, and we give staff the environment, structure and network to bring new, impactful propositions to life.
Read the full article:
📢 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:
Demo Day this week was an important milestone for us - massive thanks to everyone across the ecosystem who tuned in and to all the mentors, EIRs, fireside chat speakers &
@dogpatch
team. Special shout out
@jd
who's had my back the whole way.
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:
Today
@mrjakephillips
& I were delighted to welcome Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister. Great conversation ranging from European ecosystem connectivity, tax harmonisation, national competitiveness & the importance of indigenous innovation ecosystems