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A Startup State of Mind

Dogpatch Labs is a startup hub, located in the heart of Dublin’s Digital Docklands.

Our Mission

By providing a platform for entrepreneurship and innovation, our mission is to accelerate the development of Ireland’s startup ecosystem.

Community & Ecosystem

Community & Ecosystem

A unique and thriving community of Irish startups, international companies and innovative social enterprises

Corporate Innovation

Corporate Innovation

We work with corporates on their innovation journey to help them effectively engage with the startup ecosystem

Accelerators & Programmes

Accelerators & Programmes

We work with founders at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey, providing coaching and mentoring from top founders

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Join Ireland’s largest tech community where you can meet and learn from a diverse mix of entrepreneurs, founders and freelancers. We offer flexible space and many perks, helping to accelerate the growth of your startup or scale-up.

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Members

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Nationalities

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News

Dogpatch Community Startups named 2023 ‘Ones to Watch’

Dogpatch members ProMotion Rewards, Outmin, and Tracworx all nabbed a spot in Silicon Republic’s 23 Tech Startups to Watch, alongside NDRC Pre-Accelerator alum Legitimate, Kwayga, and Trigr. Featured in the media outlet’s Startup of the Week series in 2022, these startups are making waves in the tech industry with exciting plans coming soon.

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Axt talks Growth Capital on EY’s Fintech Pod

Our Head of Platform Menno Axt features on EY Ireland’s fintech podcast ‘Growth Capital and the Irish Tech Ecosystem’ – and in great company with Amy Neale of Delta VC and Fidelma McGuirk of Payslip. Hear their insights on the Private Equity debate, Ireland’s talent superpower, angel investment, a changing landscape and more.

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Electric atmosphere at 1st in-person NDRC Accelerator Demo Day

Six live pitches marked the mid-point of an intensive 6-month programme, with over 250 in attendance to meet the cohort and hear how NDRC has supported 1000+ entrepreneurs in less than 18 months.

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Borderless innovation with historic First Fridays in Belfast

Historic moment at October’s First Fridays as we took Ireland’s largest monthly startup programme to the North at Ormeau Baths. Connecting with NI founders, investors & ecosystem builders via networking, roundtables, a founders’ night, and a full startup programme kicked off this cross-border collaboration.

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We run Ireland’s national accelerator programme to help entrepreneurs build “global solutions to global problems”.

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Corporate Innovation

Give staff the environment, structure and network to bring new, impactful propositions to life.

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A Global Network

Dogpatch Labs is part of a global community of startup hubs connected by Google for Startups.

 

 

The Google for Startups Passport Program allows member startups to work flexibly from over 50 partner locations and Campus spaces around the world.

 

 

In Our Community

Our curated community gives you the opportunity to surround yourself in a deeply embedded tech community of entrepreneurs, developers, social enterprises, venture capitalists and more. We are host to a diverse range of startups – from early stage Irish startups to fast-growing international tech disruptors.

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Meet Our Community

We are proud to have a number of world-class founders, entrepreneurs and investors as part of our community.

Jon Bradford

Advisor & Founder

Alison D'Arcy

Founder

Brian Caulfield

Venture Capitalist

Ann Hunt

Founder & Investor

Alison Kopf

Founder

Brian Norton

Founder

Parsa Ghaffari

Founder

Ross Hunt

Founder