The Irish Government has backed plans to part-fund a new €1 billion technology campus headed by Trinity College Dublin and as well as a number of technology and innovation partners, including Dogpatch Labs. The campus will be located in what will be known as the Grand Canal Innovation District, modelled on innovation districts elsewhere such as Toronto, Rotterdam and Paris.

In Dublin to share insights and knowledge on 5G platforms, Harvard TECH visited Dogpatch as part of a Smart City Innovation Forum that brought together delegates from over 20 cities, the Smart Docklands community, as well as Irish startups engaged in ‘smart’ tech.  Our Smart City Lead, Ciaran Gilsenan, was given the opportunity to speak at the event, describing how Dogpatch Labs aims to become a ‘smart’ hub through the rapid deployment of new technologies.

This year’s first annual Deloitte Financial Services Innovation Award saw our partners Ulster Bank pick up an award for their outstanding achievements in financial innovation. The award recognises the impact the Dogpatch-led ‘Startup’ Incubator has had on staff learning and innovation in company as a whole.

If we want to have a world-class startup ecosystem, we must create a world-class policy environment. Dogpatch Labs and a host of Irish startup leaders have banded together to form ScaleIreland, an organisation which aims to provide a unified voice for innovation-driven enterprise across Ireland. One of their first actions is a Budget 2020 plan which will help incentivise growth in the Irish startup ecosystem.