Want to get the down-low on what the Dogpatch Startup Community has been up to? This is your go-to weekly checkpoint. In this week’s blog: the Irish-Egyptian founder behind compliance startup Protostars which just raised €300K, Inspeq AI latest partnership with world-leading IT firm HCLTech, Gaingels VC unveils Top 100 LGBTQIA+ Founders, and the picture-perfect partnership: Olus Education x Canva. Keep reading… Meet Irish-Egyptian founder behind compliance startup Protostars Driven by an innate need to make a positive social impact, founder Kim McKayed set up compliance startup Protostars with co-founder Mohamed Fayez in 2023, and is scaling it…
We’ve all got our part to play in Ireland’s transition to net zero, and at Dogpatch Labs we are working with our partner ESB to facilitate this through open innovation – starting with entrepreneurs inside the organisation – via the X_Potential incubator programme, as part of a five-year sustainability innovation partnership announced in 2021. ESB’s Chief Exec Paddy Hayes joined us in Dogpatch this October, to share insights with each team and deliver an inspiring address to the 24 intrapreneurs. Hayes stressed the importance of blending diverse skill sets to drive innovation and urged participants to challenge themselves,…
Lizzy Hayashida interviews SaaS founder of Zephr at first SaaStock Startup Day in Dogpatch Labs And just like that, the first of Q4’s big four European tech events is over. Anyone else want to rewind and do SaaStock 2024 again?! Hundreds of new connections, the first-ever SaaStock Startup Day at Dogpatch Labs, investor intros galore, dozens of mentoring sessions for women tech founders, and even two of our members reaching semi-finals of SaaStock’s Global Pitch Competition. What a whirlwind! And we’d do it all again. Keep reading… Founders Descend into Dogpatch for Startup Day on Steroids With big hitters…
South Africa Deputy President Paul Mashatile attends Showcase event at Dogpatch Labs. Another important milestone was reached this September in Dogpatch Labs’ drive to continuously enrich the Irish tech ecosystem; connecting global innovation ecosystems with the third successful edition of the Irish Tech Challenge South Africa. And this time attracting international VIPs to the fray. Having heard through pan-African media circles of the impact of the seven dynamic South African startups, who were selected from over 350 competitive applications, both the Irish and South African governments made it their mission to get involved in 2024’s programme in Dublin’s Dogpatch…
Founders of The Awareness Company, Creddiple, Momint, Smartview Technology, Samanjalo, Adbot and Athena. Seven South African tech entrepreneurs find their opportunity to test the European market at Dublin’s Dogpatch Labs. For a third year in a row, the Irish Tech Challenge hosts a South African showcase boasting a range of digital platforms from Climate Tech to FinTech. “Our mission at Dogpatch is to create an innovation ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs. The South African entrepreneurs joining us for an immersion week are developing solutions to address critical sustainability challenges. Our own Irish entrepreneurs can learn how we can incorporate this mindset…