Dogpatch Labs works with groups and entrepreneurs supporting Black, Asian and Middle Eastern communities through sponsored membership and events space. We work with groups like Women who Tech Africa and the Black Googler Network to increase representation in our programmes and membership. We are committed to ‘passing the mic’ and demand representation when invited to speak on diversity issues at any event. Check out the great work being done our friends at Phase Innovate below.

Entrepreneurship has been identified as a core activity by the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities. We have a close working relationship with Hack Access, who are a community of disabled entrepreneurs seeking to change the narrative around ability.

We support hubs across the country and across the globe to be more inclusive. We’re a founding hub of the Irish Tech Hub Network, a non-profit initiative to accelerate regional inclusion and support a national strategy for innovation acceleration, creating a new era of ecosystem connectedness through a coordinated national strategy. 

In the past, we delivered training and an inclusive hubs playbook  to help operationalise D&I across all layers of a startup hubs the global Google for Startups Network