August 2022
Dogpatch member ProtexAI announced an $18M raise led by Notion Capital. Since 2021 founders Dan Hobbs and Ciaran O’Mara have completed Y Combinator, grown their team from 2 – 22, and secured blue-chip customers including M&S. Now they’re planning a global expansion.
August 2022
ESB has announced a 10-month pilot project that will see more than 100 electric bikes available for public use at 14 stations across Dublin’s suburbs. The project, born out of our X_Potential internal incubator with ESB, is an example of how working with startups can create win-wins and real commercial outcomes.
August 2022
Ian Browne, the entrepreneur and investor, is leading a fresh cohort of start-ups as MD of the NDRC accelerator run by Dogpatch Labs. He talks about steering founders through a stormy market and the need for an all-Ireland ecosystem.
July 2022
The Irish hiking tech start-up and NDRC 2021 alumni is blazing a trail for the US as it maps out its growth plans for the coming year. This includes securing €500,000 in investment from Fuel Ventures, Enterprise Ireland and several private investors.
June 2022
Our member Swoop, who is cracking the number one SME issue of accessing finance, announced a €6.3M Series A raise. With 75K clients under her belt, founder Andrea Reynolds eyes up a position as a global fintech market leader alongside a US expansion.
May 2022
This years list features a who’s who of the Dogpatch community, from the founders of alumni startups from NDRC accelerator and pre-accelerators such as Squid, Robotify, Akroo, Inferex and Little Red, to members including Promotion, Protex AI, KeepAppy and Woebot, and mentors Romy Lynch and Evocco.
May 2022
“Ireland needs leadership, it needs policy change – France can help illustrate that”. Our Founder & CEO Patrick Walsh spoke to The Currency on how Ireland can emulate Macron’s unicorn success, following our European Scaleup Expo with La French Tech and France Digitale event in May.
February 2022
From the rugby pitch to the economic pitch, Ireland has a record for setting out bold visions and winning big on the global stage. Our CEO explains how in the Sunday Independent.
February 2022
We’re joined by new ecosystem partners Google, Microsoft, Salesforce and Hubspot, and will now deliver the programme across our partner hub network in Belfast, Cork, Dublin Galway and Kerry.
January 2022
Top economist David McWilliams interviewed CEO Patrick Walsh on his latest podcast. They covered the current state of startup ecosystems, reaching and innovation inflection point, growing to 320+ European unicorns in half a decade, plus the cultural and policy shifts needed for Ireland to win at startups.
November 2021
Patch announced a 3-year partnership with Stripe and others. The funding will help Tom McCarthy’s youth accelerator (which helped 23 budding entrepreneurs in 2021) expand to include science and research projects.
October 2021
We welcomed German President Steinmeier & First Lady Büdenbender to our entrepreneurship and innovation hub in October. Along with the UK, Netherlands, & Belgium it was our 4th state visit recognising our unique impact on Ireland’s national tech ecosystem with our regional partners.
Last year, Irish startups raised €1.1bn in VC funding, nearly double the €600m the year before.
May 2021
July 2021
Dogpatch Labs will run ESB’s X_Potential Incubator, a structured programme that allows staff to develop ideas into new sustainable and commercially viable businesses in areas such as transport, infrastructure and stimulating the hydrogen economy.
February 2021
The new NDRC led by Dogpatch Labs launches a series of supports across its four hubs, including one-to-one mentoring and a pre-accelerator programme.
December 2020
The contract to manage the NDRC (National Digital Research Centre) has been awarded to Dogpatch Labs and its regional partners throughout the country by the Government.
August 2019
Patrick Walsh is eyeing the healthy growth of Dublin’s startup scene as he plots Dogpatch’s expansion.
June 2019
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander & Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited Dogpatch Labs to learn how Ireland’s leading startup hub is providing a platform to showcase the latest smart building technologies being deployed in Ireland, and the future of retail innovation.
March 2019
Dogpatch Labs founder Patrick Walsh talks authenticity & determination of the Irish culture and how it’s embedded in home-grown businesses and the startup ecosystem.
February 2019
With more than 250 applications from 53 countries, The Pearse Lyons Accelerator, which is now in its third year, continues to attract some of the top AgTech startups from around the world.
June 2018
On a visit to Dublin learn more about Ireland’s history and future the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Dogpatch Labs. Their Royal Highnesses will meet children and young people taking part in free coding workshops, and will also have the opportunity to talk to female tech entrepreneurs.
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“The work Patrick has done over the last number of years has contributed greatly to establishing Ireland as leading startup hub. Dogpatch Labs is central to the startup ecosystem in Ireland – providing companies with the space and facilities required at a crucial phase in their development."
- Brid O’Connell, CEO of Guaranteed Irish
Acknowledged as a world-class entrepreneurial hub catalysing the ecosystem in Ireland, Dogpatch Labs was awarded the Google for Startups Global Citizenship Award in September 2017.