Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator ACT Venture Capital is Ireland's most established and most active venture firm, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Dublin. Over three decades it has backed more than 140 Irish and European technology companies, raising over €600M across six funds — including its largest, a €140M fund closed in 2022 — and generating dozens of exits with a combined enterprise value of around €4.6bn. Its limited partners include the European Investment Fund, Enterprise Ireland, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and AIB, several of whom have backed the firm for more than twenty years.
Led by Managing Partner John Flynn alongside General Partners Debbie Rennick and John O'Sullivan, ACT invests from seed to expansion stage with cheques up to €10M across software, AI, deep tech, health tech, energy and fintech in Ireland and the UK. Landmark outcomes include the $400M sale of UWB semiconductor company Decawave to Qorvo (2020), the acquisition of digital-mental-health platform SilverCloud Health by Amwell (2021), and SoftBank's €473M investment into connected-vehicle company Cubic Telecom at a €900M+ valuation (2024). Recent active deals include AI pathology company Deciphex and energy-optimisation platform GridBeyond.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Aerska is a Dublin-based RNA medicines biotech company that uses proprietary brain shuttle technology to overcome the blood-brain barrier and deliver RNAi therapies for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Founded in 2025 by Jack O'Meara, Dave Hardwicke, and Stu Milstein, the company emerged from stealth in October 2025 with a $21 million seed round, then closed a $39 million Series A in February 2026 led by EQT Dementia Fund and age1, bringing total funding to $60 million.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Operating since 1999. Venture capital arm of Allied Irish Banks (AIB) providing early-stage equity, growth capital, and bridge financing to Irish startups and SMEs. Support: equity funding, banking services, financial advisory. Scope: National.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A pharmacist by training and former Elan executive, he invests across biopharmaceuticals and medical devices and has helped guide the firm's three funds and more than €425M under management.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Amena Ventures is a Dublin-based early-stage venture and venture-partner firm incorporated in 2021, co-led by Managing Directors José Sousa and Sukhdev Hansra, whose backgrounds span investment banking, corporate finance and business transformation across Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. It focuses on seed and pre-seed investments in hardware-intensive sectors — robotics, autonomous systems, IoT and space-tech connectivity — primarily across the EMEA region.
Beyond capital, Amena positions itself as a hands-on operating partner, supporting founders on business development, fundraising, governance and talent. Its portfolio — concentrated in Portugal — includes Connect Robotics (autonomous drone delivery), Ethiack (AI-powered ethical hacking, €4M seed 2024), Xpectraltek (multispectral imaging) and Connected (NB-IoT satellite connectivity, acquired by Open Cosmos in 2025).
Dublin, Ireland · Venture Capital Atlantic Bridge is a Dublin- and London-headquartered growth-equity firm founded in 2004 by Brian Long, Elaine Coughlan, Gerry Maguire and Peter McManamon. It manages over €1.2bn across eight funds, including flagship growth vehicles (Atlantic Bridge III at €140M, AB IV at $317M), two China-Ireland Technology Growth Capital funds, and two University Bridge Funds (€65M + €80M) seeding deep-tech spinouts from Irish universities. Its defining 'Bridge Model' accelerates the internationalisation of European technology companies via the partners' US networks.
The firm invests at expansion and growth stage — typically €10–20M cheques — across AI, next-generation semiconductors, cybersecurity, enterprise software, quantum computing and digital health. It has recorded 50+ exits worth over $7bn, including Movidius (Intel), Decawave (Qorvo), NUVIA (Qualcomm, $1.4bn) and the Nasdaq listing of Navitas Semiconductor. Active holdings include SambaNova, Vectra AI, Equal1 and Cambridge Mechatronics. The team is led by co-founders Brian Long and Elaine Coughlan with Managing Partner Kevin Dillon.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Axonista is a Dublin-based interactive video commerce platform that enables global broadcasters, retailers, and brands to build shoppable and interactive TV experiences across streaming devices and the web. Founded in 2010 by Claire McHugh and Daragh Ward, the company powers video commerce for QVC, HSN, WaterBear, and Oxfam, and in 2024 attributed over $750 million in shoppable revenue through its platform. Axonista has made the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Ireland for three consecutive years and partnered with Vizbee to deliver synced CTV and mobile shoppable experiences.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup AI-powered enterprise legal management platform for corporate legal teams covering legal spend, matter management, invoicing and outside-counsel collaboration. Founded 2014; acquired by Wolters Kluwer in 2025.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup eCommerce intelligence platform that makes brands' products shoppable across retailers via 'Where to Buy' technology, shoppable media and digital shelf analytics. Clients include Philips and Coca-Cola. Founded 2013.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Circit is a Dublin-based fintech that provides an independent verification layer for the global audit and financial services industry, connecting auditors directly with banks, financial institutions, and counterparties to validate financial data at source. Founded in 2017, the platform is used by all top 20 global audit networks and spans a verification network of over 30,000 banks and evidence providers. In February 2026, Circit secured $22 million in growth equity led by Ten Coves Capital, bringing total funding to over $31 million.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Cubic Telecom, which rebranded to Cubic³ in April 2025, is a Dublin-based provider of software-defined vehicle connectivity. It supplies internet-connected software and a global connectivity platform that gives vehicles and other IoT assets compliant, built-in cellular connectivity across many markets, using agreements with mobile network operators worldwide. It serves automotive, agriculture and transportation OEMs, with named customers including Volkswagen, Audi and General Motors. In December 2023 SoftBank Corp. agreed to acquire a 51 percent majority stake for €473 million, valuing the company above €900 million.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Ireland's leading data centre conference and exhibition at the RDS Dublin. Combines 100+ exhibitors with multi-stream conference tracks covering colocation, AI, power, cooling and sustainability for 2,000+ infrastructure professionals.
Dublin, Ireland · Support Organization The DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship is a not-for-profit startup support organization in Dublin, affiliated with Dublin City University and founded with philanthropic support from the Ryan family (of Ryanair fame). Since its establishment in 2010, the Ryan Academy has become a hub for accelerator programs, entrepreneurship training, and ecosystem initiatives in Ireland. It operates from DCU’s Innovation Campus and focuses on early-stage startups as well as fostering entrepreneurial skills among students and the general public. Two flagship programs define the Academy: Propeller Accelerator, which was one of Ireland’s first seed accelerators (launched 2011, focused on tech startups), and the Female High Fliers program, an accelerator exclusively for women-led startups. Through these, the Academy has accelerated dozens of startups – alumni include fintech startup CurrencyFair and data startup Logentries, both of which achieved successful exits. Startups accepted into Ryan Academy programs receive pre-seed funding (up to €30k), office space, mentorship from seasoned entrepreneurs, and investor introductions. The Academy also provides entrepreneurship training courses, both at DCU (to students via modules) and to the wider community via short courses. Uniquely, the Ryan Academy blends academic and practical aspects: participants can tap into DCU research expertise while getting hands-on workshops by industry practitioners. The Academy actively engages in EU projects and networks, e.g. it led the INSPIRE program to support immigrant entrepreneurs and partnered on the Startup Europe initiative. Impact-wise, the DCU Ryan Academy has supported over 500 entrepreneurs and helped secure follow-on funding for many. It is credited with improving diversity in Ireland’s startup scene (through Female High Fliers) and championing social entrepreneurship as well. Alumni like Boxever (AI in travel, acquired by Sitecore) got early support at Ryan Academy. With its mission to “develop Ireland’s next generation of entrepreneurs,” the Academy plays a pivotal role in the ecosystem. It effectively acts as a “support organization” bridging academia, industry, and startup community – offering not just programs but also research, events, and policy input to grow Ireland’s innovation capacity.
Dublin, Ireland · Person General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, where she has built her career since the 1990s. A chartered accountant and former KPMG corporate-finance professional, she invests across software, health tech and deep tech and works closely with founders on growth and exits.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup AI-powered digital pathology company pairing artificial intelligence with a global network of expert pathologists. Its Diagnexia (clinical) and Patholytix (preclinical) platforms speed diagnosis and ease the pathologist shortage. Founded 2017.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Founded in 1994, Delta Partners is one of Ireland's longest-running venture capital firms, investing EUR 0.5-3M at seed and Series A in enterprise software and consumer technology across Ireland and the UK. The firm manages over EUR 300M across multiple funds backed by Enterprise Ireland and private LPs. Delta has backed 90+ companies including Movidius (acquired by Intel), CurrencyFair, and Luzern. The team focuses on capital-efficient B2B and consumer startups with international scaling potential.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Irish entrepreneur and co-founder of Intercom, the customer-communications and AI customer-service company, where he serves as Chief Strategy Officer overseeing product strategy and R&D from its Dublin and London offices. He previously co-founded Exceptional and is a frequent speaker on SaaS, product and growth.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Conference in Dublin bringing together AI innovators, researchers, and industry leaders to explore trends and applications in artificial intelligence. Covers enterprise AI deployment, responsible AI frameworks, and Ireland's growing role as a European AI hub. Valuable for AI startups seeking enterprise customers and research collaborations in the Irish market.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Organisator One of Europe's fastest growing tech conferences, held annually in Dublin since 2017. Dublin Tech Summit brings together over 10,000 global leaders, innovators, and founders for two days of keynotes, workshops, and networking, leveraging Ireland's position as a European tech hub hosting major multinationals and a thriving startup ecosystem.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Two-day summit at the RDS in Dublin with around 8,000 attendees, 300+ speakers, and strong buyer presence from IDA-backed multinationals. Passes typically EUR 300-700 with startup rates available. Programming emphasizes B2B startup-to-enterprise partnerships across cloud, SaaS, fintech, and AI, a key pipeline for founders targeting Irish and UK buyers.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Co-founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge, based in Dublin. A chartered accountant and veteran technology-finance executive who took several companies through IPOs and acquisitions, she has helped build Atlantic Bridge into a €1.2bn+ growth-equity platform.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Elkstone is a Dublin-based investment firm and one of Ireland's most active private venture investors, backing early-stage Irish technology and life-science startups alongside its broader private-markets and wealth activities. Its venture arm provides seed and early-stage capital and hands-on support to founders building high-growth companies.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A biotechnologist with a PhD and former Enterprise Ireland and Elan experience, she leads investments across biopharma and diagnostics and manages many of the firm's cross-sector relationships.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Dublin Tech Week pitch finals at Wood Quay Venue where Masters students partner with businesses to compete for the ENFUSE trophy. Connects education with enterprise development through applied research and live pitching.
Dublin, Ireland · Support Organization Enterprise Ireland is the Irish state agency established by the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 to support Irish-owned manufacturing and internationally traded services companies. It operates the High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) programme, which provides equity funding of up to €800,000 to startups with the potential to create 10 jobs and €1 million in exports within three years, and invested €27.6 million in 157 startups in 2024. The agency has a global network of offices to help Irish companies win export sales in international markets.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Equal1 is a University College Dublin spin-out that builds rack-mounted, silicon-spin quantum computers using standard semiconductor manufacturing processes, making quantum computing practical for data centres without cryogenic infrastructure. Its Bell-1 server, named after Belfast physicist John Stewart Bell, is already deployed by the European Space Agency. The company raised $60 million in January 2026, led by Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and Atlantic Bridge, bringing total funding to $85 million. Equal1 has also partnered with NVIDIA to develop quantum-classical hybrid solutions.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Developer-first encryption infrastructure that lets businesses collect, tokenize and orchestrate sensitive payment and card data without handling it in plaintext, cutting PCI DSS compliance cost and time. Founded in Dublin, 2019.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Fenergo is a Dublin-based provider of AI-powered client lifecycle management (CLM), Know Your Customer (KYC), and anti-money laundering (AML) software for global financial institutions. Founded in 2009, the company automates client onboarding and regulatory compliance workflows for banks, asset managers, and capital markets firms. Recognised as a category leader in the 2026 Celent KYC CDD / CLM Report, Fenergo serves major institutions including DNB Bank and Gen II Fund Services, with over 850 employees worldwide.
Dublin, Ireland · Event An annual gathering of the Irish financial-services and fintech ecosystem at Dublin Docklands, with 200+ delegates. A focused, founder-relevant venue for fintech and regtech startups targeting Ireland's international financial-services cluster.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup FIRE1 is a Dublin-based medtech company developing the NORM heart failure management system, a remote monitoring implant designed to enable patients to control their fluid volume at home, similar to how continuous glucose monitors transformed diabetes care. The device received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation and has been successfully implanted in the first Irish patient at University Hospital Galway. FIRE1 has raised $210 million in total funding, including a $120 million round led by Polaris Partners and Elevage Medical Technologies.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Flipdish is a Dublin-founded hospitality technology company that gives restaurants, cafes, and takeaways their own branded ordering channels — web, mobile, kiosk, QR, and direct — as an alternative to handing 25-35 percent of every order to third-party delivery marketplaces. Founded in 2015 by brothers Conor and James McCarthy, the company raised a USD 100 million Series C led by Tiger Global in 2022 at a unicorn valuation and serves tens of thousands of restaurant locations across Europe, North America, and Australia. Beyond online ordering, Flipdish has moved into in-store self-order kiosks, loyalty, CRM, and analytics, effectively positioning itself as the POS-adjacent software layer that independent operators need to run a multi-channel business without betting their margin on Uber Eats or Just Eat. It is one of the most commercially meaningful Irish vertical-SaaS exits of the 2020s cohort.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Dublin-based AI tax operating system for global businesses covering the full indirect tax lifecycle: ID validation, real-time determination, e-invoicing, and returns across 190+ jurisdictions processing over a billion transactions annually. Clients include Uber, Netflix, and Canva. Raised €94.4M Series C in 2026 and acquired PwC's tax platform.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Fountain Healthcare Partners is Ireland's largest dedicated life-sciences venture firm, founded in 2008 as a spin-out from Elan Corporation's investment group. Headquartered in Dublin with an office in New York, it was established by Manus Rogan, Aidan King, Ena Prosser and Justin Lynch, and manages more than €425M across four funds. The firm invests at seed and early stage across specialty pharma, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics — primarily in Europe with selective US positions — typically leading or co-leading syndicates with €0.5–7M initial cheques and active follow-on.
Fund III closed at €125M in 2020 with anchor commitments from the European Investment Fund, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, AIB and Japan's Kyowa Kirin, and Fund IV is now active. The portfolio has produced landmark exits including Inflazome (acquired by Roche for €380M upfront, 2020), KaNDy Therapeutics (Bayer, $425M upfront, 2020), Syndesi Therapeutics (AbbVie, 2022), Calypso Biotech (Novartis, 2024) and Vivasure Medical (Haemonetics, 2026). Active holdings include the Irish medtechs Neuromod Devices and Neurent Medical, Germany's Exciva and Belgium's Dualyx.
Dublin, Ireland · Venture Capital Frontline Ventures is a Dublin- and London-based venture firm founded in 2012 by Shay Garvey, Will Prendergast and William McQuillan, focused exclusively on B2B software companies building across the Atlantic. It runs two complementary funds: Frontline Seed backs European pre-seed and seed founders with €0.5–2M cheques from a ~$100M fund, while Frontline Growth co-invests $1–5M in US B2B companies preparing to expand into Europe. Together the funds represent over $500M raised across vintages since 2012, backed by the European Investment Fund, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and AIB.
The firm's transatlantic thesis is its edge, with offices in Dublin, London, New York and Palo Alto helping European founders time and execute US go-to-market and US companies enter Europe. Frontline's record spans 130+ companies and several landmark exits, including Navan (Nasdaq IPO, 2025), Brightflag (acquired by Wolters Kluwer for €425M, 2025), Workvivo (Zoom, 2023) and Pointy (Google, 2020); Intercom, an early Irish investment, grew to unicorn status. Sector focus spans enterprise AI, developer tools, fintech, legal tech, HR tech and compliance.
Dublin, Ireland · Incubator Furthr VC (rebranded from DBIC Ventures in 2022) is a Dublin-based early-stage fund investing EUR 100K-500K at pre-seed and seed in Irish software, deep tech, and sustainability startups. The firm manages the DBIC fund with backing from Enterprise Ireland and focuses on IP-rich companies emerging from Irish universities and research centers. Portfolio includes companies in SaaS, climate tech, and medtech. Furthr provides hands-on mentoring and leverages its base at the Digital Hub in Dublin's Liberties.
Dublin, Ireland · Event A two-day summit at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre joining clinicians, hospital managers, pharma, health-tech firms, and policy people. Relevant for digital-health and medtech founders seeking healthcare buyers and partners.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup AI-driven energy optimisation platform managing distributed and flexible energy resources (battery storage, renewables, EVs, industrial loads) and connecting them to electricity markets across multiple jurisdictions. Founded 2010.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Ireland's international sci-tech festival organized by Silicon Republic, known for its strong focus on diversity and inclusion in tech. Attracts 3,000+ attendees with programming across AI, biotech, space, and social innovation. Features a fringe festival with arts and culture alongside the main conference.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Intercom is the Dublin-founded customer-messaging and support platform that effectively invented the in-app chat widget category in the early 2010s and has since evolved into one of the most widely deployed AI customer-service products in B2B SaaS. The company was started in 2011 by four Trinity College Dublin graduates — Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciaran Lee, and David Barrett — who combined messaging, user segmentation, and lifecycle marketing into a single pane of glass at a time when enterprise support software was still dominated by ticket queues. Intercom's current product centers on Fin, its LLM-backed support agent that answers customer questions autonomously against a company's knowledge base, and it has become one of the clearest commercial examples of a pre-AI SaaS incumbent successfully retooling its core product around generative AI. The company is now headquartered in San Francisco but maintains a very large Dublin engineering and product office, and together with Stripe it is one of the canonical 'Irish mafia' software stories.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Hosted by Ireland under its 2026 EU Council Presidency at the RDS, Dublin, launching European AI Innovation Month and gathering EU and global leaders, CEOs, investors, and innovators. A high-signal policy-and-investment event for AI founders.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Managing Partner of ACT Venture Capital, Ireland's most established venture firm, which he joined in 1996. A former chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association, he has led ACT through six funds and exits including the sale of Decawave to Qorvo and SoftBank's investment in Cubic Telecom.
Dublin, Ireland · Person General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, focused on early-stage software and enterprise technology. He brings operating experience from Misys and Enterprise Ireland and leads investments from seed through Series A across the Irish and UK ecosystems.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners, where he leads medical-device investments. He brings operating and finance experience to the firm's medtech portfolio, supporting companies through clinical development, regulatory milestones and exits.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Kota is a Dublin-based platform building API-driven infrastructure for employee benefits and insurance. It enables companies to offer and manage health insurance, life insurance and pension benefits, syncing with existing HR tools such as Personio, HiBob, BambooHR and Workday. Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, Kota partners with providers including Irish Life, Allianz Partners and Smart Pension. Founded in 2022 by Luke Mackey, Patrick O'Boyle and Deepak Baliga, the company raised a $14.5 million Series A in May 2025 led by Eurazeo, bringing total funding to nearly $23 million.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup LetsGetChecked is a Dublin-founded at-home diagnostics and virtual care company that ships regulated lab tests directly to consumers, processes samples through its own CLIA-certified laboratories, and wraps the results in physician review, prescribing, and follow-up care where appropriate. Founded in 2015 by Peter Foley, the company rode the pandemic-era shift toward home testing to a USD 1 billion Series D in 2021 and has since positioned itself as a full virtual-care platform covering sexual health, men's and women's health, wellness, colorectal screening, and medication adherence, selling both direct-to-consumer and as a corporate health benefit. It is one of the few European health-tech unicorns to successfully run end-to-end clinical infrastructure — labs, logistics, telehealth, and pharmacy — in the US market, and together with Kerecis and Sidekick Health it rounds out the directory's picture of how Irish and Icelandic health companies are building internationally regulated care businesses.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Medical device company commercializing ReActiv8, an implantable restorative neurostimulation system that treats disabling mechanical chronic low back pain by stimulating the lumbar multifidus muscle. HQ in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Manna is Europe's largest drone delivery operator, having completed over 250,000 regulated commercial UAV deliveries across Dublin, Cork, and expanding US and European markets. Founded in 2018 and built entirely in Ireland, the company raised a $50 million Series B in April 2026 from investors including ARK Invest, ISIF, and Coca-Cola HBC, bringing total funding to $110 million. Manna is expanding to 40 new US bases and has partnered with Uber Eats for European aerial delivery markets.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners, Ireland's largest dedicated life-sciences fund, which he established in 2008 after a career at Elan and GlaxoSmithKline. He has led biotech investments behind exits including Inflazome (Roche) and Calypso Biotech (Novartis).
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Mastercard Start Path is Mastercard's flagship global startup engagement programme, launched in 2014 to connect high-growth fintechs with Mastercard's commercial network, mentorship and co-innovation resources. Unlike traditional equity accelerators it takes no equity and charges no fees; selected startups gain access to Mastercard's ecosystem of 150M+ merchants, thousands of banking partners and billions of cards. Dublin — Mastercard's sole European Technology Hub, with 2,000+ staff — anchors the programme's European engagement.
The programme runs rolling cohorts of five to fifteen startups across specialised tracks including Emerging Fintech, Acceptance, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Open Finance, Small Business, Security Solutions and the newest Agentic Commerce track (added 2026). Since inception it has engaged more than 500 startups from 60+ countries, whose alumni have raised over $25bn in follow-on capital. Notable alumni include unicorns Revolut and Thought Machine (UK), Razorpay and Zeta (India) and Airwallex, alongside European fintechs such as Doconomy (Sweden) and Irish fraud-prevention startup Urban Fox.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator NDRC (National Digital Research Centre) was originally established in 2007 as an Irish state-backed digital research and accelerator body affiliated with a consortium of Irish universities. From 2020 it transitioned to a new operator — Dogpatch Labs and regional partners — under a contract worth up to €17 million, delivering pre-seed funding and mentorship-driven accelerator programmes across Dublin, Galway, Cork, and Kerry. The programme has been extended to the end of 2026, with Enterprise Ireland planning a successor National Accelerator Platform starting in 2026.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Medical-device company developing bimodal neuromodulation technology. Its flagship product Lenire is the first FDA-approved bimodal neuromodulation tinnitus treatment, available in 130+ clinics across the US and Europe. Founded 2010.
Dublin, Ireland · Incubator NovaUCD is the innovation and startup incubator of University College Dublin (UCD), one of Ireland’s premier research universities. Established in 2003 on UCD’s Belfield campus, NovaUCD provides a supportive environment for knowledge-intensive startups, particularly those arising from university research in life sciences, engineering, and ICT. The center offers modern incubation facilities, including lab space, prototype workshops, and offices set in a historic Georgian building refurbished for innovation. NovaUCD runs a 9-month VentureLaunch accelerator program to help researchers and students validate business ideas, build teams, and refine commercialization strategy. Startups benefit from UCD’s resources – access to faculty experts, graduate talent, and sometimes use of specialized equipment (for biotech, etc.). Over nearly two decades, NovaUCD has supported 450+ companies. Alumni include Evolution (Bio) – a UCD bioinformatics spin-out acquired by Evotec, Logentries (cloud logging, acquired by Rapid7 for $68M), and Equinome (equine genomics, acquired by Plusvital). These successes underscore NovaUCD’s strength in turning academic excellence into enterprise. A hallmark is its focus on knowledge transfer: NovaUCD works closely with UCD’s tech transfer office, so startups often license university patents or software as a basis. The incubator also facilitates seed funding through networks like Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) and University Bridge Fund (a college-focused VC). The Irish government and Enterprise Ireland are key backers, aligning NovaUCD with national goals to foster high-tech industry. The incubator has expanded physically too – in 2022, it opened “AgTech UCD” on UCD’s Lyons farm for agri-tech startups, reflecting an effort to specialize. NovaUCD contributes hugely to Dublin’s startup scene, connecting academic founders with industry mentors and investors. Each year it hosts the UCD VentureLaunch Competition awarding cash prizes to the most promising spin-outs. Notably, NovaUCD companies have raised over €760M in capital and created thousands of jobs in Ireland. By offering an “on-campus home” for entrepreneurs, NovaUCD helps ensure that Ireland’s top research doesn’t just stay on paper, but translates into impactful businesses – from lifesaving medical devices to groundbreaking software – driving innovation and economic growth.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Nuitée is a travel technology company providing API infrastructure for hotel connectivity and distribution, acting as a link between accommodation providers and demand partners. Headquartered in Dublin, with additional offices in Spain, Morocco, the UK and the US, it offers product families spanning distribution and booking solutions, APIs and whitelabel services, and hotel data mapping. Its platform enables hotels, airlines, travel agencies and app developers to build travel and booking solutions, including AI-driven workflows for booking, pricing and distribution. The company was founded by Med Benmansour (CEO), Said Rkaibi and Olivier Dheur, and raised a $48 million Series A round led by Accel.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Europe's leading SaaS conference in Dublin, bringing 4,000+ SaaS founders, operators, and investors to the RDS. Deep-dive content on product-led growth, pricing, expansion revenue, and go-to-market strategy, with a dedicated Founder+ track and investor meetups. One of the best places to meet European B2B SaaS buyers and operators. Tickets EUR 500-1,500.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator Seroba Life Sciences is a Dublin-based healthcare venture capital firm founded in 2002, investing in biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics across Europe with a focus on companies emerging from strong clinical and scientific foundations. The firm manages over EUR 300M and typically invests EUR 2-10M at Series A and B, taking board seats and providing strategic guidance on regulatory strategy and commercialization. Seroba has backed companies including Mainstay Medical, Aerogen, and Fire1, leveraging Ireland's deep life sciences talent pool and its proximity to major pharma and medtech multinationals headquartered in the country.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Co-founder of Frontline Ventures and one of Ireland's most experienced technology investors. A veteran of the Irish venture scene, he has backed B2B software companies across multiple fund cycles and now serves the firm as a Partner Emeritus.
Dublin, Ireland · Event USENIX's SREcon Europe/Middle East/Africa is held at the Convention Centre Dublin for site reliability and production engineers. The conference features interactive learning sessions, demonstrations, keynotes and panels on building and operating large-scale, reliable systems.
Dublin, Ireland · Event A week-long series of 50+ startup events across Ireland organized by Enterprise Ireland and local partners. Events span Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Limerick with workshops, pitch competitions, and networking with Ireland's deep pool of multinational tech companies. Most events are free.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Organisator Ireland's premier science and technology exhibition for secondary school students, running for over 60 years. The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (now Stripe-sponsored) fosters innovation and scientific discovery, attracting thousands of student projects and serving as a pipeline for Ireland's next generation of tech entrepreneurs and researchers.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Ireland's premier science and technology exhibition for secondary school students, attracting 500+ projects and major media coverage annually. Sponsored by Stripe, it fosters early scientific discovery and innovation. Relevant for EdTech and STEM startups seeking brand visibility and community engagement with Ireland's next generation of founders.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Flagship women-led event of Dublin Tech Week at the Mansion House Round Room. Brings together 300+ women founders, investors and ecosystem leaders for keynotes, panels, founder showcases and networking focused on capital access and global growth.
Dublin, Ireland · Accelerator The Pearse Lyons Accelerator, now run as the Pearse Lyons Cultivator, is an agri-food-tech accelerator backed by Alltech and Dogpatch Labs in Dublin. It connects ag-tech startups with the global food and agriculture supply chain, using Alltech's presence in more than 120 countries to help founders run commercial pilots with Alltech and its partner companies.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Tines is a Dublin-founded enterprise software company building workflow automation for security, IT, and operations teams. The product became well known in cybersecurity because it gives frontline analysts a low-code way to automate repetitive response tasks without needing to maintain brittle custom scripts. Teams can connect alerts, ticketing tools, identity systems, cloud platforms, and communication apps into visual workflows that investigate incidents, enrich context, trigger approvals, and execute remediation steps automatically. That lowers manual workload while preserving auditability and human control over higher-risk actions. Over time, Tines has expanded beyond pure security orchestration into broader internal operations, making the platform useful anywhere a company needs reliable API-based workflow execution across multiple tools. Its traction reflects a larger shift in enterprise software toward operator-owned automation rather than centralized engineering bottlenecks. In the European ecosystem, Tines is also a strong example of an Irish infrastructure startup that scaled into a global category while staying connected to the region's talent and capital networks.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Organisator Non-profit professional association for advanced computing systems that organises the SREcon conference series for site reliability engineers and production engineers. SREcon26 Europe/Middle East/Africa is held in Dublin, gathering engineers building and operating large-scale systems.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Wayflyer is a Dublin-based revenue-based financing platform that provides non-dilutive working capital to e-commerce and consumer brands, using their store, payments, and marketing data to underwrite advances in days rather than weeks. Founded in 2019 by Aidan Corbett and Jack Pierse, the company became one of the fastest Irish startups ever to reach unicorn status after raising a Series B at a USD 1.6 billion valuation in 2022, off the back of explosive demand from DTC brands that needed alternatives to equity and bank debt during the post-pandemic inventory crunch. Wayflyer's technical edge is its underwriting model, which ingests Shopify, Amazon, Facebook Ads, and bank data to produce forward revenue forecasts and risk-adjusted offers, and it has expanded from pure cash advances into a broader financial-operations product for e-commerce merchants. In the European ecosystem it is the clearest example of fintech built specifically around the growth capital needs of modern digital brands.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Wia is a Dublin-based IoT cloud platform that helps businesses monitor occupancy, air quality, and energy consumption in real time to create smarter and more sustainable environments. Founded in 2015 by Conall Laverty, the platform is used by over 10,000 clients across 100 countries. Backed by Suir Valley Ventures and Enterprise Ireland, Wia has raised approximately €1 million in venture capital and its founder was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe. The company positions itself as an accessible developer-friendly IoT infrastructure layer.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Co-founding Partner of Frontline Ventures, the Dublin and London seed fund backing B2B software companies building across the Atlantic. He has invested across the firm's seed portfolio since 2012 and supports European founders on US go-to-market strategy.
Dublin, Ireland · Startup Workhuman operates a cloud-based employee recognition and continuous performance management platform used by over 7.5 million employees across 180 countries. Founded as Globoforce in Dublin in 1999 and rebranded in 2019, the company enables peer-to-peer recognition moments that drive engagement, culture, and retention at enterprise scale. Headquartered in both Dublin and Massachusetts, Workhuman employs over 600 staff in Ireland and has attained unicorn status, with clients including LinkedIn, Cisco, and Procter & Gamble.
