Investor Demo Day 2025: 21 startups | 90 mins of no-frills pitching | 350 attendees The room was packed. 50+ VCs & 45+ Angels watching as our founders absolutely #nailedit on stage 🙌 We’re proud to back such early-stage, high-calibre talent: founders with 20+ years in tech

@NDRC_hq @InfoOPSZ @row5ai Thank you to every person who joined us today! For those who didn’t, and would like to find out more? Visit our lookbook ->

Rounding out the day: the @NDRC_hq Accelerator — pre-seed startups ready to scale. Pitching now: Linda AI, Jarvio, @InfoOPSZ, Kinetikiq, @row5ai, Pulc, OnMerit, Induct, Archways, Anothertrip, MARC, Source & OpenForest.

Next up: @FierceTech_ — Backing women founders in tech to grow global companies. Pitching today: EstateMin, Kella, and @KowrooTRM.

Kicking off with the Founders Accelerator — exceptional builders who’ve turned ideas into action. Startups: Fineo, Harbour AI, Dolivo, Latinum, and Sammy.

The startups pitching today have come through three accelerators under the @NDRC_hq umbrella: 💡 @NDRC_hq Accelerator - backing pre-seed teams already building 🌱 Founders Talent Accelerator - supporting individuals pre-team or pre-idea 🔥 @FierceTech_ - empowering women

“We’re seeing momentum build — with the largest exit in NDRC history, and over €65M raised across 20+ rounds in the last 12 weeks alone.” — Patrick Walsh, CEO at Dogpatch Labs

Local VCs, international funds, angels, corporates, and government partners are all here — a powerful mix of capital, talent, and network fuelling Irish innovation.

🚀 Welcome to Investor Demo Day 2025 Today we mark a milestone — with more startups and more investors in the room than ever before. It takes a village to build a startup, and today that village is in the room.

Builders! @Colosseum's Cypherpunk hackathon is here. 2 weeks. Code & build at BuildStation, Dogpatch Labs. Compete for $2.5M+ in prizes. Register here:

Congrats to DevAlly founders on €2M pre-seed raise, embedding digital accessibility in developer workflows from day one. Backed by @milesahead_ai & top European angels, funding allows team growth to 16+, plus U.S. expansion. More via @TechCrunch: https://t.co/KRqiwI85jy

Dublin biotech Aerska raises €18M Seed led by @age1vc & @BackedVC (backers of Thought Machine, Sky Mavis, Immutable X). Developing “brain shuttle” tech to deliver genetic medicines to the brain. Congrats Jack, David & team! More via @businessposthq: https://t.co/N7f5yLzGbg

From open source → scale. @posthog, founded out of YC, has raised $70M+ from @stripe, GV + Formus Capital, building the leading open-source product analytics platform (valued at $920M). Join Co-CEO Tim Glaser on Friday 26th Sept at Dogpatch Labs: https://t.co/0bzwNjAN5S

Dogpatch Labs community member & @NDRC_hq alum @asknory has raised a $37M Series B led by Kinnevik, after tripling revenue and expanding globally. Now entering the US with AI-driven ops for restaurants. Congrats Conor Sheridan & team! Read more via @tech_eu:

Harbour AI was born out of NDRC-backed Founders accelerator, where Charlie Campbell (ex-Wayflyer) met Shane Malone (ex-Microsoft & Intel). Together they built a fintech platform that uses open banking to cut late maritime freight payments by over 50%. 👉 https://t.co/HOiiDtUhxG

Building an AI-enabled product? Will you train your own model? And when it fails, who’s accountable? At #FinMeetup, @intercom CTO Darragh Curran & @tines_hq CEO Eoin Hinchy discussed these questions and more, including how AI is being embedded into the culture of two leading

Founders in Ireland: @20vcFund is coming to Dogpatch Labs; backer of @lovable_dev – fastest-growing software company ever @fyxerai – on track to $30M ARR by EoY @peec_ai – €7M raised 5 mths after founding Join @Kieranleehill & @P_Bonnet this Sept 3rd → https://t.co/nBhhIuwckI

@NDRC_hq @joinpatch_ Since 2019, nearly 200 alumni have gone through Patch, with 1 in 4 launching a startup, social enterprise, or community project. Read the full Impact Report: