Promoting Irish Tech Start-ups & Scaling Companies

Scale Ireland is Ireland’s leading independent not-for-profit, representative organisation for Irish tech start-up and scaling companies. We are the biggest representative organisation for the Irish tech sector. Our mission is to support, promote and advocate on behalf of indigenous tech start-up and scaling companies of all stages, sizes and sectors and to create the most favourable conditions for them to succeed. Our vision is to make Ireland a leading global location for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Annual Autumn Gathering 2025

Scale Ireland was delighted to host our 'Annual Autumn Gathering' with the Minister for Finance and President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, and leading founders and investors on Thursday, the 4th of September.
A big thank you to our contributors who spoke so strongly about their experiences, their ambitions for the indigenous ecosystem as well as the challenges:
Eileen O’Mara, Chief Revenue Officer, Stripe
Colm Lyon, Founder and CEO, Fire
Lesley Tully, Founder and CEO, This is Penny and Penny FS Technologies
Will Prendergast, General Partner, Frontline Ventures
Debbie Rennick, General Partner, ACT VC
Donal Mac Nioclais, Principal in the Dublin office of Waterland
The feedback as well as coverage of the event has been amazing. Scale Ireland is gratified with the support extended by the Start-up ecosystem. Scale Ireland is delighted to see the networking, discussions, contributions from the panel members and the impact this event can have on the upcoming Budget. Once again, thank you to each one of you who took out time to participate in our Annual Autumn Gathering.

Future Proofing Talent Supply in the Irish Tech Start-ups and Scaling Sector Report

Scale Ireland presented our Future Proofing Talent Supply in the Irish tech start-ups and scaling sector report to the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke. The report highlights that challenges persist in developing a sustainable talent pipeline to meet current and future skill demands.

Join our Community

Join Scale Ireland's vibrant membership community of over 800 members of founders and employees of start-up and scaling companies, along with students, and business supporters and individuals - all supporting our vision to make Ireland a leading location for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Our members enjoy exclusive access to over €500k in complementary supports, discounts, and offers from our partners. Members will have access to key sectoral research & submissions, as well as gain access to our Slack community of over 1000 founders, investors & operators and access to the largest survey of indigenous tech leaders every year.
2,099
Irish start-ups & scale-ups
45,652
People employed
51
%
Employed outside of Dublin
5
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Jobs created per start-up hire

Our Team

Our Board

Our Steering Group

Listed Alphabetically

John Breslin

John Breslin

Portershed/NUIG

Richard Bryce

Richard Bryce

DC Cahalane

DC Cahalane

Republic of Work

Helen Cahill

Helen Cahill

Financefair

Peter Coppinger

Peter Coppinger

Teamwork

John Corley

John Corley

Grainne Dwyer

Grainne Dwyer

Stori Creative

Ciara Flood

Ciara Flood

&Open

Paddy Flynn

Paddy Flynn

TechIreland

Conor Hanley

Conor Hanley

Fire1Foundry

Bobby Healy

Bobby Healy

Manna Aero

Alan Holland

Alan Holland

Keelvar

Nick Keegan

Nick Keegan

MailMetrics

Fionn Lahart

Fionn Lahart

OneProjects

Rosanne Longmore

Rosanne Longmore

Coroflo

Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch

Equal1

Colm Lyon

Colm Lyon

Fire

Dee Lyons

Dee Lyons

Examfly

Luke Mackey

Luke Mackey

Kota

Tom Maguire

Tom Maguire

Deloitte

Rena Maycock

Rena Maycock

Cilter

Liz McCarthy

Liz McCarthy

Voxxify

Riona Ní Ghriallais

Riona Ní Ghriallais

Proverum Medical

Niall Norton

Niall Norton

C-Comms

Fergal O'Connor

Fergal O'Connor

Buy Media

Orla O'Gorman

Orla O'Gorman

Strategic Advisor

Brian O'Rourke

Brian O'Rourke

CitySwift

Will Prendergast

Will Prendergast

Frontline Ventures

Paul Quigley

Paul Quigley

NewsWhip

Colm Rafferty

Colm Rafferty

Maples & Calder

Keith Robinson

Keith Robinson

Trinity Care

Orlaith Ryan

Orlaith Ryan

Shorla

Anna Scally

Anna Scally

KPMG

Rhona Togher

Rhona Togher

Lios

Lesley Tully

Lesley Tully

This is Penny

Criona Turley

Criona Turley

Capella

Niall Twomey

Niall Twomey

Fenergo

Corporate Partners
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