Dogpatch Labs
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Innovation space, Accelerator, Incubator, Co-working |
| Headquarters | Dublin, , Ireland |
| Services | Support for entrepreneurs, events, private and shared workspaces, corporate innovation |
Number of employees | 20 |
| Website | dogpatchlabs |
Overview
Dogpatch Labs is a startup hub located in the CHQ building, in the heart of the Silicon Docks, supporting the startup ecosystem through incubation and acceleration programmes, educational events and a tech community of over 500 members from 100+ startups. [2][11][12] In 2019 it was listed as Crunchbase’s “top 10 incubators around the world you need to know”. [4]
It is a member of a global network of 50 startup hubs supported by Google For Startups [8] and winner of its Global Citizenship Award in 2017 [4] and its Global Diversity & Inclusion Award in 2018 [5]. Visitors have included The Duke & Duchess of Sussex [7] and also The King & Queen of the Netherlands in recognition of Dogpatch’s mission to accelerate the development of Ireland's entrepreneurial ecosystem [6].
Partners include Unilever, Google For Startups, Alltech, ESB, Ulster Bank, Pivotal, CHQ, and Hannover Re. [2]
Alumni include Irish tech unicorn Intercom [10] and provides the global headquarters for CoderDojo [9], the volunteer-led movement of free computer programming clubs. Dogpatch actively supports other social technology initiatives such as ChangeX, HackAccess, PyLadies, Social Innovation Fund and others [2][11].