Bringing together the most talented engineers, domain experts and commercial minds to find their co-founder and build their startup from scratch
Why Join Founders?
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Meet Your Co-Founder
Finding a co-founder is difficult, so we bring together the most ambitious founders to build their startup
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Funding from Day One
We pay you to build a team and a great idea, with the opportunity to pitch for €100K pre-seed funding
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A World-Class Community
Build your startup with a network of world-class mentors and experts at Dogpatch Labs
Phase 1:
Formation
Jan - Mar 2025
Find a Co-Founder
Find your co-founder, ideate fast, and build, build, build!
- 40+ Founders
- 50+ Mentors
- €2k Monthly Grant
Phase 2:
Acceleration
Apr - July 2025
€100k Investment
Take your startup to the next level with expert mentorship and investor readiness
- Investor readiness
- 10% equity stake
- Showcase with top-tier investors
Ready for the Founders Journey?
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Ambition
You're a self-starter and can motivate others to join your mission
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Commitment
You are resilient and your source of energy never runs low
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Gets Stuff Done
Not only can you problem solve, you can create momentum at pace
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Outlier
You stand out from your peers, and are willing to go against the grain
Founder Stories
GlitchAds
Having led strategic initiatives to drive the global expansion of UK and Irish startup/scale-up tech companies over her career, Aisling had the itch to create her own startup and joined Founders.
Through Founders, Aisling met her cofounder, Kingsley Kelly, a seasoned engineer with over a decade of experience as a lead engineer with Google and Web Summit. Together they have combined their expertise to build GlitchAds, an innovative software solution for the automation, creation and ongoing optimization of digital advertising campaigns.
Inspeq AI
Ramanujam and Apoorva met on the first cohort of Founders, combining their wealth of experience and unique industry insight to build Inspeq AI, an innovative developer platform for AI app evaluation and optimization.
"Through Founders, I got to transform a life-long passion into a full-blown start-up while gaining a co-founder and business expertise. With great mentors guiding key decisions and a supportive community of like-minded entrepreneurs, it gave me the priceless chance to tangibly turn my passion into reality." - Ramanujam”
Talio
During the residency, co-founders Ciaran and Oran united to solve a burning problem within the market research industry: the research process is fragmented, time-consuming, and requires over seven different tools.
Combining Ciaran's technical expertise as a former Senior Software Engineer at companies such as Paddy Power and Zalando with Oran's commercial acumen as a serial entrepreneur, the pair founded Talio. Talio revolutionises the research process, empowering teams to transform weeks of work into just minutes of analysis.
Meet our Mentors
A network of renowned engineers, entrepreneurs, and investors ready to provide unparalleled support to launch you into your founder journey
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Ciaran Burke
Swoop Funding
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Bobby Healy
CEO | Manna
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Philip Reynolds
Early Stage Investor & Ex-MD | NDRC
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Áine Kerr
Founder | Kinzen
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Áine Denn
Founder | Altify
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Marc McCabe
Partner | Nomad Capital
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Sean Blanchfield
Founder | Techpreneurs & Former CEO | PageFair
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Maria McMenamin
Partner | Anamcara Capital
We believe strong co-founder teams are one of the most critical determinants of startup success. We want to bring together those exceptional people who may never have met.
Get Started Today
Apply now and start building your business
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