Support

To provide practical support to founders and start-ups in relation to key policy areas, supports and grants.

Represent

To constructively represent the interests of Irish tech start-up and scale-up companies.

Advocate

To engage with key stakeholders on behalf of the sector to create the best conditions for start-ups.

Become a Member

Scale Ireland has a membership offering which brings start-up founders, employees, students, business & individual supporters together to ensure the sector has a significant representative voice.

We are also offering members up to €750k in exclusive complementary supports, discounts & offers, which have been provided by our partners & supporters.

Members will have access to key sectoral research & policy submissions, as well as gain access to our Slack community of over 900 founders, investors & operators.

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Who We Represent

MIT innovation graph describing start-ups in comparison to SMEs

The Sector

The indigenous tech start-up and scale-up sector provides high calibre jobs, a focus on exports, graduate employment opportunities and investment in innovation.

54,906 people employed
2,218 Start-up and Scale-up companies
939 companies are based outside of Dublin
5x jobs created for every one start-up job

The Sector by Industry

Indigenous tech start-up and scale-up companies operate in a wide range of sectors . Almost half of the 2,218 companies are involved in enterprise solutions, medtech and fintech. Other prominent sectors include entertainment, industrial technologies, ecommerce, cleantech, travel, agritech, edtech, telecommunications, adtech and security.