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Upcoming Event

Monday, October 16

Brian Norton (Finance Entrepreneur; Future Finance)

Fireside Chat

Brian Norton started Future Finance, the first European private student lending company. Prior to Future Finance, Brian built and helped to grow several mortgage and student lending companies in the US, including Arch Bay, a $1.5b mortgage investment fund. Today Brian is a Partner at Ridge Road, an private investment fund that invests in and helps to build great businesses.

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Past Events

Rachel Delacour (BIME Analytics; Zendesk )

Summer Birthday Party! CANCELLED

Fred Karlsson (DoneDeal, PurpleTag)

Charles Dowd (Plynk)

Nicola McClafferty (Draper Esprit)

Gráinne Walsh (Metalman Brewing)

Johnny Walker (Health Founders)

Parsa Ghaffari (Aylien)

Eric Risser (Artomatix)

Fiona Slevin (Orreco)

UPRISE Festival Launch Party with Sean Blanchfield (PageFair)

Elizabeth Yin (500 Startups)

Summer Social / Birthday Bash (#sgdub)

David Coallier (Barricade.io)

Jules Coleman (Hassle.com)

Derek Andersen (Startup Grind)

Jonny Parkes (Leaf Investments)

Robin Blandford (D4H Technologies)

Steve Collins (Swrve, Kore, Havok)

Claire McHugh (Axonista)

Deborah Magid (IBM Venture Capital Group)

Richard Barnwell (DIGIT Game Studios)

Patricia Gannon (Karanović & Nikolić)

Caelan King (WhatClinic.com)

Tony Zappala (Highland Capital Partners Europe)

Alan Coleman (Brite:Bill)

Ray Nolan (HostelWorld, Worky & Skyscanner)

Jon Bradford (Techstars)

Kevin & Julia Hartz (Eventbrite)

Leonora O'Brien (Pharmapod)

Carlos Eduardo Espinal (Seedcamp)

Brian Caulfield (Partner, DFJ Esprit)

Ronan Perceval (Phorest)

Dylan Collins (Jolt Online,Demonware,Box of Awesome)

Barry O'Brien (Silicon Valley Bank)

Paddy Cosgrave (Dublin Web Summit & F.ounders)

Sean O'Sullivan (SOS Ventures)

Team

David Scanlon

Dublin Director

I make ventures happen with NDRC, and educate, inspire, and connect the Dublin ecosystem with Startup Grind. As an NDRC Venture Investment Lead I source, engage, guide and enable teams to transform the best ideas into globally scalable businesses. An experienced executive, with a career spanning software engineering, public sector trade development, private sector business development - all built on a vocation as an evangelist for the Irish startup community. I am a talented communicator and connector, with a unique understanding of the Irish and European startup ecosystems.

From the Blog

Disrupting the Health Sector - Founder Dr. Johnny Walker

Rachel Boyle • 2017-04-17T14:32:41+00:00

In the searing Western Australia Outback heat of approximately 48 degrees, Dr. Walker provided care to 48 pregnant women a day -- from the back of a truck. This is where the initial entrepreneurial thoughts spurred to the mind of Dr. Walker, leading to the highly successful international telemedicine practice "Global Diagnostics." The thorough care, passion and selfless acts expressed by Dr. Walker throughout his mission reveal his ambition to leverage global healthcare to the highest quality.

AYLIEN’s Parsa Ghaffari: 7 Secrets To Success

Rachel Boyle • 2017-04-12T12:30:00+00:00

An avid programmer since he was just 11 years old, Parsa Ghaffari is on the brink of a multi-million dollar startup -- selling nothing more fitting than artificial intelligence (AI) itself!

SG Dublin: Pay Attention to Your Culture or Pay the Price

David Scanlon • 2015-10-29T13:00:00+00:00

One of the (many) things that fascinates me about startups is the emergence of company culture. Quite often, a startup's culture creeps up on founders, and pounces on them fully formed when they least expect it. For better or worse, the examples are everywhere.