NDRC welcomes co-founder of Sendy, Malaika Judd as the new Managing Director of NDRC Accelerator and announces the seven tech startups successfully selected for the H2 programme (57% women-led or co-founded startups) which will take place in Dogpatch Labs.

Founders from the seven startups hail from Waterford, Kildare, Clare, and Dublin, with one of the cohort companies completing both the NDRC Founder Weekend and NDRC Pre-Accelerator before being successfully accepted to this year’s programme. These globally ambitious entrepreneurs are tackling global challenges with their tech businesses, and operating in industries including pharma, finance, sales, investment, tourism, digital accessibility, blockchain, and tax reporting.

Keep reading to hear who the startups selected are…

NDRC Startup Sprint - Your Gateway to Entrepreneurship in the South-East

A guest blog written by Andy McManagan, Programme Associate in NDRC partner hub Republic of Work.

For the past three years, NDRC has been trying to lift the level of support for founders in Ireland to a global level. By all standards it has been a success but sometimes it can be difficult for founders to understand what’s on offer, if they are at the right stage and how do they go about applying to give themselves the best chance of getting accepted.

Everyone has an idea. We are unique in our capacity to see how complexities of life unfold and where there are opportunities to make it better. Out of such ideas, entrepreneurs are born and these founders create startups which change how something in the world works. These companies can be very small, or can completely redefine what a market is, having an outsized impact on both individual lives and total economic output of the world. A grandiose statement but it is true. As a society, we need to encourage more talented individuals start market defining companies.