Startup Stage 2026 | PorterShed x NDRC

​Startup Stage

​NDRC Pre-Accelerator Showcase | PorterShed, Galway

​One final cohort. 20 startups. One last NDRC Showcase at PorterShed.

And we’re finishing where every startup eventually has to: with the pitch.

​Twenty early-stage companies have spent the programme testing assumptions, speaking to customers, developing their products and challenging whether their ideas can become scalable technology businesses.
On Friday, 2 October, they take the stage at PorterShed.

​Expect founders working across AI, fintech, edutech, sustainability, and emerging technology, pitching what they’re building and where they’re going next.

​Over the past five years, the NDRC network has connected founders with mentors, investors, entrepreneurs and startup communities across Ireland.

​We’re inviting that community back.
NDRC alumni. Founders. Investors. Mentors. Programme contributors. Ecosystem partners. And anyone interested in seeing what Ireland’s next generation of technology companies is building.

​Agenda

​12:00 – 12:30 | Welcome & Networking
12:30 – 12:40 | Opening  
12:40 – 13:15 | Startup Pitches 1–10
13:15 – 13:45 | Break & Refreshments
13:45 – 14:30 | Startup Pitches 11–20  
14:30 – 15:00 | Closing & Networking

Special Guests to be announced... more to follow.

Register early. This one won’t happen again.

​Supported by Dogpatch Labs, RDI Hub and Republic of Work.

​T&Cs

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