The Dublin AI Founder & Investor Evening 2026 (Curated Audience Event)
The Dublin AI Founder & Investor Evening 2026 is a highly curated event, gathering 100 Irish AI Startups, VCs, and Angel Investors for an evening of discussion, learning & networking. It is co-hosted by Hubspot for Startups and Startup Network Europe.
Agenda
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Registration
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM: VC & Founder Panel: The AI Validation Sprint
How can early-stage AI founders iterate quickly, build product velocity, and reach B2B product-market fit before burning through their pre-seed runway? This panel explores practical playbooks for winning early commercial traction, creating defensible product moats, and meeting the benchmarks deep-tech investors look for today.
Saurabh Kumar, Principal, Sure Valley Ventures
Amy Neale, General Partner, Delta Partners VC
Rena Maycock, Founder, Chirp
More Panellists TBC
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Networking, with food & drinks provided
A Highly Curated Audience
Startup Network Europe's curated audience AI events receive close to 5/5 feedback, which is why attendance will be strictly limited to:
70 AI Startup Founders & CTOs (NI and ROI-based, early-stage, selected from 700 applications)
10 Ecosystem Stakeholders (Accelerators, Incubators, Government, etc)
20 VCs & Angel Investors
This event follows the model of The London AI Startup Conference 2025, a highly successful event hosted at Google London, with 127 high-quality attendees chosen from 2,300 applications. Audience curation resulted in very high attendee ratings, speakers included top VCs and unicorn founders, and a 2026 sequel has been confirmed.