Making Ireland a Leading Platform for Sustainability Innovation
Connecting startups, industry, and national assets to accelerate towards Net Zero
Ireland’s National Sustainability Accelerator and Innovation Platform
At Dogpatch, we believe that collaboration is key when it comes to solving the climate crisis. So we’ve created a programme focused on delivering impact and collaboration across industry, government, academic institutes and the startup community.
The 2050 Accelerator gives startups the opportunity to access top expertise in a proven accelerator model. The 2050 Ecosystem connects industry, government, academia, and startups to help solve the nation’s sustainability challenges - together.
Ireland’s National Sustainability Accelerator
The accelerator programme gives top Irish and international startups the opportunity to work with companies leading Ireland’s transition to Net Zero. Together they will work towards practical pilot projects that will help them to rapidly scale their impact. Startups have unprecedented access to Ireland’s national sustainability infrastructure assets, including dairy farms, wind farms and forestry.
Working with startups to drive impactful innovation
Ireland’s Sustainability Ecosystem
Ireland's superpower is its size and connectedness. The 2050 ecosystem will leverage that connectedness, bringing the wider sustainability ecosystem together, giving participants the opportunity to collaborate on climate focused initiatives. Through workshops, roundtables, and an annual forum, we’ve created a platform for people to learn, uncover synergies, and foster new innovations.
Increasing collaboration for positive climate impact
In Partnership with Leading Companies
Our 2050 industry partners provide opportunities for funding, access to expertise, routes to market and access to national assets that can help startups move the needle on climate.
Kerry Group is a global leader in sustainable nutrition. Over 1bn people eat food with Kerry ingredients every single day. Kerry is deeply committed to helping decarbonise agriculture and lead a just transition to net zero.
ESB has been Ireland's foremost energy company since it was established in 1927, driven by an unwavering commitment to power society forward and deliver a net-zero future for its customers and the communities it serves.
Coillte is proud to be the custodian of 440,000 hectares, equalling 7% of Irish land. This is primarily forested space and makes Coillte Ireland's largest forest manager and provider of outdoor recreation.
The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment is a leading philanthropic organisation focused on supporting and investing in initiatives that reverse global environmental degradation. Grantham is sponsoring a Carbon Dioxide Removal stream within the accelerator.
Technical partner Otherlab is an independent research & design lab pairing creativity with rigor to bring new solutions in renewable energy to market. They help government agencies and Fortune 500 companies understand energy infrastructure and build transformational technologies that bring us closer to 100% decarbonization.
“As a country, our size and connectedness are our superpowers. We have the ability to bring together and connect all the different pieces of the sustainability ecosystem for the benefit of those addressing the climate emergency.”
Dave Power
Director of Innovation
An Accelerator with Unique Benefits - Built for Impact
Work with Companies Leading the Transition to Net Zero
Develop and run a pilot with some of the leading companies decarbonising the agricultural, energy, and forestry industries.
Access to Ireland as a Testbed
The potential to utilize the largest aggregation of national sustainability assets and supports in the world.
Equity Free Programme
€10,000 no-strings-attached stipend, plus travel expenses covered, in addition to €500,000+ value in perks.
Learn from World-Class Experts
Get 1-to-1 sessions with engineers, scientists, and researchers from Otherlab, leading climate founders, Fortune 500 companies, and beyond.
Work at a Leading Innovation Hub
In-person weeks at Dogpatch in the Digital Docklands with options to use the co-working facilities during intervening weeks.
Global Network of Top VC Firms
Priority access to Dogpatch’s investor partner network, including international and domestic VCs, with €6BN funds in Ireland.
Working with regional innovation hubs to build a sustainability ecosystem platform
The 2050 Sustainability Ecosystem will be a truly national and connected sustainability network, leveraging the major regional innovation hubs in Cork (Republic of Work), Kerry (RDI Hub), Galway (PorterShed) and Wexford (GreenTech HQ). Each hub gives access to the unique sustainability network in their region including universities, government agencies, startups and industry.
Ireland's Largest Innovation Hub
Dogpatch’s mission is to accelerate the development of Ireland’s startup ecosystem. Named as Crunchbase’s Top 10 Incubators worldwide, we have a track record of delivering world-class accelerators and incubators for leading companies and the government, helping them to innovate at startup speed.
Ireland’s National Sustainability Accelerator
Applications opening Summer 2024
Ireland’s Sustainability Ecosystem Platform
Talk to us today
Want to learn more about the 2050 Accelerator or 2050 Ecosystem? Chat with Ashley, our Senior Programme Manager of Sustainability.