Scale Ireland is an independent not-for-profit organisation which supports, represents and advocates on behalf of Ireland’s tech start-up and scale-up companies
Scale Ireland is proudly supporting Ireland's EU Presidency. We had constructive meetings with the EU Commissioners in the lead up to Ireland's EU Presidency.
This is a significant time period with meetings, conferences happening in Ireland and to drive policies in Europe.
Delighted to deliver the keynote at @ScaleIreland’s autumn gathering in Avolon.
Under five weeks to Budget 2027 and my priorities are straightforward:
✅ Reward work
✅ Boost competitiveness
✅ Invest for the future
All three come back to backing Irish businesses.
“I think Scale Ireland’s proposal around a pension taskforce is a very sensible one. So I'll meet Minister Burke later today and discuss” - @SimonHarrisTD re. our Budget proposal to establish a taskforce to look at unlocking pension fund savings into indigenous companies.
“Clear eyed priority this year is to deliver a straightforward product when it comes to Savings and Investment Accounts” - @SimonHarrisTD#ScaleIrelandGathering
Panel now discussing the biggest challenges that companies have faced. CGT is raised by Fabien, Ríona mentions the challenge of raising early stage capital while Fergal mentions Government procurement challenges.
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Now hearing from three founders - Fabien Peyaud (Herdwatch), Ríona Ní Ghriallais (ProVerum) and Fergal O’Connor (BuyMedia) about their experiences as founders while growing and scaling their companies. Three great stories!
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“So I've heard clearly the case that Scale Ireland and others have made around capital and talent and tax treatment for entrepreneurship” @SimonHarrisTD#ScaleIrelandGathering
“In just six weeks, we will present our budget for 2027 to the office. Objectively, we approach this moment from a position of relative strength” @SimonHarrisTD#ScaleIrelandGathering
Our keynote speaker Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD sets out the scale of our ambition: “Ireland has become exceptionally good at attracting global companies. But the next economic ambition has to be that we become exceptionally good at growing global companies of our own.”
Our Chair Brian Caulfield follows on - highlighting how policy intervention can have an impact on making Ireland a leader in industry. #ScaleIrelandGathering
Our CEO @MartinaFitzg opens by setting the scene - “For the last 5 years, the main issue for our founders is funding and the Dept of Enterprise commissioned report last year estimates Ireland has a €1.1 billion scaling funding gap over the next 3-5 years”. #ScaleIrelandGathering