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    T H E I R I S HT E C H S T A RT U P

    G U I D E

    B Y S U P P O R T I N G

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    WHO ARE FRONTLINE VENTURES?

    Big Data

    @frontline @wilp @willmcq

    WHAT WE INVEST IN

    TALK TO US

    CloudServices

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    We are an early stage venture capital rm. We look for ambitious teams with global ideas.

    Payments

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    WHAT IS CONNECTIRELAND?

    TALK TO US

    ConnectIreland is Irelands referral programme that seeks to harvest the power of the 70million plus Irish Diaspora around the globe.

    The aim is to encourage people all over the world to spread the word about Ireland and toconnect with people in companies considering international expansion so they in turn will

    consider Ireland as the ideal gateway to Europe.ConnectIreland was appointed by IDA Ireland to deliver the Succeed in Ireland initiative

    which is part of the Irish Governments 2012 Action Plan for Jobs.

    Michael McLoughlinCEO

    [email protected]: + 353 (0)56 779 7422

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    IRELAND BY NUMBERS 4

    A HISTORY OF ENTERPRISE 9

    THE IRISH TECH ECOSYSTEM 12

    IRISH STARTUPS 16

    PEOPLE TO KNOW 22

    FINDING CAPITAL AND MENTORS 30

    PLACES TO GO 36

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    TALENT

    Access to the EUand its 500m

    population

    of the populationis under 25 -the

    youngest populationin the EU

    of the population

    is third-level

    educated - thehighest rate in thewestern world, andcompared to 29%

    EU average

    The only Englishspeaking country

    in the Euro Zone

    The highestproportion of

    science andengineering grads inthe world

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    TRACK RECORD

    top global ICT

    companies

    top global pharma

    companies

    top global nancial

    institutions

    top global gaming

    companies

    have operations in Ireland

    Technology companiesaccount for over 90%

    of venture capital

    investment in Ireland,compared to 31% inEurope

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    1st in Eurozone BestCountries for Business

    Forbes 2010

    1st for FDI per100,000 populationIBM Global Location

    Trends Report

    1st in the world formost-highly employable

    graduatesEC Study of International

    Recruiters 2010

    1

    1st for investmentincentives for

    foreign investorsGCR 2013

    1st for businesslegislation for

    foreign investorsGCR 2013

    1st for realcorporate taxes

    GCR 2013

    1st for availabilityof skilled labour

    GCR 2013

    W O R L D C O M P E T I T I V E N E SS

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    The investment by US companies into Ireland is greater thanthat made in Brazil, Russia, India and China combined.

    RUSSIA

    BRAZIL

    CHINAINDIA

    W O R L D C O M P E T I T I V E N E SS

    IRELAND

    1990 - 2011

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    A H I STO RY O FE N T E R P R I S E

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    Some look at thingsthat are, and ask why. I

    dream of things that neverwere and ask why not?

    George Bernard Shaw

    Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon coined the wordentrepreneur in 1730 and identied the entrepreneurs role as a risktaker who is balancing the markets by predicting what buyers want.

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    Ireland is a greatplace to do business

    Eric Schmidt, Chairman,Google

    When I came to Facebookand it was time to gure out

    where to put our internationalheadquarterswe actually

    really only looked at Ireland

    Sheryl Sandberg,COO Facebook

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    TH E IR IS H TE CHE C O S Y S T E M

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    ONCE UPON A TIME IN DUBLIN1950-2000: Intel, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Citrix, Symantec, EMC

    powered by

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    THEN CAME IRELAND 2.02000-2010: Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Facebook, EngineYard, Ebay, Paypal, Salesforce, Aol, VMWare

    powered by

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    AND SUDDENLY IN JUST TWO YEARS:2010-2012: Dropbox, Twitter, LinkedIN, Zendesk, Etsy, Zynga, HubSpot, Gilt, LogMeIn, 10Gen, SumUp,

    Marketo, Ancestry.com, Groupon, Riot, Indeed, MasterCard

    powered by

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    IRISHSTARTUPS

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    E N T E R P R I S E / S A A S

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    S O C I A L M E D I A /CONSUMER WEB

    E-COM M ERC E ED T EC H

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    M OB I L E F I N T EC H HEA LT H T E CH

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    MU S I C T EC H GAM I NG AVI AT I ON

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    SOME HOMEGROWN SUCCESSES

    Operated by over 450,000 retailers globally, drives revenue to over 200 mobile providers

    Processed over $24bn in online transactions last year

    Leading developer of physics engine used in over 500+ top selling video games and many

    blockbuster movies250,000 beds are booked a month through its platform and used in over 165 countries

    Used by 80 governments globally to manage social welfare payments

    AND MANYOTHERS:

    Biggest public online bookmaker in the world

    Leading Global Financial Services Group with 750 staff and 30 offices worldwide

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    SOM E PEO PL ETO KNOW

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    Karl Aherne

    Wayra

    Nick Ashmore

    NPRF

    Sean Blancheld

    Scalefront

    Ed ByrneCloud Vertical

    Richard Barnwell

    Digit/Jagex

    Gavin Bourke

    Nebula Ventures

    Keith Bohanna

    IIA

    John Breslin

    NUIG

    Simone Boswell

    Enterprise Ireland

    Paul Campbell

    Hypertiny /FunConf

    Paddy Cosgrave

    WebSummit /F.ounders

    Steve Collins

    Havok / Swrve

    Dylan Collins

    Box of Awesome

    Donal Cahalane

    Trustev

    Terence Bowden

    Propellor Accelerator

    Sean Baker

    Incaplex

    Russell Banks

    Conker / Dublin Beta

    SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW

    Terry CluneConnectIreland

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    Joe DrumgooleFeed Henry

    John HerlihyGoogle

    Donnchadh CullinanEnterprise Ireland

    Josh HolmesMicrosoft

    Tom CusackEnterprise Ireland

    John Egan Archipelago /

    Sandbox

    Sonia FlynnFacebook

    Dermot DalyTopado

    Paddy HolahanNewbay

    Brian DalyPitchify

    Daire HickeyWebsummit /

    F.ounders

    John Dennehy Zartis

    Eoghan JenningsHealth XL

    Niall HarbisonSimply Zesty

    SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW

    Paul HayesBeach Hut

    Andrew HunterSVB

    Mary CroninThousand Seeds

    Jerry KennellyTweak.com

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    Gene MurphyRedeem and Get

    Kieran MoynihanCIT

    Vincent LyonsDubStarts

    Ray NolanHostel World/

    Ultimate Rugby

    Darren MulvihillStartup Grind

    Paul ODeaSelected Strategies

    Connor MurphyDataHug

    Joan MulvihillIrish Internet Assoc.

    Steven McIntyreTwitter

    Garrett MurrayEnterprise Ireland

    SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW

    Barry MaloneyBalderton Capital

    Barry OBrienSVB

    Adrian MullettBank of Ireland

    Eamon LeonardEngine Yard

    Gary LeydenNDRC LaunchPad

    Colm LyonRealex Payments

    David LawrencePegasus

    Martin KellyIBM / Health XL

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    SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW

    Anna ScallyKPMG

    Barry SmythUCD

    James WheltonCoderDojo

    Noel RuanePolaris

    Ronan PercevalPhorest

    Raomal PereraThousand Seeds

    Pat PhelanCubic Tel. / Trustev

    Nicola RiordanNua Marketing

    Aileen OMalleySOvH Partners

    Barry ODowdIDA

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    A FAM I LY B U S I NES S

    Brian Reeves Frank Reeves

    Patrick Collison John Collison Eamon Fallon Brian Fallon

    Martina Skelly Michael Skelly

    Jonathan Ruane Jason Ruane

    Jennie McGinn Sarah McGinnGrace McGinn

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    T E C H P R E S S

    Johnny RyanIrish Times

    Karlin LillingtonIrish Times

    John KennedySilicon Republic

    Carmel DoyleSilicon Republic

    Mark LittleStoryful

    Adrian WecklerSunday Business

    Post

    Tom LyonsSunday Independent

    Gavin DalySunday Times

    Chris HornIrish Times

    Gavan ReillyTheJournal.ie

    Ciara OBrienIrish Times

    Pamela NewenhamIrish Times

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    T E C H N O L O G Y L AW F I R M S

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    STARTUP ACCOUNTANTS

    Ciaran Walsh Colin Keane Johnny Harte

    L A R GE R F I RM S I N D E P EN D E NT

    Helen Cousins

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    FI ND ING CA PITAL& MENTORS

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    INCUBATORS/ACCELERATORS

    c o m i n g

    s o o n

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    BANKS & CROWD-FUNDING

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    A NGE L NE T WORK S

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    LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL RESIDENT VCS

    OYSTER CAPITAL

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    C E N T R E S F O R S C I E N C E , E N G I N E E R I N G & T E C H

    CSETs help link scientists and engineers to industry and foster the developmentof Irish technology companies.

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    PLACESTO G O

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    CO-WORKING SPACES

    IADT Med iaCube

    Amworks Dogpatch Labs

    National Colleg eof Ireland

    GuinnessEnterprise Centre

    The Digital Hub

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    STARTUP HANGOUTS

    KC Peaches Chop House Skinflint

    JoBurger

    Library Bar Crackbird 3FE

    SlatterysNo Name Food Game

    Science Gallery

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    MEETUPS AND CONFERENCES

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