Guinness Enterprise Centre start-ups raised €22.5m last year 

The Guinness Enterprise Centre’s €10 million expansion in Dublin’s Liberties has transformed the former brewery stables into a 100,000 ft² start‑up powerhouse, Ireland's largest start-up campus. The GEC now hosts 160 start-ups employing more than 750ppl. Fundraising rounds for resident companies varied in sizes, from €25,000 up to €8m. Backed by Enterprise Ireland, Diageo, ISIF and Furthr, the GEC continues to support notable company's like Urban Fox, Astatine, Examfly and Wellola-driving Ireland’s next wave of global tech success.

Sizible, an AI-powered tool for fashion retailers that matches customer measurements to a brand’s sizing to ensure the perfect fit first time is currently on pilot with two Irish retailers. Founder Aideen Bodkin, has spent over 20 years in the fashion industry.

Sizible was formally established in March last year and is starting with sizing for womenswear, with menswear to follow.

Irish health-tech start-up xWave Technologies is partnering with three major UK National Health Service (NHS) trusts, throughout 2025 and 2026, to improve patient waiting times for imaging and diagnostic services. 

Headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, xWave is a cloud-based clinical support platform that helps clinicians access referral services for their patients and supports radiology teams. 

Leapifai, an AI-driven platform that replaces time-consuming manual research with instant and verifiable tax advisory guidance for accountants and tax professionals. For the last 20 years Dr Beibei Flynn has worked in large-scale AI systems research, development and deployment across the financial and tech industries. While working for Accenture, Flynn was the driving force behind three machine learning projects with the Irish Revenue.

Dublin-based Mesh Security is being acquired by Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2020 by Brian Byrne, Ralph Casey and Daimhim Kavanagh, the Irish start-up helps protect from business email compromise, ransomware and spear-phishing attacks. Mesh provides dual-layered security to its more than 4,000 customers spread across Ireland, the UK and US. This includes perimeter protection through a secure email gateway and mailbox-level defence through API deployment.

Founder and Industry Leader: John Phelan Honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Animation

John Phelan was recently awarded the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Industry’ at the 2025 Irish Animation Awards, recognising his pivotal role in advancing Ireland’s animation sector.

Throughout his career, John, a longtime Furthr Consultant, has been instrumental in promoting Irish animation, VFX, and gaming on a global stage. His leadership has helped position Ireland as a creative hub, driving industry growth and innovation. This prestigious award highlights John’s lasting impact and dedication to the industry.

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Pitch Jam Recap 

We had a great evening at Pitch Jam last night at the Guinness Enterprise Centre. 

We love an audience who knows what they like, and ours voted in favour of Sentro Labs as the best pitch of the night. But we can't forget to congratulate, PBBT Institute, Tolki AI and SomaTech for their stellar pitches. And of course, we couldn't have done it without the brilliant insights from our investor panel: Saurabh Kumar (Sure Valley Ventures), Ciaran Kelly (HBAN), and Michael O'Dea (Enterprise Ireland).

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