2025 in Review: Strengthening Ireland's Startup Pipeline
We are delighted to share the Furthr Annual Review 2025, capturing a year of strong founder momentum, investment success, and ecosystem collaboration.
In 2025 Furthr supported more than 400 startups through acceleration programmes, mentoring, and investor-readiness initiatives, helping founders secure significant pre-seed and iHPSU funding while progressing ambitious ventures across key growth sectors.
2025 also saw continued expansion of our national partnerships, impactful programmes such as NextWave, and meaningful engagement with founders, investors, and industry leaders.
Explore the full report to see how Furthr continues to accelerate innovation, funding, and connection across Ireland's startup ecosystem.
Nocomed, a Dublin-based software company, has secured €650,000 in seed funding to scale its sustainability platform designed to reduce the climate impact of healthcare supply chains. Backed by Enterprise Ireland and angel investors, the company supports life sciences and healthcare organisations in measuring, reporting, and lowering carbon emissions through software tailored to the sector’s regulatory demands.Read More
Job opportunity to join Dublin Startup Glitch. The AI Platform is hiring aProject Owner/Project Manager to own the release roadmap for its AI Platform. You’ll be part of an ambitious team redefining how businesses manage Google Ads through AI automation. The role offers autonomy, clear growth potential, and the opportunity to play a key part in shaping Glitch’s next stage of expansion. Read More.
Ready, Set, Go Furthr
The starting point for Early-Stage Founders.
Save the date: March 26th
This energising, hands-on workshop is designed for people at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial journey.
Whether you have a new idea, an early concept, or simply the ambition to explore entrepreneurship, this session will help you build confidence, shape your thinking, and understand what it really takes to move from idea to action.
During this practical, supportive workshop founders are introduced to the foundations of entrepreneurship through creative thinking, human-centred design, business modelling, and early-stage validation, all in a safe environment where uncertainty is expected and learning happens through doing.
Who It’s For
Ready, Set, Go Furthr is designed for:
Individuals with an early-stage business idea
First-time founders unsure where to start
Researchers or professionals exploring commercialisation
Anyone curious about entrepreneurship and innovation
Founders preparing to engage with Furthr supports
Come with curiosity and openness to explore. After completion of Ready, Set, Go Furthr participants may be invited to continue their development through Furthr's Masterclass Series.
Furthr supported startups raised €28.5M of pre-seed and seed funding in 2025!
Applications are open
The Furthr Masterclass series is designed for founders at pre-seed and seed stages - offering an accelerator level experience. This immersive in-person programme gets entrepreneurs away from the safety of their screens, learning side by side and engaging with other entrepreneurs on a similar journey.
If you are an entrepreneur who is 6 to 12 months away from raising a seed round this is the perfect programme for you.
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