Scale Ireland

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

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Colm Lyon, Founder & CEO, Fire
Joseph Borza, CEO & Co-founder, Energy Elephant
Lesley Tully, Founder, Penny Technologies
Jason Lynch, CEO, Equal1

Join the Scale Ireland community - the largest representative organisation for the Irish tech sector here: https://t.co/iUhPhlFGKA

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This week and next week, Scale Ireland will be promoting the views of some of our founders on the huge potential, challenges and opportunities facing indigenous Irish start-up and scaling businesses as they scale globally.

This is our first video featuring founders.

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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And that's a wrap!!! We want to thank ALL of our members, staff, volunteers, @SimonHarrisTD, and the crew at @avolon_aero for being a part of our autumn #ScaleIrelandGathering.

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And so ends another #ScaleIrelandGathering. We are tremendously grateful to @SimonHarrisTD for sharing his time and thoughts ahead of Budget 2027.

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Our second panel on finance is ready to go with Rebekah Brady @NTMA_IE and John O'Sullivan @ActVC with @SimonHarrisTD providing his commentary as well. #ScaleIrelandGathering

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“Clear eyed priority this year is to deliver a straightforward product when it comes to Savings and Investment Accounts” - @SimonHarrisTD

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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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Our first panel on scaling companies is starting up with Fabian Peyaud @Herdwatch, Ríona Ní Ghriallais @proverummedical, and Fergal O'Conner @buymediahq. They're joined by @SimonHarrisTD for commentary. #ScaleIrelandGathering

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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

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“I want to tell you we're not complacent when it comes to the R&D tax credit” @SimonHarrisTD

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“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

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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.”

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@SimonHarrisTD is now presenting his keynote to the crowd. He acknowledges that people had the ambition, expertise, and confidence to build Ireland into the place it is today, with a view to the future and unlimited potential. #ScaleIrelandGathering

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@BrianCVC providing some following thoughts on Ireland becoming a global leader in industry and aviation as well as welcoming everyone. #ScaleIrelandGathering

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Our Chair Brian Caulfield follows on - highlighting how policy intervention can have an impact on making Ireland a leader in industry. #ScaleIrelandGathering

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Next up is Andy Cronin - CEO of @avolon_aero - telling the story of Avolon and their journey as an Irish company that scaled internationally.