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Startup Ireland Survey An Amárach Research Briefing
to the Vision2020 Forum October 2014
284 startups
21 accelerators/incubators
What’s the current state of play?
What’s working/not working?
Which way(s) forward?
What’s the current state of play?
30% 34% 36%
Ideation/pre-startup
Started less than1 year ago
Started less than3 years ago
Lifestage?
40%
18% 18%
24%
At home Co-working/incubation
space
On incubator/acceleratorprogramme
In rentedoffices
Base: working full time on startup n=253
Location
Male: 80% Female: 20%
Under 35: 43% Over 35: 57%
Irish: 84% Other: 16%
Startup-ers
My first startup
Involved in startup
before
46% 54%
Serial Entrepreneurs?
19%
4%
5%
5%
26%
45%
46%
Other
Life Sci/ Bio
Hardware
Cleantech/ Energy
Mobile/ App
Business/ Enterprise
Consumer/ Internet
Sectoral Focus
What’s working/not working?
39% 46%
37% 36% 24% 29% 25%
30% 15% 21%
16%
21% 9% 6%
Earlystage
funding
Scalingsupports
Staffingtalent
Earlysales
Statesupport
Workingspace
Businessskills
Fairly difficult Extremely difficult
Growth Barriers
Trends Report
15% 24%
67%
Patents Trade Marks None
Any IP?
Which way(s) forward?
36% 54%
78%
41% 20%
13% 16% 14%
4%
Irish startup sectorwell served by
government policy
Startup sector wellrepresented like other
business sectors
Irish startup sector isoperating at full
potential
No Sort of Yes
Gaps
Incubator Survey
• 62% are incubators; 57% are accelerators • all offer space; mentoring; training: third offer equity
• most accommodate 15-30 startups at any time
• typical acceptance rate = 5% to 15% (up to 90%) • could support 10-20 more startups each programme if had the space