Cyber Ireland Start-up Forum
The Cyber Ireland Start-up Forum aims to build a community of CEOs and Founders or Co-Founders cybersecurity start-up leads in Ireland to create a trusted community that can learn from each other, share information, discuss common challenges and solutions, meet peers, and overall help the development of early-stage companies in Ireland.
Start-up Forum Leads:
Colm Healy
Corrata
Clare Ryan
ITUS Technologies
Matt Conlon,
Cytidel
Irish Start-up Forum Objectives
- COMMUNITY – Create a unique space for CEOs and Founders of cybersecurity companies in Ireland with regular meetings, opportunities to network and connect with other Start-ups.
- TRUST – Ensure it is a trusted community for members to share openly their challenges and experiences, through rules and a charter.
- PEER-to-PEER LEARNING – Organise regular workshops quarterly with presentations and discussions for CEOs to share experiences, challenges, and solutions.
- CREATE VALUE – Provide targeted presentations on topics of interest for CEOs and Founders to ensure there is an added value in participating with regular feedback and an annual formal assessment.
Who can Join?
- The applicant’s organisation must be a Cyber Ireland member
- The applicant must be a CEO, Founder or co-founder.
- Cybersecurity focused Start-up
- Product-focused company
- Export-focused company
If you meet the criteria, please fill out the following form: Start-up Forum Application Form
Benefits of Joining
- Networking Opportunities: access a unique network of new and seasoned CEO / Founders specific to cybersecurity with similar challenges and goals.
- Trust: Join a trusted community for CEOs and founders to share your experiences and challenges.
- Peer-learning: Learn from other cybersecurity CEO / Founders with similar challenges.
- Expert speakers and resources: Hear from experienced CEO / Founders, experts, investors at in-person workshops on founder-driven topics.
- Mentorship: access to more experienced CEOs to support early-stage CEO / Founders.
- Potential exposure to investor networks.
- Promotion: Opportunities to promote your start-up through Cyber Ireland’s activities and communications, including regional and national events.
Upcoming
- Start-up Forum Q2 Meeting – June (With Dublin Chapter Meetup)
- To attend future meetings, please complete the application form to join the Start-up Forum group. Note that it will take a couple of weeks until the group leads review all application.
Previous Activities
- Start-up Forum Launch – 8th October 2025 at CINC25.
- Start-up Forum Q1 meeting – 22nd January 2026 – Dublin (Dogpatch Labs).