Fierce
Fierce (also known as Fierce Tech Founders) is a network for women-founded tech startups in Ireland, and is headquartered in Dublin. It was founded by Lorraine Curham, and is supported by Dogpatch Labs.[1]
Network Activities
Fierce organises an annual Summit[2], usually held in Dublin or another major Irish city, bringing together a curated audience of early-stage women founders, investors and operators. The summit provides free onsite childcare, and has been dubbed the "Glastonbury for women tech founders". [3]
The network also runs Global Sprints, bringing founders to London, New York and other major cities in order to expand into new markets, meet international investors and potential customers. A Fierce London Sprint was credited with initiating the €2.6m round raised by LindaAI [4][5] in 2026, where the team introduced the founder to their future investor, and subsequently closed that round within two weeks. A Fierce New York sprint supported EstateMin in pivoting to the US market, where the founder secured her first US customer.[6]
National Reporting
In 2025, Fierce partnered with TechIreland for the release of the annual Female Founder Funding Review, which examines investment into women-founded tech startups across the island of Ireland.[7]
References
- ↑ https://www.businesspost.ie/trends/breaking-barriers-how-fierce-summit-is-helping-women-founders-succeed/
- ↑ https://www.businesspost.ie/trends/breaking-barriers-how-fierce-summit-is-helping-women-founders-succeed/
- ↑ https://www.businesspost.ie/trends/breaking-barriers-how-fierce-summit-is-helping-women-founders-succeed/
- ↑ https://www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/linda-ai-raises-2-6m-pre-seed-dental-voice-ai/
- ↑ https://www.image.ie/agenda/four-female-irish-founders-taking-advantage-of-their-networks-and-leaning-into-the-power-of-connection-977822
- ↑ https://fiercetechfounders.com/impact
- ↑ https://www.techcentral.ie/techireland-report-shows-fewer-women-founders-closing-bigger-deals/
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