The GEC Difference -
Supports to Startups
At the Guinness Enterprise Centre, we're not an office space.
We're a launch pad for innovative startups seeking to take on the world and win.
Internationalisation Supports
The Guinness Enterprise Centre is the most connected innovation hub in the country. We have formal partnerships with leading Business Support Organisations in North America and Europe including 1871, a global innovation hub in Chicago, the City of Brampton Innovation District, Toronto, Canada and Empire State Development, the economic development agency of New York State. We are connected to more than one hundred innovation hubs across Europe. For our clients who are ready to take on new markets, this provides soft-landing locations, office space, advice and networks in your destination markets.
Health@GEC
The Guinness Enterprise Centre is home to a number of health innovation startup and scaleup companies. Our Health Innovation Cluster @ GEC provides networking opportunities with fellow innovators, medical practitioners, hospital groups and funders in Ireland and abroad. We have assisted our clients to take up acceleration, clinical trial and funding opportunities in Ireland and North America. And yes, one of our GEC resident companies really does have a Clean Room like the one shown in the photo, in the GEC.
Sustainability@GEC
Transformation to non-carbon energy sources, 3-D printing of new houses and manufacturing compostable personal protective equipment for the medical sector are just some of the areas in which GEC companies are changing the world. StartUp and ScalepUp businesses who are resident in the GEC, and some who are not, come together as part of the GEC Sustainability Cluster for peer-to-peer networking, learning and engagement with corporates, regulators and funders.
University Programme
Our renowned University Programme connects top Universities and MBA Programmes around the world with Ireland's most innovative entrepreneurs. GEC-based companies have benefitted from market analysis, financial modelling and product development consultancy conducted by the Business Faculties of the most prestigious Universities in the world. For the Universities and students, the programme is an opportunity to engage in an meaningful way with innovators and entrepreneurs.
Mentoring for Scale
Starting Up and Scaling Up are not the same thing. Starting up seems to be the most difficult thing in the world, until you attempt to scale your business into new markets, with new products, a bigger team and a greater need for investment. That's where Mentoring for Scale comes in. Imagine meeting someone who has "been there, done that, has the tee-shirt", understands precisely the challenges you are facing and has solved those problems, multiple times. That's Mentoring for Scale. There's a charge - your time and commitment. That's all.
Co-Connect Programme
When you are a member of the GEC Community, you are welcomed into entrepreneurial communities around Ireland, Europe and North America. Whether you are working in Cork or Chicago, we have you covered. If you are a hub for entrepreneurs and would like to have the GEC available to your members, we'd love to talk to you.