A community and fund for early-stage founders building breakout companies with breakthrough tech.

We believe that

Startups are a series of increasingly complex experiments.

There are no shortcuts, blueprints or playbooks, only iterations.

Breakthroughs happen when founders share in a community.


COMMUNITY + SPACE

COMMUNITY + SPACE

Baseline is a community and space for early-stage founders who are building breakout and break-through tech companies. It's a space where founders can experiment, build velocity, and be plugged into a global network of like-minded founders.

Learn More: About Baseline | Apply to Join | Community Guidelines

REBASE

REBASE

We run a weekend retreat twice a year, in April and October, called Rebase. It's 60 people max, half are Irish pre-seed / seed founders, the other half are founders of international Series A+ companies. The third edition of Rebase will be in April 2026.

Learn More: About Rebase

PRE-SEED FUND

PRE-SEED FUND

A €5m fund, we're Ireland's only dedicated and privately backed pre-seed VC, investing €100,000 as first cheque investors into pre-seed companies building AI native SaaS, with a bias towards intelligent automation, and infrastructure for execution-heavy or regulation-heavy environments.

Learn More: About the Fund


Upcoming Events at Baseline


16
APR

Ladies that UX: Driving Strategy Without the Title

This session focuses on moving beyond execution and into impact, highlighting how designers can help shape product direction and drive meaningful outcomes, regardless of their r...

Time: 18:00 to 21:00 · Event Details »

17
APR

Rebase - Spring 2026

Twice a year we bring together a unique mix of growth and later stage European founders, with pre-funding, pre-seed, and seed Irish founders, in an incredible lakeside setting.

Event Details »

28
APR

AI Tinkerers: Demo Night with Fin

Join us for a technical show-and-tell for builders, by builders. We are gathering at Intercom’s Dublin headquarters for an evening focused on the “how” behind the build—messy ex...

Time: 18:30 to 21:00 · Event Details »

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From the Blog


We've raised a fund!

16th December 2025 · Let's go! 🚀

Today we're announcing the first close of Baseline Venture Fund I at €4M, with a target of €5M total. We'll be investing €100,000 first checks into 50 Irish and European startups over the next three years. The fund is backed only by private investors, all founders and high-net-worth individuals from Ireland, Europe, and the US. No government money. No institutional capital. Just people who believe in what we're building here.

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