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


25
FEB

Startups From The Trenches: Launch Night

The real work of building a company doesn't happen on a stage. It happens between meetings, releases and the hard decisions we need to talk about. Join us for honest conver...

Time: 18:30 to 20:30 · Event Details »

28
FEB

AI Tinkerers: OpenClaw Global Unhackathon

This is a synchronized, heads-down build session happening across 24 AI Tinkerers cities worldwide for the people building with OpenClaw / ClawdBot.

Time: 13:00 to 18:00 · Event Details »

03
MAR

Founder Filter #67

A monthly coffee morning meetup for startup founders and investors

Time: 08:00 to 10:00 · Event Details »

07
MAR

Give(a)Go: Hiring Hackathon

​We flipped hiring. Startups pitch to recruit you. Founders and senior engineers from Otel, Kota and Lette are spending the full day with builders like you.

Time: 11:00 to 17:30 · Event Details »

09
MAR

The Fitzwilliam Maths Circle

A regular, fun meetup of maths enthusiasts, tackling maths problems together.

Time: 18:00 to 19:00 · Event Details »

10
MAR

Liffey Founders Club x Avalanche - Open Mic Pitches

Bringing together innovators, builders, and curious minds from across Dublin’s startup scene - take the mic, test an idea, share what you’re working on, or simply meet the peopl...

Time: 19:00 to 22:00 · Event Details »

14
MAR

Women Who Build

​This is a beginner-friendly event, no prior experience needed. All Skill levels welcome We’re spending the day building. Portfolios. Personal sites. Tools. Side projects.

Time: 11:00 to 15:30 · Event Details »

20
MARCH

Techstars Startup Weekend Women [Friday]

Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors, co-found...

Time: 17:00 to 21:00 · Event Details »

21
MARCH

Techstars Startup Weekend Women [Saturday]

Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors, co-found...

Time: 09:00 to 17:00 · Event Details »

22
MAR

Techstars Startup Weekend Women [Sunday]

Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors, co-found...

Time: 09:00 to 17:00 · 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 »

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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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