On the evidence of the recent demo day for the seven start-ups that have just completed the NDRC’s accelerator program, the rumours of tech’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. On a Thursday afternoon, more than 200 people turned up at Dogpatch Labs in Dublin’s Docklands to hear the start-ups pitch their ideas and network with fellow entrepreneurs and investors. To pitch on stage these nascent companies have already achieved some degree of success. According to Ian Browne, managing director of NDRC, there were more than 400 applications for the seven slots on the six-month programme, with the selected companies securing…

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