What Tech For Good Dublin does

Tech for Good Dublin is a volunteer-led community organization founded in March 2017 in Dublin, Ireland by Máirín Murray and Ellen Ward. It convenes free in-person and virtual events — meetups, workshops, panels, and showcases — focused on how technology can be applied to social and environmental challenges, spanning topics such as VR for mental health, app development, smart cities, refugee support, homelessness, environmental technology, and crisis response. The organization is not a technology company: it does not build, sell, or license products, and all events are free to attend with no paid tiers.

The core 'product' is the community event series itself, distributed via a Meetup.com group (TechForGood-Dublin), Eventbrite ticketing, Twitter (@TechForGoodDub), and LinkedIn. Operations are sustained through in-kind sponsorship and venue support rather than commercial revenue. Liberty IT has been the primary sponsor since 2018, covering operational costs (including Zoom) and providing an Engineer in Residence (Andy O'Sullivan); AIB has provided free venues at its Grafton Street branch since 2017; and Web Summit donated venue use for the March 2022 'Ireland Supports Ukraine' event. Leadership consists of co-founders Murray and Ward plus Andy O'Sullivan (Engineer in Residence), Christine Nsubuga (Project Coordinator), and Sophie Benoit (Event Organiser), all operating on a volunteer basis with no formal legal entity disclosed.

The business model is a non-commercial, sponsor-subsidized community model with no paying customers and no disclosed revenue. Over five years the group claims to have showcased 50+ tech-for-good projects and distributed 1,500+ free tickets. Notable credibility signals include a 2019 TEDx talk at the University of Limerick and a 2022 Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Award nomination. The organization explicitly positions itself around inclusivity, ethical technology, and human rights, and serves a horizontal mix of tech and non-tech professionals, social enterprises and nonprofits, and students/early-career professionals in Ireland.

Name

Tech For Good Dublin

Legal name

Tech for Good Dublin

Website

https://techforgooddublin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Tech for Good Dublin is a volunteer-led community organization, founded in Dublin in March 2017, that runs free events and workshops exploring how technology can address social and environmental challenges, supported by sponsors Liberty IT and AIB.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Events & Tech-for-Good Education

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Inclusion & Civic Tech (Connectivity, GovTech for Social Good) (BPAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

STEM, Digital Literacy & Maker Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAG), Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

Keywords

• Tech community events
• Social impact meetups
• Community workshops
• Nonprofit tech education
• Tech for good networking

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. No Commercial Revenue Model: Tech for Good Dublin is a community interest group that operates as a non-profit community organization. All events are free to attend. The organization is funded through sponsorships from companies like Liberty IT and AIB, who provide venue space, refreshments, and other support. There is no commercial revenue generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tech for Good Dublin is a volunteer-led community organization that runs free events, workshops, and meetups in Dublin (and virtually) connecting people interested in using technology for social impact. Activities include guest-speaker talks, hands-on workshops on app development and design thinking, and showcases of tech-for-good projects across topics such as refugee support, mental health, smarter cities, homelessness, and environmental sustainability. The organization does not sell any commercial products or services and is funded through sponsorships from Liberty IT and AIB.

Product overview

Tech for Good Dublin is a community organization, not a product company. It does not offer commercial products or services. The organization operates as a community group that organizes free events, meetups, workshops, and networking opportunities focused on technology for social impact. The entity provides no proprietary products, platforms, or technology offerings for external use.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5 years of continuous operation since March 2017
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Liberty ITcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLiberty IT is the primary sponsor of Tech for Good Dublin since 2018. They provide financial and operational support, including covering event costs like Zoom subscriptions, providing refreshments at events, and hosting the Tech for Good Connect initiative from their incubator. Andy O'Sullivan serves as 'Engineer in Residence' to the organization. The company is credited with building the organization's website.
• AIB (Allied Irish Bank)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerAIB provides venue space for Tech for Good Dublin events, particularly at their Grafton Street branch. They have been providing free venues for events since 2017, making them a key infrastructure partner enabling the organization to hold in-person meetups in central Dublin locations.
• Digital DoddleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital Doddle, owned by co-founder Máirín Murray, is listed as a sponsor of Tech for Good Dublin. The nature of the sponsorship arrangement is not detailed but appears to involve promotional or logistical support.
• Web SummitminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWeb Summit provided their HQ venue in Dublin for the 'Ireland Supports Ukraine' event in March 2022. The venue was sponsored, with Web Summit providing the space and refreshments for the event.
• TechFugees IrelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechFugees Ireland chapter is led by Suad Al Darra, who has spoken at Tech for Good Dublin events. The organizations share a focus on using technology to help displaced people and refugees. TechFugees Global Challenges Awards 2018 was won by Suad's RefugeesAre.info project.
• Changemakers LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChangemakers Lab co-hosted the 'Celebrating Social Entrepreneurs' event in June 2021 alongside Tech for Good Dublin, Irish Social Enterprise Network, and YourY Network. They are part of the broader social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ireland.
• YourY NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYourY Network, founded by Leyla Karaha, co-hosted the 'Celebrating Social Entrepreneurs' event in June 2021. Tech for Good Dublin was a co-host for this networking and panel discussion event focused on social entrepreneurship.
• Irish Social Enterprise NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIrish Social Enterprise Network co-hosted the 'Celebrating Social Entrepreneurs' event in June 2021 alongside Tech for Good Dublin, YourY Network, and Changemakers Lab. They represent the social enterprise ecosystem in Ireland.
• Irish Refugee CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Irish Refugee Council has participated in multiple Tech for Good Dublin events focused on refugee support, including speaking about education barriers for refugees and technology access. Charlotte Byrne from IRC has been a repeat speaker.
• Girls in Tech DublinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGirls in Tech Dublin, led by Coral Movasseli, has collaborated with Tech for Good Dublin. Coral facilitated a brainstorming session for Men's Sheds Ireland organized by Tech for Good Dublin.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DataKind: Global nonprofit that connects data scientists with social-impact organizations through volunteer chapters and projects — comparable volunteer-driven, tech-for-good community operating across multiple geographies.
• TechFugees: Global social enterprise organizing tech-for-refugees hackathons and events; Tech for Good Dublin already collaborates with TechFugees Ireland, making it a directly comparable mission-aligned peer.
• Tech for Good Global: UK-headquartered network running Tech for Good events and programs that connect technologists with charities and social enterprises — same audience, similar event-driven community model and social-impact mission.
• NetSquared (TechSoup Global): Long-running global community of nonprofits, technologists, and funders using technology for social impact via local meetups — directly comparable community-led, free-event format and mission alignment.
• Tech for Good Sheffield: UK local chapter operating under the Tech for Good movement, running free events for tech and social-impact communities — a direct analog of Tech for Good Dublin's chapter-level community model.

Broad incumbents

• Nesta: UK innovation foundation that runs civic-tech and social-tech programs and events — broader mandate than Tech for Good Dublin but overlaps on the tech-for-good community and event programming.
• Social Tech Trust: UK organization supporting tech-for-good ventures through funding and a community; broader scope but targets the same intersection of technology and social impact.
• Code for America: Established US civic-tech nonprofit that mobilizes volunteer technologists to build digital services for government — significantly larger and more institutionalized, but operates in the same civic-tech-for-good space.

Regional players

• Bethnal Green Ventures: UK-based accelerator and community for startups using technology to address social and environmental challenges — comparable audience of tech-for-good founders, but operating as a venture program rather than a free community.
• Civic Tech Toronto: Canadian civic-tech meetup community applying technology to civic and social challenges — analogous volunteer-run, free-event model in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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