Google’s autumn ‘Adopt A Startup’ programme has revealed who made the list this year, which includes 26 Irish and four European startups. They will undergo an intensive 12-week mentoring programme by industry experts plus lectures and workshops at the company’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin.

The companies taking part in the programme operate in a wide variety of sectors, including technology, beauty, education, entertainment and recruitment.

Director Paddy Flynn said: “Dublin is lauded for its strong startup ecosystem, so for Google it’s really important that we reach out to support the many vibrant startups located outside Dublin. 

“Half of the startups in our autumn programme are located in the regions and we’re excited to see this diverse regional spread. It’s reflecting the strong entrepreneurial mind-set emerging across the country. We also have four category winners from the European Digital Top 50 competition taking part in this year’s edition.

“We believe it’s important to foster entrepreneurial talent wherever it happens and we’re delighted to be doing that for the sixth year in a row with this programme.”

The companies selected for this year’s session are:

Photo: James Allen and Rebecca Walsh (right), Google, with (from left) Edel O’Shea, Tracy Leavy and Wendy Slattery, BeautyBuddy