We’re proud to introduce CLIMB – Creative Leaders Innovating for Market & Business Growth – the next chapter for Ireland’s Digital Creative Industries.
CLIMB is a regional innovation platform with national reach, targeting digital creative entrepreneurs and SMEs with high potential but limited access to tailored growth supports.
Through CLIMB, we will directly build enterprise capability in:
🚀 Leadership – empowering founders to lead with confidence
🚀 Commercial readiness – preparing businesses for scale and investment
🚀 Innovation – driving new business models, IP commercialisation, and market expansion
Key initiatives include:
✨ Accelerator bootcamps
✨ Modular training
✨ Structured mentoring
✨ National creative economy event
Each element is designed to boost confidence, resilience, investment readiness, and performance in a sector that is growing fast but under-supported.
At its core, CLIMB unlocks leadership, drives commercial growth, and boosts Ireland’s standing as a global creative economy leader.
This programme is highly additional, filling a well-documented national gap in supports for the Digital Creative Industries, and builds resilience by helping founders adapt to rapid change and market volatility.
CLIMB is fully aligned with:
✅ The National Smart Specialisation Strategy
✅ Regional Enterprise Development Plans
✅ The Roadmap for the Digital Creative Industries
A huge thank you to Enterprise Ireland, Galway City Council, and BABLE, along with our partners ATU, WDC, LEOs, and industry collaborators, for their support and belief in this vision.
💡 Stay tuned for more details!
🟢 CLIMB is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Northern and Western Regional Programme 2021–27.
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