The GMIT iHub in Mayo offers incubation space and supports to high potential entrepreneurs and innovative business start-ups & scale ups. We have a sister incubator at GMIT iHub Galway.

We provide access to entrepreneur development programmes such as New Frontiers Ireland’s national entrepreneur development programme funded by Enterprise Ireland (EI), and the EMPOWER programme supporting Female Entrepreneurs in the West and North West Region in addition to access to research collaboration supports on campus through GMIT Research Office and the MET Centre.

Inbound companies can choose from offer a range of space options such as Incubation units, Co-Working and virtual offices.  

Since 2006, the Innovation Hubs (iHubs) at GMIT Galway & Mayo have assisted entrepreneurs to develop and bring their business ideas to the marketplace. Designed to play a strategic role in the development of the West and North West region, the iHubs help drive the enterprise model of market-led and knowledge-based industry development.

A critical goal of the iHubs is the number of successful Start-Up companies that emerge from the Incubation pipeline. These new companies will have survived the early stages of growth and become independent standalone entities which have successfully developed new products or services for global markets.

To-date we have:
• nurtured 750+ directly supported jobs
• hosted 39 high growth start-ups companies
• won €170M in investment funding by our client companies
• celebrated 7 company acquisitions
• conducted in excess of €1.7 Million in collaborative research with our members
• transitioned 45 successful companies
• helped build resilient companies with 76% of all our member companies still in business after 7 years.

If you have an innovative technology company with global ambition, get in touch with us and learn how GMIT iHub Mayo can help you on your success journey.