The Polaris Express: Dogpatch Labs Says Goodbye Pier 38, Hello Palo Alto and Dublin
Summary
As my colleague Wade reported earlier this month, Dogpatch Labs in San Francisco has been looking for new office space as it is being forced to move from its current location at embattled Pier 38. The new space, it turns out, will be in Palo Alto, adjacent to the new Polaris Ventures office, which is one block off of University Avenue, says Dave Barrett, a general partner at the firm. And in fact, the new Dogpatch building is located in the Grand Canal area of Dublin (see photo above), right across from Facebook, Google, and Microsoft’s offices, Barrett says. Polaris isn’t talking about how much it plans to invest in the Dublin facility, or the number of companies it will house (or finance)—though the first group of eight startups is being announced today. He adds that the main challenge, as in other places like New York, is that “it’ll take time to lead a rebirth.” (He also says Dublin’s Dogpatch might be most similar to Kendall Square in its breadth of sectors—not just consumer-focused Internet, but also software as a service, infrastructure, and life sciences.)
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