Wow, that was fastTechStars' first international affiliate, Startupbootcamp, literally just announced its plans to expand the Copenhagen-based startup mentoring program into Madrid, London and Berlin later this year.

And now Dublin has been added to the list! Guess Ireland's rather grim economic situation didn't phase anyone But unlike the other Startupbootcamp programs to date, the Dublin program is kicking it up a notch and integrating multinationals.

With IBM and Citi as partners for the event (along with Enterprise Ireland and Dublin City Council), the Dublin program will be oriented more towards the application and commercialization of specific technologies developed by the teams..