A membership and payment platform for independent artists is expanding its international footprint, with the opening of an office in Dublin.

Patreon says this will serve as the company's European headquarters.

Initially, it plans to create 30 new roles over the next two years within its product, engineering and general administrative teams.

The company is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.

Business Minister Heather Humphreys said: "I'm delighted to see that Patreon are setting up their European HQ in Dublin with the creation of 30 new jobs.

"This announcement once again shows that we have the right skills and talent available to enable exciting companies like Patreon to establish and grow their operations in Ireland, and it is why Dublin continues to be the tech capital of Europe."

"Establishing Patreon's European headquarters in Dublin marks an exciting milestone as we expand our global presence," said Sandra McDevitt, SVP of people at Patreon.

"Building off of our recently opened office in Porto, Portugal, the roles for Dublin team will focus on product, engineering and general administrative positions, enabling us to build on our products and services to meet the needs of our growing creator and patron base."

Patreon is a membership platform that connects creators with their fans and enables those fans to become paying members, or patrons, of their favourite creators.

The firm was co-founded in 2013 by YouTube star Jack Conte and Sam Yam.

It has more than 100,000 creators supported by over three million patrons.