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Killarney Innovation Centre joins Gigabit Hub Initiative
Killarney Innovation Centre has become the latest member of the Siro-Vodafone Gigabit Hub initiative. The partnership is set to accelerate innovation and business growth in the Kerry region by...
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Trinity-based AI start-up tackles issue of content licensing for creators
A new start-up venture based in the Adapt Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology at Trinity College Dublin has secured €390,000 funding from Enterprise Ireland through the...
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Augmented reality start-up Imvizar raises €1.5m
Imvizar has raised a total of €1.5 million to launch a no-code augmented reality content creation tool, Lureo, and expand into the US. Lureo delivers an intuitive, user-friendly interface that allows...
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Good Apple/Bad Apple, and a field of start-ups
It’s a truly packed show on this week’s podcast in association with Bord na Mona’s Accelerate Green programme. First, we have good news for Apple with a slate of new iPhones, AirPods and watches....
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Enterprise Ireland backs diagnostic tech accelerator
Enterprise Ireland, in collaboration with Roche Diagnostics has launched an incubator programme supporintg companies developing healthcare solutions that will impact patient care in the field of...
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IntegrityIQ spins out from Trinity Business School
IntegrityIQ, the business behind an AI-driven platform designed to address failings in ethics and compliance in large multinationals, is set to become the first campus company to officially spin out of...
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Evogen, PolliKnow, SoloBook, UnitMode named New Frontiers Award winners
The winners of the 2024 New Frontiers (Phase 2) Programme delivered by IADT Media Cube in partnership with NovaUCD were announced today. Evogen, PolliKnow, SoloBook, and UnitMode were announced as...
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Wrksense secures €825k in pre-seed funding to accelerate international growth
Wrksense, an AI-driven HR tech start-up transforming high-volume recruitment has raised €825,000 in pre-seed funding to fuel its global expansion and product innovation. The investment, supported by...
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Perihas CEO named HPSU founder of the year by Enterprise Ireland
Heidi Davis, CEO of Perihas been awarded the top honour at the Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Start-Up (HPSU) Founder of the Year Awards. The company uses AI to personalise the management of...
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Knowledge-sharing start-up secures €500,000
Slick+, an innovative Irish software start-up, has today announced a significant funding milestone of €500,000, with €150,000 secured from Enterprise Ireland through its High Potential Start-Up (HPSU)...
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Legal-tech start-up seeks to level e-discovery playing field
Legal-tech company hd-intelligence has launched an innovative e-discovery system designed to allow small and medium-sized law practices to compete with larger rivals through the use of Artificial...
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Regtech start-up targets UK market following €800k investment
Customs Window Technologies, a regtech start-up which provides companies with a smart comprehensive system to address customs declarations and associated compliance requirements, has closed a €800,000...
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Bord na Móna issues final call for Accelerate Green Grow Programme entries
Bord na Móna is issuing a final call for applications to its Accelerate Green Grow programme, a leading accelerator programme designed to support the growth of sustainable enterprises in Ireland. The...
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Start-up funding up significantly in third quarter, says TechIreland
More than €283 million was invested into 103 Irish Tech Companies in the third quarter of 2024, up 79% compared to the same period last year according to figures from TechIreland. Furthermore, 103...
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Proveye signs €900,000 contract with European Space Agency
Remote sensing company Proveye has been awarded a second contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) under the ARTES Business Applications and Space Solutions Programme. The contract valued at just...
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Relevium Medical secures €4.6m to develop knee osteoarthritis treatment
University of Galway spinout, Relevium Medical, has been awarded €4.6 million in Government funding to develop an immediate and long-lasting treatment for knee osteoarthritis. The company secured the...
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Galvia AI opens applications for SME accelerator
Irish SMEs can now avail of support from Enterprise Ireland’s Digital Discovery grant for a new accelerator programme by Glway-based Galvia AI. The Galvia AI-Accelerator is a five-week programme...
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BioInnovate Ireland puts Galway at the centre of medtech innovation
Start-ups emerging from BioInnovate Ireland’s Fellowship Programme have generated €69 million in gross value added (GVA) and supported 667 jobs in 2024. A socioeconomic impact analysis by EY said more...
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Advise plans to expand global workforce folowing €1.55m raise
Data, analytics and AI platform provider Advise has raised €1.55 million in funding as it continues its aggressive international growth. Following a year of 250% growth in revenue, the funding will be...
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Dataships closes Series A funding round worth nearly €7m
Dataships, a data privacy software and services company which specialises in automating GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act compliance for e-commerce clients, has closed a Series A funding round...
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Three brings back grant programme for SMEs
Three Ireland is investing €100,000 into a bursary fund for SMEs as part of its Grants for Small Businesses programme, which will see the telco provide financial support, connectivity solutions and...
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NDRC Startup Sprint at Republic of Work opens for applications
Republic of Work is inviting entrepreneurs and anyone interested in working in the tech development space to a one-day bootcamp designed to turn ideas from concept to reality. The NDRC Startup Sprint...
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AI accelerator programme at NovaUCD open for applications
NovaUCD today announced has opened applications from Irish-based start-ups to participate in its 2025 AI ecosystem accelerator. The focus of the accelerator programme, now in its second year, is to...
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Bord na Móna assembles cohort of nine companies for 2025 Accelerate Green Grow
Bord na Móna has named the nine businesses selected for its 2025 Accelerate Green GROW programme, supporting Ireland’s rising leaders in sustainability and climate action. The accelerator, introduced...
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Advise launches bot for brands after €8m investment
Data, analytics and AI platform developer Advise has launched a new agent powered by generative AI. The new digital assistant represents an €8 million investment by the Dublin-based company in the...
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NovaUCD-based Assiduous nets €1m in funding round
Assiduous has raised €1 million in funding and announced the launch of the Corporate Finance Autopilot, a virtual corporate finance service-as-a-software solution. The oversubscribed round included...
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PorterShed launches AI Accelerator
PorterShed has launched AI Venture Forge Accelerator, a 12-week programme designed to bring AI-first start-ups and corporate innovation teams towards real commercial traction and investor readiness....
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Enterprise Ireland invested more than €25m in start-ups in 2024
Enterprise Ireland invested €27.6 million in Irish start-ups and supported a total of 157 start-up companies in 2024 through its High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) and Pre-Seed Start Fund (PSSF)...
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Generative AI tool for digital inclusion secures €2m from investors
Nexus Inclusion, a developer of AI software to make the Internet more accessible abilities, has secured €2 million in funding from private investors. Prompted by the development of generative AI, the...
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Entries for Invent awards open with prize fund of £55,000
Catalyst’s leading competition for aspiring entrepreneurs, Invent has opened for applications with a top prize of £25,000 set to be claimed by the overall winner. Hosted by independent, non-profit...
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Interceltic Startup Challenge seeks entries from Ireland, Scotland, Wales,...
The Western Development Commission, alongside its counterparts across the Celtic nations, has launched the Interceltic Startup Challenge 2025, a new initiative aimed at accelerating innovation and...
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Student entrepreneurs begin four-week accelerator programme at UCD
Twenty-two students representing 11 early-stage ventured have begun an intensive four-week accelerator programme for student entrepreneurs. Now in its 11th year, the NovaUCD Student Enterprise...
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TechIreland reports mixed 2024 figures followed by a record Q1 2025 performance
It’s been a mixed year for technology investments in Ireland in 2024, followed by a record performance in Q1 2025 according to TechIreland’s latest report: Irish Startup Funding Review Q1 2024 – Q1...
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UK clinical decision support scheme based on software developed in Ireland
Three major NHS Trusts in the Greater Manchester region will be deploying clinical decision support (CDS) software developed by Irish healthtech start-up xWave Technologies under a new scheme, GP...
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AG Elevate accelerator programme for tech businesses opens for entries
International law firm Addleshaw Goddard (AG)has announced the opening of applications for its AG Elevate accelerator programme for scale-up businesses, providing ambitious tech companies with the...
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How long can you go without the Internet?
This week we have an expensive race for talent in AI; the Trump Organisation gets into mobile; and ask how long Irish people are willing to go without Internet connectivity. Plus, we talk with three...
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AI interview coaching start-up wins NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition
Athena, an early-stage start-up developing an AI coaching for high-stakes interviews, has been announced as the winner of the 2025 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition. The prize was awarded at the...
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Guinness Enterprise Centre companies raise €22.5m
Companies based at not-for-profit Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) have collectively raised €22.5 million in funding last year. The funding represents another year of high-impact start-up growth and...
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Jeff Bezos presents the social event of the year
This week Niall and Dusty chat about the wedding of the year courtesy of Jeff Bezos. Trump Mobile’s ‘American’ phone fails to meet expectations and with Tesla’s robotaxi has a mixed start in Austin....
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Licovolt to create 10 jobs following seed investment from Davencor Holdings
Licovolt, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company supported by NovaUCD, is to create 10 jobs following a seed investment from Davencor Holdings, established by John Corcoran, the founder and...
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