ICT among top attractors of angel investment, says HBAN
ICT, medtech and manufacturing start-ups are proving popular with investors, despite the pandemic that rocked the global economy according to the Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) The all-island...
View ArticleBusinesses given chance to Enfuse their operations with Big Data
National College of Ireland’s MSc in Data Science students are bringing their skills in data analysis and machine learning to a Dublin City Council and Local Enterprise Office initiative called Enfuse....
View ArticleICHEC to host €1m small business accelerator
Irish small and medium enterprises will be able to avail of free high-performance and supercomputing resources under a new SME accelerator programme from the European Competence Centre in Ireland...
View ArticleTrinity College launches AI accelerator programme
An GIS inventory mapping tool for telecos and other utility providers, detection diagnostics platform for disease prevention, and a recommendation sizing tool for Fashion retailers are among three of...
View ArticleFlipdish gets €40m order from Tiger Global
Investment firm Tiger Global Management has invested €40 million in Flipdish, an ordering and loyalty platform for takeaways and restaurants. Founded by brothers Conor and James McCarthy in 2015, a...
View ArticleGoContractor raises $5m in Series A funding
Irish-founded company GoContractor raised $5 million in a Series A funding round, which will allow it to further scale across the US and European markets. The funding round was led by Building Ventures...
View ArticleIrish motorsport start-up raises €300,000 in seed funding
Motoklik, an Irish motorsport start-up, has raised €300,000 in seed funding from investors and Enterprise Ireland. Along with supporting the creation of 10 roles, the funding will also be used to...
View ArticleNDRC accelerator a SAFE space for founders
NDRC has opened applications for the latest round of its start-up accelerator. For the first time, successful start-ups will receive €100,000 investment using a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future...
View ArticleFemale-founded Irish tech companies raised €105m in 2020
Female Irish tech companies raised more than €100 million in funding in a twelve month period for the first time last year. This comes from a new report from TechIreland, launched to coincide with...
View ArticleWinners of Gateway UCC Sprint Awards announced
GatewayUCC, which is part of UCC Innovation, has announced the winners of the fifth GatewayUCC Sprint Awards. Sprint is designed to support early-stage start-ups working on technologies generated in...
View ArticleICHEC webinar to show benefits of high performance computing for small...
Four companies participating in the pilot phase of the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) accelerator will discuss their experiences at a webinar on 7 April. Speakers from Nuritas, Ubotica...
View ArticleInaugural Thrive Europe Challenge announced
SVG Ventures | Thrive is looking for agri-food tech start-ups that are solving critical challenges faced by the global agriculture industry. The inaugural Thrive Europe Challenge, is for early-stage...
View ArticlePeroptyx raises €1.7m in seed round
Peroptyx, a machine learning solutions provider that helps companies calibrate their AI systems with real-world human insight, has raised €1.7 million in seed funding led by Delta Partners in...
View ArticleTines to open Boston Hub
Dublin-based no-code security automation company Tines is to open an operations Hub in Boston. The news comes as the company completes a Series B funding round of $26 million led by Addition. The...
View ArticleTypetec, Microsoft open national start-up competition
IT and cybersecurity solutions provider Typetec has launched a national competition to support the Irish start-up community. Launched in conjunction with Microsoft Ireland, the free-to-enter...
View ArticleSeven entrepreneurs graduate from UCC’s Ignite Programme
Start-ups ranging from a smart sleeping mask to helping people secure basketball scholarships in the US have graduated from the Ignite programme at UCC. Seven entrepreneurs have become the first...
View ArticleEnterprise Ireland opens information portal for start-ups
Enterprise Ireland has launched Start In Ireland, an online repository of information for start-ups. The new portal simplifies the process of finding relevant start-up information and provides a...
View ArticleDrone delivery start-up Manna raises $25m
Food delivery start-up Manna has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Draper Esprit, with participation from Team Europe, DST Global, and with participation from existing investors...
View ArticleInterTradeIreland opens entries for €300,000 competition
InterTradeIreland is calling for applications to this year’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness competition, which is offering start-up and early-stage companies a record total cash prize fund of €300,000....
View ArticleEnterprise Ireland opens applications for €1m Competitive Start Fund
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial teams have been invited to apply for Enterprise Ireland’s €1 million Competitive Start Fund (CSF). Now open for applications, the competition is open to early-stage...
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