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GirlCrew teams with investors following $1m investment round
Friend-making app GirlCrew is to expand into the US after decuring $1 million from investors, including LinkedIn chief executive Jeff Weiner, Reddit director of data science Joe Gallagher, PCH chief...
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Causeway Sensors steps up with £1.2m funding round
The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund (NI) has led a £1.2 million investment in Queens University Belfast (QUB) spin-out Causeway Sensors, in syndication with QUBIS and private investors....
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NDRC welcomes latest accelerator programme cohort
A ticketing solution to prevent touting; a data analytics company working with insolvency firms; and a sensor tech company that tracks the success of events are among the latest cohort of 10 businesses...
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Autism therapy app wins Citi upStart accelerator
A Trinity College start-up providing digitised interactive psychotherapies for people with autism has won Citi’s upStart Accelerator programme. UpStart featured postgraduate students from five...
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Automating the cloud
The race to the cloud is well underway, irrespective of the type of cloud to be used. Amid this rush, many organisations are finding control and orchestration are becoming issues, as they scale their...
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NDRC: Brexit not a significant concern for tech entrepreneurs
Fewer than one-in-five entrepreneurs consider Brexit a significant barrier to their business expanson plans, according to a survey of NDRC portfolio companies. The research, undertaken by Behaviour...
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Gridwatch selected for Free Electrons energy accelerator
Gridwatch has been selected as one of only 15 international companies to participate in Free Electrons, the world’s first accelerator programme that connects energy start-ups with global utilities....
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Cork, Dublin start-ups to make Boston trip for €2m in cash prizes
Gasgon Medical and Cortechs Connect beat out competition from against more than 50 start-ups to progress to the next stage of the Bridge to MassChallenge accelerator. Following an intensive pitching...
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Belfast lip-reading start-up raises $1m
Liopa, a Belfast-based start-up the company has secured $1 million in funding – led by Techstart NI, and Qubis – which will enable it to commercialise the LipRead platform. Developed following 10 years...
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Second NDRC at PorterShed accelerator opens for entries
NDRC is renewing its partnership with Enterprise Ireland, and the Galway City Innovation District (GCID) for the second successive intensive regional accelerator programme for digital companies in...
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DIFE, The Mill encourage young entrepreneurs with facilities competition
Drogheda Institute of Further Education (DIFE) and The Mill Enterprise Hub have teamed up to support two students who are passionate about developing a business idea. DIFE students have an opportunity...
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Entries open for €1m female entrepreneurs Competitive Start Fund
Enterprise Ireland’s €1 million Competitive Start Fund (CSF) for female entrepreneurs will open for applications on Tuesday, 1 May. Up to €50,000 in equity funding is available to a maximum of 20...
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Corrata locks down €1.3m in funding round
Dublin-based mobile cybersecurity start-up Corrata has raised €1.3 million through a financing round led by venture fund Delta Partners. Corrata’s patent pending software enables organizations to...
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VideoDoc co-founder selected for Silicon Valley accelerator programme
Mary O’Brien, CEO and co-founder of online doctor service VideoDoc, has been awarded a place on the International Female Founders BlackBox Connect 2018 programme in Silicon Valley. VideoDoc is Europe’s...
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Eight Irish companies form medtech cluster
Eight indigenous medtech companies have formed a business cluster in Sligo to promote Ireland as a global centre of excellence. The Atlantic MedTech Cluster – one of the first collaborative groups set...
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Siro, Westnet bring gigabit connectivity to Westport
Westport’s Leeson Enterprise Centre is to be equipped with a 1Gb/s broadband connection provided by Westnet over Siro’s fibre-optic broadband network. The two-year deal will provide free connectivity...
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Cerebreon wins €30,000 follow-on investment at NDRC Investor Showcase
Donegal-based Cerebreon has won €30,000 in follow-on investment at the NDRC Spring Investor Showcase. Ten companies pitched to a panel of investors in sectors ranging from ticket software to high-end...
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Enterprise Ireland unveils €750,000 fintech, emerging tech competitive...
Enterprise Ireland hs launched a €750,000 competitive start fund for companies working in fintech, proptech, artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented and virtual reality, the Internet of...
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Investors see the future thanks to Volograms
Trinity College Dublin spin-out and Enterprise Ireland High Performance Start Up Volograms has secured its first seed investment of €600,000. The capital, led by Atlantic Bridge and the University...
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HIHI puts out focussed call for ‘positive ageing’ ideas
Government initiative, Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI), has opened its annual call for ideas from business to solve problems in patient care. This year’s competition looks at the challenge of...
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