Dogpatch Labs to upgrade CHQ with Ulster Bank support
Start-ups hub Dogpatch Labs is to upgrade and expand its facilities in the historic CHQ building in the heart of Dublin’s Digital Docklands, following the extension of a sponsorship deal with Ulster...
View ArticleXpanse AI wins €30,000 follow-on investment at NDRC Investor Showcase
Dublin-based Xpanse AI picked up the top prize of €30,000 at NDRC Investor Showcase. with the automated predictive analytics startup seeing off four other high-quality businesses to win the event and,...
View ArticleNUIG start-ups secure €35m in 2018
NUI Galway start-ups secured €35 million between private equity investment and research funding while the 36 companies based at the University’s Business Innovation Centre now employ 173 people, which...
View ArticleEnteraSense secures €3.5m funding through Horizon 2020 and private investment
Galway medtech start-up EnteraSense has achieved a double milestone, raising €1 million in a seed round and €2.5 million through one of the latest European Union Horizon 2020 grants. The combined €3.5...
View ArticleGlobal energy accelerator challenges utilities to come up with bright ideas
ESB has called on Irish energy start-ups to apply for a spot on the Free Electrons accelerator that connects utilities with entrepreneurs to test their products with the potential to reach 73 million...
View ArticleBrexit Ireland: A prologue
One of the big stories in today’s business pages is the establishement of a £100 million fund by Draper Espirit to support digital businesses based in Europe. The plan is a continuation of a...
View ArticleCadoo messaging app developer secures €250k in funding
Messaging service provider Cadoo has secured a €250,000 investment that is expected to lead to the creation of 20 jobs in software and business development and user support. The backing was secured...
View ArticleVenture capital investment in Irish tech firms fell by a quarter in 2018
Funding into Irish technology firms fell by 25% to €739 million in 2018 according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published in association with William Fry. The fourth...
View ArticleIreland Funds, NDRC Business Plan Competition opens for entries
Entries have opened for this year’s The Ireland Funds annual Business Plan Competition supported by NDRC, with a prize fund of €24,000 to available for three new technology business ideas at the...
View ArticleCitySwifter to double workforce after successful investment round
Galway-based traffic management software developer Cityswifter has closed a €1.5 million funding round led by Irelandia Investments, ACT Venture Capital, and Mike McGearty, former CEO of CarTrawler,...
View ArticleThe World Wide Web: Thirty years a-growin’
This week Niall and Dusty go through Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s open letter to the world and we talk to Safecility founder and CEO Cian O’Flaherty. To never miss an episode of TechRadio subscribe, comment...
View ArticleNI medtech firm secures £4.6m investment
Health tech company, Neurovalens, which is headquartered in Belfast, has secured £4.6 million in equity following a Series A funding round – one of the largest ever generated by a NI tech company. The...
View ArticleCall for cross-border SMEs to join Co-Innovate Programme
InterTradeIreland has opened entries to the second round of its Co-Innovate Programme. More that 1,400 SMEs across the border region are eligible to apply for the five-year €16.6 million project that...
View ArticleTyndall Institute goes for Deep Dive with spin-outs
A new programme to support entrepreneurs and deep tech start-ups has been launched by Tyndall National Institute. The Deep Dive programme offers access to seed funding and a portfolio of spin-out ready...
View ArticleCroíValve raises €3.2m in oversubscribed funding round
Trinity Centre for Bioengineering spinout CroíValve has secured €3.2 million in an oversubscribed seed financing round that includes the HBAN MedTech and Irrus Syndicates, Atlantic Bridge University...
View ArticleAbodoo wins global start-up award
Ireland-based smart working company Abodoo won the start-up award at the Think Global Forum Awards at an event held in California and Dublin on Wednesday. Abodoo brings together technology, talent...
View ArticleNDRC opens call for ArcLabs accelerator entries
NDRC at ArcLabs has opened a call for start-ups to join this year’s South East accelerator. Up to eight places will available for entrepreneurs in the Waterford-based programme that will see successful...
View ArticleFinal call goes out to start-ups, early stage companies to enter Seedcorn...
The closing date for InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness competition is Friday 31 May. The largest business competition of its kind, Seedcorn offers a total cash prize fund of €280,000,...
View ArticleGoogle adopts 15 start-ups in latest intake
Fifteen Irish companies have been selected to participate in the Spring round of Google’s Adopt a Startup Programme. The successful entrants will now have the opportunity to work closely with Google...
View ArticleFintech start-up Swoops in for £5m in funding
Swoop, a Dublin-based fintech start-up, has been awarded £5 million (€5.6 million) by the UK’s Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) – an independent body working on behalf of Royal Bank of Scotland...
View Article