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BGF leads €3m investment in Mullingar MedTech firm, Ostoform

Oct 26th, 2021

Capital investor, BGF, has led a €3 million equity investment round in Ostoform, a specialist medical device business.

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Cybersecurity start-up 4Securitas raises €2m from Italian VC fund

Oct 26th, 2021

Irish cybersecurity company 4Securitas has secured €2 million in investment from an Italian state-backed venture capital fund.

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Making it Work: Pharma software firm BioSimulytics aims to help accelerate drug development

Oct 21st, 2021

The Dublin company has just raised €600,000 in seed funding and is already planning a string of hires to help growth in the rapidly evolving pharmaceutical industry

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Data Company Transforming Market With €8m Investment And Ambitious Carbon Reduction Plans

Oct 21st, 2021

Irish based international ocean data company, XOCEAN, has received an €8m investment to accelerate its growth and deliver its exciting ambitions

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OneProjects secures $17m for groundbreaking heart scans

Oct 14th, 2021

Advanced medical device delivers high-res images of beating heart in real time

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Dublin-based employee wellbeing specialist WRKIT has hailed strong revenue growth

Oct 12th, 2021

Turnover has grown by 53 per cent over the past half-year, with the company working alongside organisations such as the NHS, Hays Recruitment, FedEx and Deloitte to promote happier, healthier workplaces

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MarketXLS Receives Funding from Enterprise Ireland and Other Investors to Accelerate Growth

Oct 8, 2021 

MarketXLS, the world’s #1 Excel based Investment Research platform, raised $350,000 (Pre-Series A) funding from a group of investors, including Enterprise Ireland and Keiretsu Forum.

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EquiTrace secures funding €1.25m from HBAN and Enterprise Ireland

Oct 5th, 2021

EquiTrace, a unique app for horses that combines identity, GPS and medical records data using a scanner, a microchip and a mobile phone, has signed an investment agreement with a syndicate of HBAN angel investors led by Brendan Nevin, CEO of Code Institute for €1m

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Tech firm looks to global online education space after €485k funding round

Sept 30, 2021 

Brickfield is a certified partner of Moodle and offers software to help institutions and universities make their online educational facilities more accessible

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Altada to create over 100 jobs after securing $11.5m in investment

Sep 29th, 2021

Altada, a Cork-based company that has developed an artificial intelligence-based platform to help create operational efficiencies, is to create more than 100 new jobs after securing $11.5 million (€9.85 million) in investment.

 

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Making It Work: Voxxify goes global with Dell partnership for technology experience tool 

June 3, 2021 

Voxxify gathers insights from people on the technologies and devices they use every day in the course of their work, which in turn helps CIOs and IT managers make better buying decisions. 

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Co Mayo-based machine learning start-ups Peroptyx raises €1.7m

June 3, 2021

Company is chaired by Dennis Jennings, who played a role in development of the internet.

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Irish Fin Tech Pipit Global Has Partnered with Cellulant, a Leading Payments Platform in Africa

June 1, 2021

Sending money back home to your family can be very expensive! In the UK the average cost to send cash abroad is up to 9.5%, so for example, if you were sending £120 from the UK to Africa it would cost roughly £11.40 in fees.

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Altada: Helping businesses to unlock the potential of AI

May 31, 2021 

Altada offers its clients deep domain knowledge on AI and deep learning as these technologies trigger transformation journeys across industries.

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Making it Work: Cosmetics app Beauty Buddy looks to go global with €800k funding bid

May 28, 2021

The Kildare-based tech company facilitates thousands of reviews every week on its app and has partnerships with leading retail brands, allowing them to gain insight into customer behaviours and product interactions

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Irish start-up Micron Agritech wins funding at Welsh competition

May 26, 2021

Micron Agritech was one of two winners of a Wales-based hack event, which saw 12 teams competing for £135,000 in funding.

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Young Irish talent Forbes top 30 under 30 list

April 9, 2021

Almost a dozen young Irish and Irish-based people Cork Entrepreneur Fiona Edwards-Murphy from AsisProtect have been named in the annual Forbes 30 under 30 listing for 2021.

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Ulster Bank helps Unitek accelerate success 

March 8, 2021

Unitek has secured half a million pounds of investment after 18 months on the Ulster Bank Accelerator’s Next Level Programme.

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6 High-Potential Irish Start-ups to watch in 2021

February 25, 2021

Enterprise Ireland supported 80 high-potential Irish start-ups in 2020. Here are just six that you should have on your radar this year.

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Start-Ups to watch in 2021

February 17, 2021

10 promising Ireland-based startups to watch in 2021.

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Galway’s Neurent Medical raises $25m in Series B round 

January 20, 2021

The company will invest the funds in commercialising its device to treat chronic rhinitis.

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Bleeper raises €600,000 ahead of launch of ebikes and scooters service 

January 13, 2021 

Dockless bikes scheme currently has 800 bikes available for hire by users in Dublin. 

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EU becomes a direct shareholder in Irish start-up Geowax

January 6th, 2021

European Union to provide funding of between €500,000 and €15m in companies

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Galway-based Mirai Medical raises €3m in funding

January 6, 2021

Company is developing an outpatient cancer treatment that targets tumours in seconds.

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Venari Medical raises €4.5 million in seed equity funding

October 28, 2020

Venrai Medical secures $5.3 million investment to advance the minimally invasive treatment of chronic venous disease.

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Accelerated Payments gets €20m debt line from UK asset manager
 

October 18, 2020 

The current deal managed by Channel will grow to a €50m programme and will support AP’s business users over the next year. 

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Johnson Hana raises €3.5m to fund US UK expansion

September 28, 2020 

Existing shareholders back legal services specialist’s fund raising. 

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FoodMarble raises €1.2 million to supercharge US expansion

September 11, 2020

Dublin start-up FoodMarble is bringing its digestive solution to patients in the US and Canada and is targeting €4m in sales by the end of 2021.

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Innovative new pilot launched to speed up access to key services 

August 10, 2020 

An innovative new scheme has launched this month to give people easier and safer access to digital services which require identity checks. 

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Offr raising €3 million in funding led by Barclays

August 20, 2020

Property Tech company plans to expand to the UK and Australia.

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Innovative Digital Services Scheme

10th August, 2020

An innovative new scheme has launched this month to give people easier and safer access to digital services.

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PlasmaBound secures €1.1m in new investment

24th June, 2020

University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out PlasmaBound has announced the closing of a €1.1 million investment round today.

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Irish software firm’s bots providing real-time data to help clinicians manage Covid-19 

May 6, 2020

Irish company Medxnote has created a clinical bot that is significantly cutting th time it takes to notify the medical staff of Covid-19 test results.

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Offr enters Australian market a year ahead of schedule

April 30, 2020

The Offr platform allows real estate agents and auctioneers to offer the entire online sales process through their own existing websites.

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Innovation and creativity in a time of crisis

April 16, 2020

The Covid-19 Crisis has brought out the best in Irish companies, which are assisting the response with a range of innovative and creative solutions.

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Sports tech start-up develops tracking system for athletes at home

April 16, 2020

Irish tech start-up, Output Sports has developed a system that can test athletic performance and track training programmes with a single wearable sensor.

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Dublin studio Vela Games raises $3.1m funding

April 14, 2020

Dublin-based video game studio Vela Games announced that it has raised another $3.1m in funding.

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6 interesting Irish start-ups delving into data

April 2, 2020

These Irish data analytics start-ups are focusing on a range of areas, from generating insights for the cosmetics industry to using data to deal with the Covid-19 crisis.

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The Beauty Buddy wants to be the face of cosmetic consumer analytics

February 3, 2020

The Beauty Buddy, wants to be the ‘go-to app’ for beauty shoppers, while bringing real-time insights to the cosmetics industry.

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Snapfix CEO Paul McCarthy wins New Frontiers Lead Entrepreneur Award

January 30, 2020

Of the 30 start-ups participating in the New Frontiers programme, Paul McCarthy’s business Snapfix impressed judges most with its simple solution and potential for scaling.

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Using analytics to deploy data science more effectively

January 23, 2020

Reformatting software for recruiters reduces bias, speeds up shortlisting and cuts admin.

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Odyssey VC is bringing 100 new jobs to Kildare

January 16, 2020

New roles will become available across Odyssey VC’s technical, product development, service delivery, compliance, and sales and marketing departments.

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25 Entrepreneurs set to shake their industries in 2020 

December 18, 2019

25 promising entrepreneurs are poised to disrupt their fields, whether they’re focusing on fintech, edtech, medtech or – for one of these agritech experts – actual fields.

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Entrepreneurs to watch in 2020

December 17, 2019

Silicon Republic have rounded up 25 promising entrepreneurs who are poised to disrupt their fields, whether they’re focusing on fintech, edtech, medtech or – for one of these agritech experts – actual fields.

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Geowox Secures Funding

December 6, 2019

Property tech start-up Geowox secures €1.5m in funding under the latest round of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.

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Founder Firms Secure Health Funding 

December 3, 2019 

€100,000 in funding through Enterprise Ireland’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme is to be awarded to five companies following a competitive call. The SBIR funding will enable the SMEs to develop new innovations and technologies to address health complications that arise as a result of diabetes.

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