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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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