02.06.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Inspire 3D, a new 3D print bureau based in Ashford, Co Wicklow, that is aiming to make 3D printing more accessible in Ireland, especially for designers and modellers and those looking to create product prototypes.
31.05.2013 Ireland’s Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton, TD, has unveiled a €175m Seed and Venture Scheme that could catalyse up to €700m in total investment in Irish indigenous companies, particularly in growing areas such as the digital, ICT, green energy and life sciences sectors.
30.05.2013 CoderDojo and MyMind are among 18 social entrepreneur businesses from around Europe that have made the final cut of the Ben & Jerry’s Join Our Core 2013 search for the most socially conscious and sustainably minded entrepreneurs.
30.05.2013 Irish start-up Reverbeo, which has come up with a translation management system for websites, has been picked from a poll of global start-ups to take part in the Start-up Chile accelerator programme for six months, starting from July.
30.05.2013 Facebook developer Betapond has raised €2m in a new funding round led by the Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund to support its efforts to merge e-commerce with social data. The company emerged from Waterford and has grown to include offices in London, Dublin and San Jose, California.
29.05.2013 Irish technology companies raised €52m in funding in the first quarter of 2013, new figures released today by the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) suggest. It warned, however, that there could be a potential shortage of seed capital down the line.
28.05.2013 Dublin drug discovery and early drug development company Trino Therapeutics has raised more than €9m in Series A financing from new investors Fountain Healthcare and founding investor Wellcome Trust.
27.05.2013 Archie Talks, the seminar series for young entrepreneurs in Ireland, is hosting an event in Dublin this evening, with the focus being on co-founders of Irish start-ups.
26.05.2013 Our start-up of the week is ParkYa, a new smartphone app a Dublin-based start-up is developing to make it easier for people to find car parking spaces in real-time and pay for them using their phones.
24.05.2013 An Irish start-up called Zband which makes Android and Windows Phone compatible wristband devices that serve as a silent alarm has exported the gadget to 30 countries within the past four months.
