Tech start-up of the week: ALR Innovations
Our start-up to watch this week is University of Limerick spin-out ALR Innovations, a developer of recycling equipment for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in worldwide markets.
10.Mar.2013 08:00
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Restored Hearing plans to raise €500,000 to support R&D and sales growth
Restored Hearing, a company established by students from University College Dublin (UCD) and the University of Edinburgh, is seeking to raise €500,000 to support R&D into a cure for permanent tinnitus and the sale of its hearing protection products.
08.Mar.2013 12:08
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Govt invests in new €20m Highland Capital Partners fund
The Irish Government has supported the creation of US venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners’ first dedicated European fund. The €20m fund, which will be run from Ireland, will be focused solely on growth-phase technology companies.
08.Mar.2013 09:39
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Where tech meets social: how entrepreneurs use tech to drive social change
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) has been helping social enterprises across Ireland scale up for the past eight years. However, the organisation is seeing a shift towards technology social entrepreneurship. We talk to the founders of two social enterprises about how they have combined technological solutions in their businesses in order to drive social change.
07.Mar.2013 17:05
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NI start-up Yours Florally receives backing from Lough Shore Investments
Belfast-based start-up Yours Florally is to receive seed funding from Lough Shore Investments and angel investor Stephen Lusty as the company prepares to expand into the UK market in 2013.
06.Mar.2013 13:46
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Irish tech firms raise €269m in venture capital in 2012
Between them, some 189 Irish technology companies raised €269m from investors in 2012. While the amount raised is 2pc lower than the previous year, the number is up 18pc from 159 companies in 2011, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association.
06.Mar.2013 12:40
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High-potential start-ups to create 1,600 new jobs in three years
Some 97 high-potential start-ups (HPSUs) backed by Enterprise Ireland this year will generate 1,600 new jobs and will generate exports of €300m within three years, Small Business Minister John Perry, TD, said this morning.
06.Mar.2013 10:23
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Start-ups Conker and Trustev enter Wayra accelerator, gleaning €40k each
Two new Irish ventures – Conker and Trustev – have been chosen to join the Wayra academy in Dublin that’s run by Telefónica. The two companies will each get an investment injection worth €40,000, as well as workspace in Wayra.
05.Mar.2013 13:47
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Golfing gadget backed by Silicon Valley’s finest launches IndieGoGo campaign
Game Golf, a technology invented by Irishman John McGuire of Active Mind Technology and designed by Jawbone’s Yves Béhar, today launched its IndieGoGo campaign to bring the product to market by summer. The sleek hardware and software combo promises to record, analyse and improve a golfer’s game.
05.Mar.2013 13:32
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Prowlster relaunches today, pioneering ‘magazine commerce’
Following a four-week test drive back in the lead-up to Christmas, Prowlster – the online lifestyle magazine with an e-commerce twist – is back to pioneer the concept of ‘magazine commerce’.
04.Mar.2013 11:27
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Tech start-up of the week: YellowSchedule
Our start-up to watch this week is YellowSchedule, a new cloud-based appointment and client customer relationship management (CRM) platform targeted at service providers that has been co-founded by brother and sister duo Martina and Michael Skelly.
03.Mar.2013 08:00
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Flubit triumphs at London Web Summit Start-up Contest 2013
Flubit, an e-commerce start-up that uses cookies to discover better discounts online for shoppers, has emerged as the overall winner at the London Web Summit Start-up Contest. Irish social media security company Trustev came in as one of the four finalists.
02.Mar.2013 09:39
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Digital health start-ups converge in Dublin for three-month bootcamp
Eight ventures that are pioneering technologies in the digital health space are preparing to start a three-month accelerator programme in Dublin this week. Eoghan Jennings, founder of Startupbootcamp Dublin, talks about how HealthXL will aim to help these start-ups bring their disruptive technologies to the global health market.
01.Mar.2013 13:04
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Running a small business from a smartphone (infographic)
Leading apps in the management space can help entrepreneurs get things done while on the move. A new infographic takes a look at some apps that enable productivity in the palm of a small business owner's hand.
28.Feb.2013 14:50
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GameSpace incubator in Dublin will support up to 30 start-ups at a time
Games Ireland has opened a new game-specific incubator GameSpace based with Pulse College/Windmill Lane Recording Studios in the IFSC in Dublin. The incubator has been established with the support of the local video games industry and Enterprise Ireland.
28.Feb.2013 10:57
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Irish start-up targets mobile operators with location-based marketing platform
iMobMedia is a new Irish start-up that has come up with a platform with the aim of enabling mobile operators to target consumers with offers based on user preference, profile and proximity.
27.Feb.2013 10:35
