Tagged: Funding
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New web resource for firms to search R&D funding and advertise jobs News
14.05.2013 Ireland's Research and Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, has launched a new web resource targeted specifically at businesses to help them access information on R&D funding... -
Covidien funds non-profit to develop mobile tech for heart disease patients News
14.05.2013 Medical device firm Covidien is to fund non-profit Heartbeat Trust to support R&D into the use of mobile technology to allow remote monitoring of heart patients. -
Maths upskilling course for teachers in Ireland seeks applicants News
14.05.2013 A programme geared toward improving the skills of ‘out-of-field’ maths teachers at post-primary level is receiving up to €2m in funding from the Irish Government. -
Click4Classes receives investment from SOSventures News
23.04.2013 Cork web firm Click4Classes.com, a graduate of the SELR8R programme, has just received an investment from SOSventures and will grow employment to 10 people as it plots its UK... -
Ireland plans to create 20,000 new manufacturing jobs by 2016 News
22.04.2013 The Irish Government has published plans devised by Forfás and the Expert Group on Future Skills to create 20,000 new manufacturing jobs by 2016. -
12 new software jobs for Galway as OnePageCRM secures €575k investment News
27.03.2013 Cloud-based sales management software company OnePageCRM has raised €575,000 from Enterprise Ireland and other investors. The funding round will enable the company to create 12...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, Engineering, Digital Business, Data Management, CRM, Apps -
Renewable energy player Gaelectric raises €65m News
25.03.2013 Swedish investment group Proventus Capital Partners and German bank Nord/LB have concluded a €65m funding deal with Irish renewable energy player Gaelectric. The debt finance... -
Folens backs new venture fund for e-learning start-ups News
20.03.2013 Educational publisher Folens is backing a new boutique investment fund called the Leaf Fund that aims to invest between €250,000 and €1m in early stage learning technology... -
Cork med-tech player Lincor secures €7.3m investment from Edison Ventures News
11.03.2013 Cork-based medical-technology company Lincor has secured a €7.3m investment (US$9.5m) from Edison Ventures, a US venture capital firm specialising in healthcare IT investments....Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Life Sciences, Investments, Hardware, Funding, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
High-potential start-ups to create 1,600 new jobs in three years News
06.03.2013 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... -
Govt invests in new €20m Highland Capital Partners fund News
08.03.2013 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... -
Irish tech firms raise €269m in venture capital in 2012 News
06.03.2013 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...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Funding, Financial Services -
Flubit triumphs at London Web Summit Start-up Contest 2013 News
02.03.2013 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.... -
Pin this! Pinterest raises US$200m – company now valued at US$2.5bn News
21.02.2013 Social networking site Pinterest is now valued at US$2.5bn after raising some US$200m worth of venture capital in a round led by Valiant Capital Management and involving... -
Weekend news round-up – Snapping at Snapchat, inside the Twitter business machine News
11.02.2013 In our round-up of the weekend’s top tech stories, we look at coverage of the mystique behind Snapchat, Microsoft’s confusing Surface Pro launch, the momentum of the Y...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: Apple, Windows 8, Surface, Microsoft, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Computers, Personal Computers, Smartphones, Venture Capital, Funding -
13 start-up ideas from the West secure Enterprise Ireland funding News
05.02.2013 Thirteen new ventures based in the West of Ireland have today been awarded funding from Enterprise Ireland via its €200,000 Competitive Feasibility Fund. The start-ups hail from... -
Silicon Valley Bank appoints relationship manager for Ireland News
04.02.2013 Silicon Valley Bank, which is establishing a presence in Ireland with US$100m of new lending facilities for innovative companies, has appointed its UK relationship manager...Categories: Software, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Funding, Financial Services, Financial -
#GreenGrowth - Europe would need to invest stg£70bn pa to move to renewable energy (videos) News
25.01.2013 Europe would need to factor in a capital expenditure in the region of stg£70bn a year in order to effect a move away from fossil fuels and onto wind and solar energy, a senior...