Tagged: Start-ups & News
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Brite:bill secures €1.25m of new equity funding News
24.05.2012 Dublin-based e-billing start-up Brite:bill has secured €1.25m of new equity funding from The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund. The company is now planning to use this funding to...Categories: Telecommunications, Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Investments, Internet, Digital Business -
Microsoft lists Belfast app firm JamPot among Europe’s top start-ups News
24.05.2012 Belfast start-up JamPot is among 15 companies across Europe vying to be named Europe’s top start-up company as part of the Microsoft BizSpark European Summit in London. -
Future of Startupbootcamp in Dublin will be health tech News
23.05.2012 Next year’s Startupbootcamp is set to zero in on well-being and health start-ups. That’s according to co-founder Eoghan Jennings, who said the start-up accelerator is to partner...Categories: Software Development, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Enterprise, Economy, Digital Business, Apps -
10 social entrepreneurs get €700K from Arthur Guinness Fund News
23.05.2012 Ten social enterprises are set to receive financial and business support to the value of €700,000 from the 2012 Arthur Guinness Fund. The Minister for the Environment, Community... -
10n2 gets US$2m investment to take on 20 new hires News
22.05.2012 10n2 Technologies, the Dublin start-up which has developed software to stop people using their mobile phones while driving, has secured a further US$2m investment to help it... -
Optical fibre pioneer to speak in Dublin tomorrow News
21.05.2012 Australian entrepreneur and academic Dr Simon Poole will be at Dublin City University tomorrow to give a lecture about his 30-year experience in the area of photonics and... -
Tech start-up of the week: WorldNet News
20.05.2012 This week our tech start-up to watch is WorldNet. Around since 2008, it has come up with a new tech innovation called Payjack to allow small businesses accept credit card...Tags: Start-ups, Credit Cards, API, E-commerce, Mobile, SME, Enterprise Ireland, iPhone, iPad, Android -
Soundwave aims to take music analytics to a whole new level News
17.05.2012 Imagine being able to capture in real-time what type of music your friends are listening to, or finding out the most popular musical choices are in your city? Well, today’s... -
Startupbootcamp Investor Day proves to be a hit in Dublin News
17.05.2012 Yesterday, Dublin’s tech hub on Barrow Street was swarming with eagle-eyed angel investors who were at Startupbootcamp to check out the 10 start-ups engaged in the accelerator,...Categories: Software Development, Software, R&D, Multimedia, Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Wicklow start-up Smart Storage wins Eircom award News
16.05.2012 Smart Storage, a new venture set up in Wicklow in 2010, has won the April finals of the Eircom Start Up competition. Paul Jacobs, a qualified engineer, started Smart Storage... -
Start-up’s smartphone technology promises to keep the bullies at bay News
17.05.2012 Most adults know bullies are an unpleasant fact of life. But no parent would wish their children to fall prey to the attention of bullies or any of the other dangers that are...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Security, Mobility, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
New competition for start-ups to win €50,000 package News
14.05.2012 Business mobile service Blueface is teaming up with Carphone Warehouse to launch a new competition for start-ups and those with business plans to pitch their ideas. Seven... -
New Sweat for Equity programme to get start-ups going News
11.05.2012 Techies, creatives and those with ideas for new start-ups can now apply for Swequity Exchange, a new programme that the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Ireland is... -
EMC acquires Israeli start-up XtremIO, reportedly for US$430m News
11.05.2012 Data storage giant EMC has announced it has acquired the privately held flash storage start-up XtremIO. While it has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal, reports are...Categories: Deals Done, Data Management, Data Centre, Investments, IT Organisation, Mergers & Acquisitions -
Telefónica’s Wayra multimillion start-up incubator opens in Dublin News
10.05.2012 In a welcome boost to Dublin’s thriving start-up scene, O2 parent Telefónica today opened its Wayra global technology accelerator hub in the city as part of a multimillion-euro... -
Science start-ups to pitch at European investment competition News
09.05.2012 European science start-ups are being invited to enter a competition to pitch to international investors during Investing in Science 2012, which will take place in Dublin this... -
it@cork urges local start-ups to vie for IBM Global Entrepreneur News
04.05.2012 Cork technology industry organisation it@cork this week urged entrepreneurs in the region to vie for the IBM Global Entrepreneur competition that has been distinguished by a... -
Collison brothers’ start-up Stripe hurtling towards US$1bn valuation? News
04.05.2012 Five years ago the nation of Ireland woke up to the news that two Limerick teenagers had sold their technology company for US$5m. Zoom forward to today and the indications are...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps -
Irish Times Digital Challenge gives start-ups chance to win €50k prize News
03.05.2012 The Irish Times, as part of its digital development strategy, has devised a plan to create an incubator hub for a number of lucky start-ups with venture capital firm DFJ Esprit....Categories: Research, R&D, Media, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Micro-businesses need support, argues new CPA president News
01.05.2012 Self-employment is an area of “untapped opportunity” in Ireland and needs encouragement and support. That’s according to Niall Byrne of Niall Byrne & Co, who has just been...