Tagged: Start-ups & News
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Start-up sales booster Selr8r now seeking applicants for second round News
04.04.2013 Having just successfully completed its first outing, Selr8r, a unique mentor-driven sales accelerator programme, is ready for a second run at boosting selected start-ups’ sales. -
Dubstarts jobs fair to link up start-ups with job-seekers News
02.04.2013 An innovative jobs fair will be taking place in Dublin later this month, with the aim of pooling together students, recent graduates and those aiming to break into the tech... -
Tech start-up of the week: Portable Medical Technology News
31.03.2013 This week’s tech start-up of the week is Portable Medical Technology Ltd, a company that develops accredited and trusted apps for medical specialists to reduce medical errors,... -
Aspiring entrepreneurs to head to Cork for Startup Weekend News
29.03.2013 University College Cork will be the setting for Cork’s first ever Startup Weekend next week, as coders, self-starters, designers, marketers and business minds will be teaming up... -
Social rewards app Popdeem will be ready for retailers next week News
28.03.2013 Fresh from successful showcases at the London Web Summit and the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas, Wayra-accelerated Irish start-up Popdeem is preparing for the... -
Tech start-up of the week: RazorSocial News
24.03.2013 This week’s featured start-up is RazorSocial, an online magazine founded by Ian Cleary and his wife Colette Mullen in June 2012. For Cleary and Mullen, building a business was... -
Irish Times Digital Challenge winner GetBulb heads to London to seek VC investment News
25.03.2013 Startupbootcamp alumnus and winner of The Irish Times Digital Challenge GetBulb will be in London today to pitch to venture capitalists and seek investment in the latest version... -
New tech CEO mastermind groups to spring up around Ireland News
22.03.2013 Business development services company Tenego is establishing DeliberateCEO groups around Ireland to bring CEOs of tech companies together to discuss common issues and problems.Categories: Software, Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Funding, Enterprise, Digital Business -
Neelie Kroes gathers Leaders Club to help foster more European start-ups News
21.03.2013 Vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner in charge of the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes is leading a group of nine successful entrepreneurs that will meet... -
Yahoo! acquires Jybe, welcomes back five former employees News
20.03.2013 Internet giant Yahoo! has acquired personalised recommendation firm Jybe, and with it five former Yahoo! employees. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. -
Weekend news round-up: Blank canvas for Draw Something; end of road for unlimited mobile data News
19.03.2013 In our round-up of some of the weekend's compelling tech stories, it appears the end is in sight for unlimited mobile data in the UK, at least if EE has its way. Apple... -
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... -
NI start-up Yours Florally receives backing from Lough Shore Investments News
06.03.2013 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... -
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 -
Start-ups Conker and Trustev enter Wayra accelerator, gleaning €40k each News
05.03.2013 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... -
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.... -
Digital health start-ups converge in Dublin for three-month bootcamp News
01.03.2013 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,...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Research, Marketing, Management, Life Sciences, Investments, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
GameSpace incubator in Dublin will support up to 30 start-ups at a time News
28.02.2013 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...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital MediaTags: Video Games, Start-ups, -
14 digital start-ups start Launchpad programme at NDRC News
26.02.2013 Fourteen new ventures in the digital space will be starting a 12-week programme at the NDRC this week, as part of its Launchpad accelerator programme. The new start-ups range... -
New Frontiers start-up programme gets €12.65m investment boost News
26.02.2013 Enterprise Ireland is to invest €12.65m in the New Frontiers start-up development programme over the next three years. The agency is now accepting applications from people with...