Tagged: Start-ups
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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... -
Irish entrepreneurs to share insights at Startup Grind event in Silicon Valley News
04.02.2013 Today an event called Startup Grind will be kicking off in Silicon Valley to bring together entrepreneurs, investors and founders of technology start-ups from around the globe.... -
Web Summit goes to America – START Summit to rock New York in March News
31.01.2013 The team members behind the Web Summit in Dublin and London have their hearts set on world domination and where better to begin the next phase in their grand adventure but New...Tags: Dublin Web Summit, Start-ups, -
‘Think outside the box’ awards target enterprising third-level students News
31.01.2013 Enterprise Ireland has launched this year’s ‘Think outside the box’ awards programme that aims to help third-level students from around the island of Ireland progress their... -
New centre for entrepreneurship education to open at CIT News
29.01.2013 A new centre has been set up at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), with the aim of addressing gaps in current research on entrepreneurship in an Irish context and to inform... -
10 new Cork-based start-ups launch at New Frontiers awards News
29.01.2013 Ten new ventures that have completed the latest Enterprise Ireland-led New Frontiers programme at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) showcased their innovations at an awards... -
Trend Micro’s Cork chief to enter the start-up world News
29.01.2013 After helping cloud security player Trend Micro ratchet up international revenues from US$65m to US$250m, senior vice-president Anthony O’Mara is taking up a non-executive role... -
Charging ahead with med tech News
28.01.2013 Dr Stephen Daniels has been recently recognised by Enterprise Ireland for his work in manufacturing, engineering and energy technology commercialisation. Claire O'Connell met...Tags: Medical Devices, Innovation, Chemistry, SFI, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, MedTech, DCU, Semiconductor -
€1m biotech investment in Algae Health paves way for 23 Galway jobs News
28.01.2013 Twenty-three new jobs are to be created in Galway by green biotech company Algae Health, which has landed a €1m investment in a round led by AIB Seed Fund and the Western... -
Serial investors talk venture capital – can you go the distance? News
24.01.2013 A little bit of Silicon Valley sunshine shone upon Cork City earlier this week, as seasoned tech executives and investors enlightened a rapt crowd on the trials and triumphs of... -
NI platform for start-ups adds collaboration tool for members News
23.01.2013 Startacus, the Northern Ireland-based online platform for self-starters, now has a new collaboration tool to allow members to post ideas about new projects or start-ups and... -
Cisco kid returns to Cork with a ‘three Cs’ formula for making Ireland the next Silicon Valley News
21.01.2013 Cork native Barry O’Sullivan is senior vice-president in charge of tech giant Cisco’s US$2bn a year voice products business. The latest addition to RTÉ’s Dragons’ Den divides...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Government, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business, Communications -
Digital software firm VideoCrisp to create 10 jobs News
22.01.2013 Cloud-based digital software company VideoCrisp is to create 10 digital media jobs with the launch of its online video creation and editing tool. -
New DCU hub for clean-tech innovation aims to create 200 jobs News
21.01.2013 Dublin City University (DCU) is opening a new innovation campus that will aim to be a hub for clean-tech innovation by hosting start-ups, SMEs and larger companies operating in...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Government, Energy, Education, Economy -
IDA Ireland tells Class of 2013 students their best hopes lie in ICT industry News
17.01.2013 IDA Ireland has told Leaving Cert students about to file their CAO applications that the best job opportunities for the future will lie in ICT, digital media and language-based...Tags: Digital Media, CAO, Leaving Certificate, IDA Ireland, Software, ICT, Engineering, Start-ups, Third Level, Science -
15 companies to benefit from latest €750k Competitive Start Fund News
17.01.2013 Enterprise Ireland has launched the latest phase of its Competitive Start Fund with €750,000 available to up to 15 start-ups. So far, 60 companies have been funded under the... -
Propel programme accepting applications from NI start-ups before 23 January News
16.01.2013 Aspiring entrepreneurs from Northern Ireland with ideas for new start-ups have until 23 January to get their applications in for the 2013 Propel programme, which is managed by... -
CoderDojo co-founder Bill Liao joins SunZu The Art of Business News
15.01.2013 SOSventures investing partner and co-founder of CoderDojo Bill Liao has been appointed director of SunZu The Art of Business, a new Dublin-based social platform started up by...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Business -
Europe’s best tech start-ups: Europas shortlist published News
09.01.2013 The shortlist of nominees for the forthcoming Europas start-up awards in Berlin on 22 January has been revealed and more than 1,000 nominees have been put through the judging...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Online Business, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business