Tagged: Venture Capital & News
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Weekend news roundup: Facebook smartphone and the end of Silicon Valley's Golden Age News
21.05.2012 The weekend newspapers' tech coverage was full of interesting insights into the Facebook IPO but what's coming next is what most folks would really need to know. One Silicon... -
Pinterest raises US$100m in funding round that values it at US$1.5bn News
17.05.2012 Fast-growing social network Pinterest has received a US$100m investment in a round led by Japan’s biggest e-commerce site Rakuten that values the company at US$1.5bn.Categories: Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
€280,000 prize fund for best start-ups in Ireland News
11.05.2012 The largest business competition on the island of Ireland, the InterTradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition 2012, is now up and running and inviting entries. -
California cloud start-up Box looks to 2013 IPO News
11.05.2012 Box, the cloud-based start-up that was spawned in 2005 from a college project, appears to be heading for an IPO in mid to late 2013. -
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 -
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... -
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 -
Evernote valued at US$1bn after raising US$70m financing News
03.05.2012 Cloud player Evernote has raised US$70m in a funding round led by Meritech Capital and CBC Capital that values it at more than US$1bn. The company’s CEO Phil Libin says the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hosting Services, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Seedcorn €280K competition opens for early stage start-ups News
30.04.2012 The InterTradeIreland all-island Seedcorn business competition has opened for early stage and high-growth start-ups. The competition has a prize fund of €280,000 and aims to...Categories: Financial, Economy, CIO, Business Intelligence, Funding, Intellectual Property, Investments, R&D -
Cloud start-up gets €300K investment; plans 15 jobs News
25.04.2012 Careergro, a new HR start-up that has tapped into the cloud to create a career development tool for employees and companies, has gleaned a €300,000 cash injection from private... -
Whogotfunded.com to track VC start-up deals News
25.04.2012 Whogotfunded.com is a new site that’s aiming to be the world’s most comprehensive online venture capital (VC) database for people to keep an eye on the latest high-tech...Categories: Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Financial, Deals Done, Database, Data Management, Web -
Dogpatch Labs Europe start-up hub sees six US$1m-plus investments News
17.04.2012 It’s just a mere six months since US venture capital player Polaris located its Dogpatch Labs Europe start-up hub in Dublin, and already the lab has seen off six US$1m-plus... -
TechBrew event to spur on start-ups in southeast News
24.04.2012 Technology Cluster South East will be holding its first free networking and innovation event TechBrew on Wednesday evening to promote tech start-up activity in the southeast. -
Top US angel investor says size of funding rounds needs to increase News
05.04.2012 Bill Payne, one of the top angel investors in the US who has successfully invested in more than 50 start-up companies, including DoubleClick, says the syndication trend among... -
Venture capital fund ITC establishes European HQ in Limerick News
17.04.2012 Irish Technology Capital (ITC), the Silicon Valley-based venture-capital fund created by Irish diaspora technology leaders and investors, has announced in association with...Categories: Investments, Funding -
Limerick IT reveals new €1m seed fund for start-ups News
16.04.2012 In a welcome move to help start-ups in the mid-west region access early stage finance, Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is starting a new €1m seed fund. -
Startupbootcamp reveals 10 finalists for investing pitches News
16.04.2012 Start-up accelerator Startupbootcamp in Dublin has today named the 10 finalists that will make investment pitches at its first-ever Investor Demo Day. -
OPINION – A guide to Irish innovators on raising money News
14.04.2012 In the second part of a series of guest posts Silicon Valley venture capitalist Richard Moran reveals the secrets to a perfect pitch for Irish innovators hoping to secure...Categories: Social Media, Research, R&D, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Software & Web Development -
Start-ups to pitch to angel investors in Dublin News
11.04.2012 More than 100 angel investors and entrepreneurs will be in Dublin next week for the first-ever Irish Angel Meetup. Four start-ups will also be pitching at the Angel Meetup in... -
OPINION: blind squirrels and acorns, a primer for Irish entrepreneurs News
07.04.2012 In the first in a new series of guest posts Silicon Valley venture capitalist Richard Moran points out to start-ups and innovators how they can better articulate their ideas to...