Tagged: Venture Capital & News
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Facebook investor Thiel leads US$6m investment in TransferWise News
14.05.2013 A venture fund established by Peter Thiel, the first investor in Facebook and one of the leading investors in the Collison brothers’ Stripe, is leading a US$6m investment in... -
Seedcorn contest for start-ups launches with €280k fund News
29.04.2013 InterTradeIreland has launched this year’s all-island Seedcorn competition for start-ups and early stage ventures. In all, a prize fund worth €280,000 will be divided up amongst... -
Google Ventures teams up with Andreessen Horowitz and KPCB to fund Glass projects News
11.04.2013 Vice-president of Google Ventures Bill Maris has announced that Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) will join the venture capital investment arm of...Categories: Investments, Development -
Solar financing platform Clean Power Finance raises US$37m News
09.04.2013 US solar software and financing company Clean Power Finance, which provides an online platform to connect the residential solar industry with the capital markets, has raised...Tags: Venture Capital, Solar Energy -
Dublin multi-touch firm RAPT Touch raises €4m to disrupt the display industry News
08.04.2013 A Dublin-based technology company called RAPT has raised €4m in an investment round that will enable it to rollout affordable multi-touch technologies to global original...Categories: R&D, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
New guide gives helicopter view of Ireland’s tech start-up scene News
08.04.2013 For anyone wishing to get more insight into Ireland’s technology start-up ecosystem, Dublin-based venture capital (VC) firm Frontline Ventures has come up with a new guide that...Categories: Web, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Online Business, Networking, Mobile, Media, Marketing, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Engineering, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps, Application Design and Development -
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... -
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... -
Internet entrepreneur profits on Middle Eastern promise News
19.03.2013 Basic business lessons learned in a 70-plus year-old family business in Galway City have helped play a pivotal role in the success of a young Irishman who can claim credit for... -
Crowdfunding a new kind of industrial revolution News
12.03.2013 Across the world people are beginning to invent new products ranging from games consoles to watches and thermostats, raise finance by asking the public to support their... -
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 -
Noel Meaney sells ownership stake in Citadel100 data centre group News
11.03.2013 Irish data centre and telecoms entrepreneur Noel Meaney has sold his ownership stake in Dublin-headquartered Citadel 100 Datacenters Ltd. The 50pc stake was acquired by Securus... -
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.... -
Speculation that Belfast tech firm Aepona has been bought for US$120m News
01.03.2013 Intel has refused to comment on speculation that it has acquired Belfast mobile technology company Aepona for an estimated US$120m. -
Altobridge raises US$7.8m from Intel and World Bank News
26.02.2013 Kerry-based mobile technology player Altobridge has raised US$7.8m in funding from technology giant Intel and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) subsidiary. -
Social 2.0 - Investors hunt among mobile start-ups for the next big thing News
20.02.2013 Despite Facebook’s tepid IPO in May last year, all eyes are on an inevitable IPO of microblogging site Twitter within the year. But judging by venture capital activity in recent... -
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... -
Talkbits’ social walkie talkie launches on Android and iOS News
12.02.2013 Real-time social voice stream Talkbits has launched its app on the Android and iOS marketplaces. The live public audio voice stream app is one of a new generation of social...