Tagged: Venture Capital & News
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Twelve-year-old entrepreneur wins crowds over at Dublin Beta start-up gathering News
31.07.2012 Shane Curran, the 12-year-old coder who has set up a new digital venture called Libramatic.com, won over the crowds at Dublin Beta last night as he was voted best start-up on... -
OPINION: New York at the centre of tech News
28.07.2012 It sounds like a small thing, but when more and more of your new client meetings are taking place beyond the confines of the suits, skyscrapers and tourist haunts of midtown... -
Irish Govt to make start-ups announcement at Dogpatch Labs this morning News
26.07.2012 Ireland's Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, TD, is set to make an announcement at the start-up hub Dogpatch Labs in Dublin this morning regarding start-ups. Bruton will be speaking...Categories: Science, Investments, Internet, Government, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Deals Done -
Irish Government has €20m for fund managers to co-invest in seed and VC funds News
25.07.2012 The Irish Government has issued a call for co-investors for the remaining €20m available for co-investment in seed and venture capital funds via Enterprise Ireland's Seed and... -
VMware buys cloud infrastructure player Nicira Inc for US$1.26bn in cash and equity News
24.07.2012 In a move that delivers a major windfall for top Silicon Valley venture capital player Andreessen Horowitz and then some, EMC-owned virtualisation giant VMware has acquired... -
Irish venture capital funds supported by EI invested €60m in 93 firms in 2011 News
20.07.2012 Irish venture capital funds supported by Enterprise Ireland made 131 investments in 93 companies with a value of €60m in 2011, a 43pc increase on 2010 investments, according to...Categories: R&D, Private Irish Business, Management, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Tech Trailblazers Awards open with US$1m prize fund for start-ups News
20.07.2012 The Tech Trailblazers Awards, an independent initiative to recognise and reward technology start-ups from around the globe, is now open for entries. Prizes include... -
Kiip raises US$11m in Series B funding to move beyond gaming News
17.07.2012 Mobile rewards network Kiip has raised US$11m in Series B funding. The company, which works with major brands and more than 400 games and app developers, will use the funding to... -
Journey to green growth – aboard the sustainability train to Galway (video) News
06.07.2012 Yesterday, Ireland played host to an International Sustainability Summit as part of the Volvo Ocean Race finale in Galway City. More than 150 delegates from the finance,...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Financial, Engineering, Energy, Education, EconomyTags: Finance, Green, Green IFSC, IFSC, Clean Tech, Green Economy, Ireland, Sustainability, Venture Capital, -
Collison brothers’ Stripe raises a further US$20m in Series B funding News
10.07.2012 Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison’s Silicon Valley-headquartered start-up Stripe has just raised US$20m in Series B funding led by General Catalyst, along with...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
GitHub raises US$100m in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz News
10.07.2012 Social coding player GitHub has raised US$100m in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital player which has also invested in Facebook,... -
Taoiseach lauds Ireland’s green economy strategy as Sustainability Summit starts in Galway News
05.07.2012 Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny is set to open the International Sustainability Summit in Galway this morning, whereby Irish and global leaders in the sustainable sector will be...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Financial, Engineer, Education, Economy -
Online database to track VC deals, Whogotfunded.com, goes live News
03.07.2012 Whogotfunded.com, a new site that’s on a mission to become the world’s most comprehensive online venture capital (VC) database for people to keep an eye on the latest high-tech...Categories: Social Media, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Financial, Deals Done, Database -
Facebook investor Peter Thiel opens up new venture investment firm News
20.06.2012 Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, and early Facebook investor, has co-founded a new private venture investment firm called Mithril Capital Management, which will be... -
Silicon Valley Bank to establish an Irish presence – US$100m of new lending News
19.06.2012 A major Silicon Valley Bank is to establish a presence in Ireland with US$100m of new lending facilities for innovative companies. A partnership has been forged with the... -
SkillPages closes a US$9.5m Series B funding round News
15.06.2012 As well as breaching the 5m user mark, Irish skill-based social network SkillPages has just closed a US$9.5m Series B funding round.Categories: Digital Media, Funding, Internet, Investments, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Upskilling -
Mobile Travel Technologies raises US$5m from DFJ Esprit News
07.06.2012 Dublin travel technology specialist Mobile Travel Technologies (MTT) has raised US$5m from DFJ Esprit. The company works with industry leaders including easyJet, Qantas Group’s... -
Silicon Valley fears a Facebook IPO ripple effect on start-ups News
05.06.2012 It’s strange. The Facebook IPO that should have been a momentous event in Silicon Valley history has so far been a disappointment. But that was two weeks ago and it’s only now...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Angel investors vs venture capitalists in US (infographic) News
30.05.2012 Funders and Founders has come up with an infographic to illustrate the difference between angel investors and venture capitalists and how they diverge in the amount of capital... -
New book on intellectual property targets start-ups News
28.05.2012 R&D expert Dr John Mc Manus has penned a new book on intellectual property (IP), with the aim of equipping technology start-ups, researchers and innovators with more knowledge...