Tagged: Venture Capital
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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... -
Weekend news round-up – Snapping at Snapchat, inside the Twitter business machine News
11.02.2013 In our round-up of the weekend’s top tech stories, we look at coverage of the mystique behind Snapchat, Microsoft’s confusing Surface Pro launch, the momentum of the Y...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: Apple, Windows 8, Surface, Microsoft, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Computers, Personal Computers, Smartphones, Venture Capital, Funding -
UK & Ireland Tech Tour Events
17.09.2013 Tech Tour will hold the UK & Ireland Tech Tour to cover 25 companies from UK & Ireland. This new regional format will give entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet 60 international...Categories: Support, Investments -
Start-ups and investors to mingle at Pitchify in Dublin tomorrow News
05.02.2013 Pitchify, the free networking event for start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs, will be having its next event in Dublin tomorrow evening. Already, more than 680 people have signed...Categories: Research, Private Irish Business, Networking, Media, Marketing, Management, Internet, Intellectual Property, GraduateTags: Venture Capital, Networking -
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.... -
Silicon Valley Bank appoints relationship manager for Ireland News
04.02.2013 Silicon Valley Bank, which is establishing a presence in Ireland with US$100m of new lending facilities for innovative companies, has appointed its UK relationship manager...Categories: Software, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Funding, Financial Services, Financial -
NTT DoCoMo and World Bank invest in US$100m emerging markets fund News
04.02.2013 International telecoms, media and technology investment company Delta Partners Capital has raised a US$100m Emerging Markets Fund. Investors include the World Bank, Japanese...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Media, Investments, Funding, Financial, Digital Media -
Digit Games to create 25 jobs after raising US$2.5m in Series A funding News
30.01.2013 Dublin-headquartered games developer Digit Games Studios has closed a US$2.5m Series A funding round from Delta Partners and ACT Venture Capital. The investment will double the... -
€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... -
#GreenGrowth - Europe would need to invest stg£70bn pa to move to renewable energy (videos) News
25.01.2013 Europe would need to factor in a capital expenditure in the region of stg£70bn a year in order to effect a move away from fossil fuels and onto wind and solar energy, a senior... -
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... -
ZeptoLab takes the Grand Prix at the Europas, Datahug wins two gongs News
23.01.2013 ZeptoLab, the creators of the popular app game Cut The Rope, was named Grand Prix winner at the Europas last night in Berlin. Short-term loans service Wonga picked up the title... -
‘We need more companies to IPO successfully’ – Enterprise Ireland CEO News
22.01.2013 Work is under way to discover just what it is that is driving Irish companies in the direction of trade sales rather than focusing on a successful IPO strategy, Enterprise... -
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 -
Social video platform Keek raises US$18m in funding News
17.01.2013 Fast growing social video network Keek – think Twitter meets YouTube – has just raised US$18m in funding, bringing its total funding raised so far to US$30m. -
Advertising giant IPG invests in mobile rewards player Kiip News
16.01.2013 Mobile rewards platform Kiip has entered into a strategic partnership with advertising giant IPG’s Media Lab group. The deal will see major brands join the Kiip platform, as... -
The life scientist - an interview with Peter Milner News
10.01.2013 Roscrea, Co Tipperary, native Peter Milner is a world-renowned industrial scientist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur whose first company was bought for US$1.5bn and whose...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Investments, Intellectual Property, Education, Economy -
HY! Berlin competition calls for entries from European start-ups News
08.01.2013 The deadline is approaching for European technology start-ups to enter the HY! Berlin start-up competition taking place in Berlin later this month.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Research, Networking, Multimedia, Media, Investments, Enterprise, Apps -
AIB Seed Capital Fund invested €6.2m in 2012, more than 500 new jobs supported News
09.01.2013 The AIB Seed Capital Fund in partnership with Enterprise Ireland made 31 investments totaling €6.2m during 2012, bringing to 500 the number of jobs created and sustained by the...