Start-ups

CPA calls for ‘National Entrepreneurship Strategy’

13.02.2012 In light of the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 revealed today by the Irish Government, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) is calling for what it’s terming an ‘integrated entrepreneurship strategy’ to support the jobs drive, especially taking Ireland’s young population into account, and to help get Ireland back on the right economic trajectory. More »
Dublin Web Summit searches for Ireland’s hottest start-up

13.02.2012 The Dublin Web Summit is searching for Ireland hottest start-up and almost 40 start-ups are competing for the title that will be awarded at the Dublin Web Summit Start Summit this Wednesday. More »
Patient Journey Record taps into global health-tech demand

12.02.2012 Our Tech Start-Up of the Week is Patient Journey Record (PaJR), a new Irish health-tech venture that’s developing a cloud-based hospital re-admissions platform, with the aim of revolutionising the care management marketplace globally. PaJR is currently over in Chicago, one of 10 start-ups participating in the first ever Healthbox accelerator. More »
Collison brothers’ start-up Stripe valued at US$100m

10.02.2012 Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison’s Stripe venture has raised US$18m in venture capital from Sequoia Capital and other investors on top of a previous investment that included Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. This latest investment values their rival to PayPal at US$100m. More »
Profitero pinpoints errors in Tesco online pricing

09.02.2012 Pricing intelligence company Profitero, which just last week won the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year, claims it has found flaws in Tesco’s online pricing. More »
20 Irish tech start-ups to pitch at ITLG event in Silicon Valley

09.02.2012 Twenty young Irish technology companies traversing the worlds of social media, clean tech and hardware will vie for the top place at the fifth annual ITLG/Irish Times Innovation Awards in Silicon Valley in March. More »
‘Instagram for mobile video’ site Viddy raises US$6m

08.02.2012 A US social mobile video app with more than 1m users called Viddy has raised US$6m in Series A financing. Viddy describes itself as ‘Instagram for mobile video.’ More »
Cloud start-up creates video tool targeted at SMEs

08.02.2012 NovaUCD has been in the spotlight this week, as it is expecting 300 jobs to be created from start-ups based at the centre over the next two years. VideoCrisp is the latest early-stage venture at the incubation centre to reveal tech innovations it is pioneering. The one-year-old start-up is developing a video-creation and editing tool targeted at SMEs. More »
Twitter plans to get busy with Irish developer community

06.02.2012 Twitter is to host its first Tea Time event in Dublin later this month, in what could be a great opportunity for local developers and start-ups to create products for the Twitter ecosystem. More »
Business angels say they have €85m available for start-ups

06.02.2012 Some €85m in business angel funding is available to start-up companies across the island of Ireland, InterTrade Ireland said today. Last week, Irish venture capitalists warned of a sharp fall off in venture capital funding in 2012. More »