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Liam Cronin, UDC's first Director of Innovation

University College Dublin names Director of Innovation

University College Dublin has appointed Liam Cronin as its first Director of Innovation to drive innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation of research outputs within the university.

Business • 16 Jun

Michael Neary from Grant Thornton, Rena Maycock from Chirp, Fionnuala Wall from AxisBIC and Jim Barry, from the Barry Group

Entrepreneurs raise €500m through AxisBIC Experience

Entrepreneurs who want an opportunity to get advice and support from some of the country's business leaders can apply for this year's AxisBIC Entrepreneur Experience.

Business • 16 Jun

Fionn Crowley, Chair of Avolon's CARE Committee; Martina Fitzgerald, CEO of Scale Ireland; Paddy Andrews, Professor Thomas Cooney, TU Dublin and Olivia Brody, Programme Manager at NEIC Dublin

NEIC Start Up Entrepreneur class of 2025 graduate

The NEIC (North East Inner City) Start Up Entrepreneurship programme's graduation ceremony for its 2025 programme at a "Dragon's Den" style event was held at the headquarters of aircraft lessor Avolon today.

Business • 30 May

Access to funding biggest concern for start-ups

Access to funding remains the biggest concern for the founders and CEOs of start-up companies according to new research.

Business • 08 May

Assiduous co-founders Fergal Meegan and Barry Murphy with Conor O'Donovan, Head of Start-ups at Enterprise Ireland

Startup Assiduous secures €1m in funding

Technology start-up Assiduous Corporation has secured €1m in funding and announced the launch of its Corporate Finance Autopilot product.

Business • 15 Apr

Gerard Ryan, board member of SymPhysis Medical; Michelle Tierney, co-founder & chief scientific officer and Tim Jones, co-founder & CEO of SymPhysis Medical

SymPhysis Medical targets €40m in revenue

Galway MedTech company SymPhysis Medical has today announced a significantly strengthened senior team and plans for rapid growth as it prepares for its device's US launch.

Business • 10 Mar

Jenny Melia, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke and Karen May, CFO of XOCEAN

VC investment in women-led startups hit €200m in 2024

Venture capital firms invested €200m in Irish, women-led start-ups last year, according to Pitchbook's 'Europe All In' analysis.

Business • 07 Mar

Alison Currie, IntertradeIreland's Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Colin McCabrey, Director of Trade; Margaret Hearty, InterTradeIreland's CEO; Martin Agnew, Director of Corporate Services and Martin Robinson, Director of Strategy

InterTradeIreland's Venture Capital conference next month

InterTradeIreland's All-Island Venture Capital Conference returns to Dublin next month.

Business • 17 Feb

Mairead McGuiness, former MEP and European Commissioner pictured with Tom Donnellan, CEO of Bord na Móna, Sharon Doyle, Bord na Móna and the Accelerate Green Grow 2025 participants

Bord na Móna picks 9 firms for Accelerate Green programme

Bord na Móna has named the nine innovative green businesses selected for its 2025 Accelerate Green GROW Programme, which supports the country's start-up companies in sustainability and climate action.

Business • 07 Feb

Founders is a full-time immersive 12-week course that provides mentorship from top entrepreneurs

Founders startup factory welcomes second cohort

A startup factory based at Dublin's Dogpatch Labs has welcomed its second cohort of participants.

Business • 31 Jan

Elaine Negi, Bord na Móna, Carol Gibbons, Enterprise Ireland, Vanessa Hartley, VP, Head of Google Ireland, Nick Ashmore, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Martina Fitzgerald, CEO of Scale Ireland and Brian Caulfield, Chair of Scale Ireland

Scale Ireland's Start-up summit to be held in Athlone

Plans have been announced to hold Ireland's fourth Regional Start-up Summit in Athlone at the end of March.

Business • 28 Jan

Meg Brennan, Polliknow; Peter Doyle, Biosimulytics; Simon Factor, NovaUCD; Eóin Tuohy, Sports Impact Technologies and Fiona McGillicuddy, MetHealth at the annial investor day at NovaUCD

25 start-ups pitch at NovaUCD's annual Investor Day

NovaUCD said today that 25 start-ups, which are aiming to raise over €55m in funding, pitched to an invited audience of more than 70 venture capitalists and angel investors at its annual Investor Day showcase event.

Business • 20 Jan

Aisling Tuck of Naked Bakes took part in Lidl's Kickstart Supplier Development Programme

Lidl 'kickstarts' Naked Bakes' success with €700k deal

Lidl Ireland is to give Dublin supplier Naked Bakes a €700,000 permanent listing on its 223 stores across the island of Ireland after a successful stint on its 2024 Kickstart Supplier Development Programme.

Business • 13 Jan

ichael Storan and Ryan McErlane, co-founders and co-CEOs, Dataships

Dataships closes €6.8m Series A funding round

Dataships, an Irish data privacy software and services company has closed a €6.8 million Series A funding round.

Business • 09 Jan

Aisling Reddan, Programme Operations Manager, Julian Seymour, Chief Operating Officer and Majella Murphy, Head of Acceleration at Furthr

Furthr expands leadership team to boost start-up supports

Furthr, the business innovation centre, has today announced three senior appointments to its business.

Business • 08 Jan

Tom Fitzmaurice, co-founder and CEO of LaNua, Niall McEvoy, Head of Venture at Elkstone and Dr Cormac Farrelly, co-founder and CMO at LaNua

Irish MedTech startup LaNua raises €6m in funding

LaNua Medical, an Irish MedTech device startup, has raised €6m in seed funding.

Business • 12 Dec 24

Market research firm Bounce Insights raises $4.5m

Bounce Insights, the Dublin and New York based AI-powered market research platform, has raised $4.5m.

Business • 04 Dec 24

Dogpatch labs won the contract to operate NDRC in 2020

Tech founders call for Govt to reconsider closure of NDRC

200 technology startup founders have signed an open letter disagreeing with the decision by the Government to cease funding for the National Digital Research Centre and appealing for it to be reconsidered.

Business • 25 Nov 24

Slush, held in Finland is one of Europe's largest start-up events

Entrepreneurs at Slush start-up show focus on AI, Trump

Tech entrepreneurs and investors meet in Finland today at Slush, one of Europe's largest start-up events, with a focus on whether funding conditions will ease, the impact of Donald Trump's election victory and the prospects for AI-driven growth.

Business • 20 Nov 24

Binarii Labs founders Ciarán McNamee, Nigel Carter, Steven Garner and Aidan Finn

Binarii Labs expands its global distribution network

NovaUCD-headquartered Binarii Labs, a data security solutions company, has announced new distribution channel partnerships across the US, Europe, and Asia in advance of attending Slush 2024 next week in Finland.

Business • 15 Nov 24

Bruce Murphy, Chief Scientific Officer at Plio Surgical, Cristina Purtill, CEO of Plio Surgical, Richard Kennedy, Chairman InterTradeIreland & Stephen Johnson Barker, Engineer at Plio Surgical.

Plio Surgical wins InterTradeIreland Seedcorn competition

Plio Surgical is the overall winner of the InterTradeIreland all-island Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition.

Business • 08 Nov 24

Founders Colm O'Brien, Jamie Wedderburn, Will O'Brien and Akhil Voorakkara

Marine drone firm Ulysses Ecosystem raises $2m

Autonomous marine drone startup, Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering, has raised $2m in pre-seed funding.

Business • 07 Nov 24

Past Accelerate Green participants pictured with Bord na Móna Chief Executive Tom Donnellan at the 2024 Accelerate Green conference.

Final call for Bord na Móna business support programme

Bord na Móna has issued a final call for applications to its Accelerate Green GROW programme, which is designed to support the growth of sustainable enterprises in Ireland.