'It's too easy for me to take the money and buy a yacht': Why Irish firms want ICO regulation
The plummeting value of cryptocurrencies isn’t the only concern for startups dipping into the sector.
Jonathan Keane
Why big tech firms are up in arms about the EU's plans to overhaul copyright laws
The controversial ‘link tax’ directive passed a vote by the European Parliament this week.
'People were raising millions without even a product': Inside the world of startup ICOs
Advocates of ‘initial coin offerings’ say they can represent a viable alternative to venture capital.
Data centre firm EdgeConnex turned down rural Ireland because of a lack of adequate power
The US company looked at other Irish locations but decided to double its Dublin operation.
Dublin's CloudKPI is helping fast-growing software firms make sense of their data
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the analytics company.
Car-sharing startup Fleet hit its crowdfunding target - but just in the nick of time
The Wicklow firm raised over €275,000 with just a couple of days to spare.
Australian firm Ignition Advice is building Ireland as its post-Brexit 'springboard' to Europe
The fintech outfit’s Dublin office will support the company’s plans for going global.
KBC says banks only have themselves to blame for losing business to digital upstarts
Well-funded fintech startups are lining up to poach customers from traditional banking firms.
Pat Phelan says Ireland's startup scene desperately needs more 'exits'
The tech founder turned beauty clinic owner thinks local firms take too long to sell overseas.
Galway medical device maker Novate Medical has been sold for up to $150m
UK firm BTG will pay an up-front $20 million for the company with the rest dependent on hitting targets.
Once worth $800m, Tintri is winding up its Cork business after flirting with bankruptcy
The US data storage firm hit a rough financial patch and was acquired by a competitor in late August.
Dublin's Sytorus has secured €1.7m to help companies keep up with data protection rules
The money will be pumped into European expansion and opening a German office for the firm.
Waterford startup Kollect is dragging bin collection into the on-demand era
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the two-year-old company.
Dublin has ranked as one of Europe's top tech clusters – ahead of Paris and Copenhagen
Two-fifths of total office space leased in the first half of the year was taken up by tech firms.
After raising more than €2m, Dublin SMS tech firm Anam has plans to take on Asia
The company is bulking up the Malaysian office for its text filtering and blocking technologies.
The founder of Dublin's newest startup conference says events need to get more personal
The Start Summit is the newest hopeful to join the crowded business event space.
Kerry foreign-exchange giant Fexco is betting the cashless society is 'fake news'
The Irish company has been on the acquisition trail in the UK.
Valuations and VCs: The delicate balancing act of how much equity startups should sell
Young firms with unrealistic expectations can scupper their chances of luring investors.
AIB is trialling blockchain technology to streamline anti-money laundering checks
The pillar bank is working with US firm R3 and several other financial institutions.
Dublin-headquartered Afilias is shifting its base to the US to take advantage of Trump tax cuts
The domain registry firm welcomed the ‘favourable’ changes to the US tax rate.