A $300m Irish-led fund plans to tell startups 'yes or no' in just a few weeks
Athlone Ventures will be headed by Kilkenny-based ex-rock star Brendan Morrissey.
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What one shout-out from Richard Branson did for this six-month-old Dublin company
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Coroflo.
How virtually any Irish company can get cash back from developing new products
From construction to food and drink businesses, the R&D tax credit is an attractive option for SMEs.
Irish angels have made their biggest investment yet - on a Cork med-tech startup
AventaMed has raised €1.8m from backers and secured FDA approval.
An allotment-style Dublin microbrewery is bringing beer brewing to the masses
JohnnieBongos wants to raise €15,000 to buy more equipment.
A leading Irish VC firm is getting behind the country's biggest crowd lender
Linked Finance has raised €2 million from Frontline Ventures and dozens of other investors.
A Dublin startup tackling stomach problems with a breath test has raised nearly €1.5m
FoodMarble is being backed by Sean O’Sullivan’s VC fund SOSV.
From builders to sunbed salons – here are the business winners and losers from the budget
It has been a bad day for fizzy drinks firms, but things look better for small businesses.
'Watching the Irish state throw money at people doing so much less with it is frustrating'
Bill Liao reveals SOSV’s expansion setbacks in Ireland and the right way to go about social enterprise.
Billionaire Dermot Desmond is among a group of backers to put $10m into careers site Jobbio
The Dublin outfit will open an office in Montreal, Canada.
Meet the Clare man who went from working for a graveyard to overseeing billion-dollar deals
Rory O’Driscoll moved to the US in the 90s with only $200 in his back pocket.
Bebo and Microsoft's founders are pumping cash into this retail tech startup
Dublin-based Pointy has closed a series A round of investment worth $6 million.
Irish-founded Swrve has raised more than €20m to expand further overseas
The company wants to open a number of new offices worldwide.
SurveyMonkey's backers have put over €20m into Dublin's Digital Marketing Institute
Spectrum Equity has taken a majority stake in the company with the deal.
One of the country's top VC firms plans to invest in over a dozen new startups
Frontline Ventures and AIB have €3 million to spend on young tech firms.
Ireland's Airbnb for car parking is taking a leaf out of the McDonald's playbook
Parkpnp has cut a franchise deal worth roughly €1 million as it goes international.
There's a new €20 million investment fund for Irish ag-tech startups to dip into
The state-backed ISIF is putting up the cash for the fund.
'I lost hours of my life commuting on the M50 every day – but it gave me my business idea'
After leaving corporate life, Ciara Garvan launched a startup to offer workers more flexible hours.
The founder of Google's investment arm is putting money into Limerick startup Teckro
The young firm has raised more than $17 million to date.
A vulture fund is backing a big new Irish housebuilder - here's what we know so far
Glenveagh Properties is expected to list on the Irish Stock Exchange shortly.