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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The country’s business model hinges on often-fickle foreign investment.
This scientist wants to turn Ireland into 'a central hub' for medical cannabis
Greenlight Medicines’ James Linden plans to open a new facility in Donegal next year.
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.
'Startups will find it easier to attract people to Cork because of the lifestyle and cost of living'
The head of UCC’s Ignite programme says the southern city has many advantages over Dublin.
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.
A Dublin voice tech startup is ready to cash in on Google and Amazon's shortcomings
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Voysis.
The mystery of Ireland's 'missing' financial services startups
The ‘siloed’ nature of banks and the tech sector is holding back innovation.
An allotment-style Dublin microbrewery is bringing beer brewing to the masses
JohnnieBongos wants to raise €15,000 to buy more equipment.
A Louth firm that wanted to rival Tesla's electric sports car is going under
Swift Composite Prototypes has been placed into liquidation.
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.
'We'll lose out on mobile investment': A missed budget opportunity for entrepreneurs
But the government’s 2018 fiscal plan has been welcomed as a step in the right direction.
'Startups are used to being largely ignored in budgetary matters in Ireland'
These are the incentives startups want in the Budget – but no one’s holding their breath.
'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.
This Dublin startup wants to help people skip the lunch queue
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series we profile Bamboo.
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.
These Wexford brewers are making video games and comics to stand out in the craft beer rat race
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series we profile YellowBelly Beer.