Cork medtech Cergenx secures FDA support for neonatal brain injury device
UCC spin-out’s Wave device uses AI to offer hope of early intervention for newborns with brain injury
Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland companies create record job numbers during 2024
Ahead of new US administration, company support agency said it would stay clear of politics
Galway medtech company Aerogen to create 725 new jobs with €300m investment
Founder John Power shrugs off suggestion of tariff threat from incoming US president
Senior Department of Enterprise official appointed to lead Local Government Management Agency
Pauline Mulligan has been a civil servant for more than 30 years
Enterprise Ireland CEO Leo Clancy announces departure
Executive director Kevin Sherry to step into role on interim basis from March
LaNua raises €6m funding for new blood flow technology
UCD spin-out will use the money to expand operations to the US in 2025 as it pursues regulatory approval and expands its team
Irish company leveraging AI to help brands communicate climate actions responsibly and avoid claims of greenwashing
Marketing platform UnitMode aims to ‘supercharge consumer-powered climate innovation’
Galway medtech closes €6.5m funding round for C-section birth device
Nua Surgical grew out of the BioInnovate Ireland programme at the University of Galway
Are the days of the tech-firm-founder-as-rock-star finished?
Decision to stop funding the NDRC incubator indicates shift towards more structured approach to fostering innovative business
Altada investor sues failed tech company’s founder for $500,000
Rocktop Partners led the $11.5m funding round in 2021 that put the Cork-based company on track to achieve ‘unicorn’ status
Venture capital funding for small and medium tech businesses rises 1%
Irish figures buck international trends, with global VC funding falling 15 per
Irish start-ups to flock to major tech summits
Web Summit kicks off in Lisbon this week followed by Slush 2024 in Helsinki next week
Tara Mines received €3.8m in State aid even while it was mothballed
The mine reopened recently having been closed since July 2022
Irish company turns unopened cigarette filters into buttons and fashion accessories
About a tenth of cigarettes are destroyed; Rezero aims to capitalise on that destruction
Aviation industry: New platform streamlines hiring of the best technical consultants
APTN.AERO aims to make it easy for those who invest in or trade aircraft assets to hire aviation consultants highly suited to particular situations
Lights, camera, deal? Irish production companies drop in on Cannes
Enterprise Ireland this week led a delegation at the Mipcom television trade event in France
New app targets women sports fans poorly served by existing sports platforms
New Innovator: SportElle
Diagnostics company Altratech approved for €10.5m EIC investment
Investment will allow Cork firm to run clinical trials, boost production
Galway medtech raises €2.2m as it charts course for US launch
SymPhisis Medical has developed a device to treat pleural fluid build-up in late-stage cancer patients
Nvidia signs deal to work with Irish quantum computing company
Collaboration with Equal1 announced at Nvidia’s headquarters in Silicon Valley as part of Enterprise Ireland trade mission
Intel received millions in Irish Government aid this year
Chip manufacturer received a further €2.5m in IDA supports, as Irish-based staff await details of redundancy scheme
Galway’s Grá Chocolates: Handmade treats for the premium end of the market
Gráinne Mullins is in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to realise her dream of building a chocolate factory in her native Galway
Applications reopened for disruptive technologies innovation fund
More than €370m has already been allocated to 104 projects, 46 of which focus on artificial intelligence
Government department hits back in row with Enterprise Ireland over job sanction
Business support agency frustrated at operation of strict government rules over the hiring of new staff
IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland struggle for staff
Minister admits agencies claim pay packages that are ‘sometimes not competitive’ can deter applicants
Irish company combines EV charger and heat pump into one unit to power our homes and cars
EVHACS has raised €2.7 million for its double-whammy combination of technologies
Nanotechnology ensures nutrient supplements actually deliver
New Innovator: Nicholas Deeney, Biovit Technologies
National Enterprise Hub established to help firms access supports
New initiative is a key element of the Government’s package of SME supports
Simple Probate: app helps with protracted legal process of executing a will
Oisin Dolphin and Isabella Hughes cofounded company aimed at improving experience of being an executor
Enterprise Ireland sees record year for client company exports
Agency says UK remains main export market despite Brexit
Government unveils €300m aid for manufacturing decarbonisation
Majority of industrial emissions are generated by companies primarily in the food and beverage, cement, pharmaceutical, and chemicals sectors
Government considers incentives to help Dublin stock exchange after loss of big hitters
Financial services minister Neale Richmond has warned Britain it will not get ‘free pass’ on Brexit rules if Labour wins the UK election
Johnny Ronan enters arbitration with council over Cherrywood row
Seen & Heard: Ryanair to sue IA; Premier Inn expands Irish targets; Enterprise Ireland’s €1bn idea; State invests €60m in climate funds
SME lender Flender seeks to widen funding base after debt restructuring
Some investors said to have taken ‘sizeable haircuts’ after Scarp process
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