The Irish Times

Digital ID cards project aims to build trust in cryptocurrency transactions

Tokens developed by Pfpid will link crypto wallets with real-world identities

Thu Apr 21 2022 - 06:00

Grafton closes sale of traditional merchanting business in Britain

Company plans to develop Selco branch network and other specialist businesses

Tue Jan 04 2022 - 07:59

Grafton expects sale of traditional merchanting business in UK to close by February

Company agreed in July to sell the business, which includes Buildbase to Huws Gray for £520m

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 22:02

Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises $15m

Tiger leads fundraise with Dublin’s Frontline and Nextdoor chief Sarah Friar participating

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 13:47

Irish drone firm partners with Samsung to deliver Galaxy devices

Manna plans to expand to another Irish town in the coming months after its Galway pilot

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 05:30

Frontline Ventures launches new €70m fund

New fund will focus on business-to-business technology

Fri Feb 05 2021 - 08:00

Irish-founded Umba raises $2m in seed funding

Company plans to scale up product offerings in Nigeria, Kenya

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 19:59

Drone delivery start-up Manna raises further funds

German trial planned for next year as Greenman emerges as new backer

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 10:31

Dublin start-up Swyg raises €1m in pre-seed funding for recruitment platform

Company is aiming to reduce bias in recruitment

Wed Sept 09 2020 - 11:01

Offr raises €3m in funding round led by Barclays

Property tech company plans to expand to the UK and Australia

Thu Aug 20 2020 - 08:03

Westport-based start-up Payslip raises €2.7m

Company is led by former Taxback chief executive Fidelma McGuirk

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 09:57

Frontline Ventures targets US tech companies with new $80m fund

New fund known as FrontlineX focused on companies expanding into Europe

Thu Mar 05 2020 - 07:06

Irish companies raise a combined $518.9m in VC funding

During the fourth quarter, $58.28m was raised by Irish companies across 14 deals

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 12:29

Irish retail tech company Pointy purchased for $160m

Google takeout spells payday for founders and early-stage investors

Tue Jan 14 2020 - 14:32

Prof John Byrne: the man who turned Ireland into a tech world power

He set up the school of computer science in Trinity, which marks its 50th anniversary

Thu Dec 19 2019 - 05:45

Looking for finance? Don’t always bank on it

Bank debt isn’t the only game in town for businesses. Here are some alternatives

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 00:00

Siren raises $10m to help company develop and expand

The latest funding round was led by Atlantic Bridge and follows a $4m round last year

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 05:20

Evervault locks in €3m in funding for secure data processing

Stripe backer Sequoia leading investment in Irish company founded by teenager

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 14:00

Sweepr raises €8.2m for North America and Europe expansion

Irish tech firm’s voice-activated platform helps customers with their connected home

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 14:32

Intercom co-founder among those to invest €4.2m in Irish start-up Modulz

Modulz has designed visual editor to build products that does not require writing code

Fri Sept 27 2019 - 11:21

Irish company wants to use drones to deliver takeaway meals

Start-up expects to get approval to start delivering food by drones in Ireland shortly

Thu May 16 2019 - 05:47

Shay Garvey appointed as non-executive director to Irish Times board

Founding partner of Frontline ventures is a prominent early-stage tech investor

Sat May 11 2019 - 03:00

Legal tech company Brightflag raises €7m in new funding round

Company uses artificial intelligence to analyse legal invoices and generate savings

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 18:47

Boxever spreads its wings beyond airlines as it agrees deal with AIB

Data analytics company secures first banking customer as it looks beyond travel sector

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 05:35

Irish merger and acquisitions up, along with value of deals

Figures from Mergermarket show the value of transactions jumped 370% in 2018

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 06:00

AQMetrics raises €3m as it eyes European expansion

Maynooth-based firm sees central Europe as next growth centre

Fri Dec 07 2018 - 18:49

Advisable.com raises $1m to help grow its team

Irish-founded firm uses technology developed in-house to match companies with freelance marketing specialists

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 07:42

Getting SaaSy: software-as-a-service conference SaaStock returns to Dublin

Some 3,000 attendees, 400 investors and 100 speakers to enjoy new events at SaaStock

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 06:45

Irish travel tech firm raises €8m and plans to double staff numbers

Roomex has 70% of its business in the UK and wants to move into other European markets

Thu Aug 16 2018 - 06:00

Pointy raises $12m in funding in drive to speed-up growth

Irish retail tech firm gives small retailers a new way to make their stock visible online

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 08:00

Norwegian billionaire invests in data centre that will connect to Ireland

John Fredriksen owns Irish fish farm business Marine Harvest

Wed Jun 20 2018 - 16:37

Is equity crowdfunding too good to be true?

Though tempting to start-ups, process has its downsides and also poses risks for investors

Thu May 31 2018 - 05:25

Retail tech firm Pointy set to double workforce to 50

Firm gives small retailers a way to make their stock visible online

Tue May 22 2018 - 19:05

Datahug co-founder enjoying new role as accelerator ‘grandparent’ to start-ups

Connor Murphy now heads up the Berlin chapter of Techstars, the prestigious global accelerator programme that has backed close to 1,300 companies globally

Thu Apr 05 2018 - 05:07