Irish software start-up looking to raise €600,000

CloudKPI to participate in Women’s Startup Lab in Silicon Valley as it expands into US

Irish IoT platform start-up Wia gets €750,000 in seed funding

‘Stripe for Internet of Things’ to double headcount and expand into enterprise space

The major business events happening this week

For Your Diary: INM results, UK retail figures and Girls in Tech conference

Me & My Money

Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association

CurrencyFair to target Irish business market

Fintech firm will offer 500 Irish companies fee-free international money transfers

Solving gender gap in tech will help fix skill shortage

Women are still not choosing tech careers and that limits the pool of qualified people available

Interview: Eventbrite’s Julia Hartz on building a global ticketing marketplace

Since it was set up eight years ago Eventbrite has sold more than 200m tickets in 190 countries

Teams with women work better, forum hears

‘I will never again attend a women-in-leadership training session. I am a leader.’

Why it makes ‘no sense’ for Dublin to try to become a second Silicon Valley

Dublin’s tech hub status can be improved with some tweaking, but aping the Silicon Valley model may be beyond it or any other city

Russian data law set to hinder Irish firms

From 2016 dealings with Russian companies will require servers within the country’s borders

Asia business week in Dublin bids to boost trade potential

Net Results: Web is not a pet project for animal groups but a lifesaver

The arrival of Facebook has been a transformative animal welfare development

Innovation key to kick starting growth

A two-day conference in Dublin included talks from leading thinkers who have embraced innovative techniques

Pilot project helping firms to retail online