The Irish Times

Privacy firm Ethyca raises $13.5m in latest funding round

Expanding New York-based company looks after problem of data privacy for companies

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 05:03

Stripe joins fintech focus on New York instead of San Francisco

For fintech start-ups, Wall Street remains on top of the financial world ahead of San Francisco

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 16:28

Draper Esprit acquired two funds for €20m

The tech funds include a stake in fintech business Transferwise and smaller companies

Wed Oct 25 2017 - 07:44

Irish-founded start-up Lystable raises $10m, to open Belfast office

The latest expansion round brings Lystable’s Series A funding to $21m

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 12:02

Silicon Valley start-ups narrowing their focus amid crash warnings

Expecting to face a great reckoning in 2016, companies are now more cautious today

Thu Sept 01 2016 - 07:01

Cycling – the ‘in’ sport in Silicon Valley

Get on your bike if you want to meet leading investors or start-up bosses and start pedalling

Fri Aug 26 2016 - 12:16

Obama to address South by Southwest Interactive festival

IDA and Irish start-ups heading for prestigious event in Austin, Texas

Mon Mar 07 2016 - 06:40

EY Entrepreneur of the Year international finalists: Patrick and John Collison, Stripe

‘We think Stripe should be available to any business in the world’

Mon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00

PayPal mafia has brought many start-ups to web success

Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Yelp – all are products of a small, elitist cabal with PayPal roots

Mon Apr 06 2015 - 01:45

Ebay to spin off payments arm PayPal

Payments-processing unit to be listed as publicly traded firm after split next year

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 01:00

Samsung acquires smart homes start-up

SmartThings lets people use app to control devices such as lights, doors and thermostats

Fri Aug 15 2014 - 11:44

Paypal ‘Mafia Don’ to speak in Dublin

Tech entrepreneur has been confirmed as a speaker at The Summit in November

Thu Jun 19 2014 - 06:00

Paypal co-founder Max Levchin to speak at web summit

More than 20,000 people expected to attend tech event in Dublin this November

Tue Apr 29 2014 - 13:50

Ireland’s new best pal pays off

PayPal president David Marcus says the digital wallet is just the beginning of change in the way we pay for goods and services

Fri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00