Tech How Slush has become the Web Summit for start-upsThe annual ‘founder-focused’ Helsinki tech conference has become a must-visit for new businesses looking for investors and partners
Tech Former Flutter chairman joins fintech fund MiddleGame as venture partnerGary McGann is a former chief executive of Smurfit Kappa and Aer Lingus, and stepped down as chairman of Paddy Power-parent Flutter three months ago
Companies Investment in Irish tech start-ups plummets 48 per centNew report from Atomico reveals Ireland is starting to lose its share of the bigger European funding pie
Funding UCD start up BeyondBMI raises €1m to tackle obesity crisisAngel investors line up to back medically-led digital obesity clinic led by Dr Harriet Treacy
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Tech Andrea Reynolds’ Swoop named fastest-growing Irish tech company in Deloitte Fast 50Other companies named on Deloitte’s Fast 50 ranking include Moffet Automated Storage, Syndeo, Mail Metrics and Buymedia
Fintech Dublin-headquartered Nomupay snaps up rival payments platformDeal for Manchester-based Total Processing is estimated to be worth around $35 million
Tech Schrems files complaint over Meta’s ‘make a choice’ model for usersPrivacy group argues that consumers should not need to pay for a right to privacy as it is sacrosanct
Funding Investment in Irish tech start-ups plummets 48%New report from Atomico reveals Ireland is starting to lose its share of the bigger European funding pie
Travel FreeNow bounces back from pandemic as revenues accelerateMobility service provider recorded a big increase in passengers and number of trips last year
Funding Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises $11m in fundingBackers include Dublin-based Frontline Ventures, Techstart and Sarah Friar, the Northern Irish-born leader of Nextdoor
Tech Airbnb’s Irish arm reports a 48% rise in revenuesCompany incurred a $15.6 million corporation tax charge in 2022 after generating pre-tax profits of $98.4m
Tech Revenues surpass $1bn at WorkhumanCompany reported a 29% rise in turnover as directors declare and pay a $34 m dividend for shareholders
Innovation Cork named as one of the ‘most innovative rising cities’ in EuropeJudges said: Cork “is a place that does not settle for second-best, nor necessarily for the status quo, but instead seeks to disruptively explore what’s possible”
Tech Dublin-listed Molten acquires Forward Partners in £41.4m dealTech-focused VC firm, which is a big backer of Irish start-ups such as Manna and Vaultree, to raise £50m in a new equity raise
funding Proptech company Offr raises €2.1m from backersBarclays co-led funding round for company which is seeking to scale outside of Ireland
Tech Wayflyer forecasts revenues of up to €70m as it hits profitabilityCompany shutters Peblo and set to target new verticals, including merchants selling via Amazon
Tech Sam Altman: the man with a hand on Pandora’s box of AIThe former, and once again current, boss of OpenAI has the full backing of his Big Tech allies but a worryingly opaque stance on AI regulation
Artificial Intelligence OpenAI tug-of-war shows that when the chips are down, money talksFears that AI could become concentrated in the hands of just one or two firms, that value profit over safety, have now been realised
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