Technology Microsoft and KPMG back tech accelerator for women foundersTechFoundHer is seeking to establish a programme aimed at boosting the number of female founders in Ireland
Making it Work Fast-growing Mayo firm Skillko aims to double revenues this year The company, which is backed by Enterprise Ireland, has benefited from word- of-mouth endorsements from existing clients
Making it Work Skies the limit for TxWireless as it builds on space successThe company has a three-year plan to significantly increase its revenues
Making it Work Cork firm MyGug takes inspiration from nature in its bid to cut food wasteThe company is moving into a growth phase having focused largely on product development to date
Tech Analysis: Entrepreneurs show little appetite for Irish replica of France’s ‘Station F’ hub There are concerns that a national tech incubator could be as disastrous as Media Labs Europe was for Ireland
Making it Work NameDown’s software platform helps solve messy school admissions problem As a teacher and parent, Emer O’Dwyer of Spotlight Skills was well-placed to help oversubscribed schools navigate admissions systems
Making it Work Enterprise Solutions targets the UK with its people-first business modelThe company, which is run by husband-and-wife duo Derek and Denise Cullen, said it would retain a strong focus on its culture as it looks to expand
Funding Digital healthcare firm Wellola raises €2.2mSonia Neary-founded firm is behind a digital intervention platform used by a number of NHS trusts and departments
Politics Mark Redmond: Varadkar never failed to show up when it came to winning investment for IrelandLeo Varadkar’s tenure as taoiseach coincided with remarkable levels of foreign investment even in the face of a series of daunting challenges
Tech Government scouts Dublin sites for new state start-up campusSimon Coveney said locations in Dublin city centre and on the outskirts of the capital are being looked at for the proposed hub
Marketing 14 ‘young lions’ set to represent Ireland at global advertising competition in CannesEnterprise Ireland is supporting the competition for the first time this year
Technology Station F… off? Will plans for a national tech incubator work in Ireland?News of a new hub modelled on a hugely successful French incubator is causing excitement but not everyone is convinced
Start-Ups Exclusive: Planning begins for state hub to back Irish start-upsEnterprise Ireland and Department of Enterprise holding consultations on plan modelled on a hugely successful French incubator
Employment Government client companies employ record number as sales riseThe employment survey covers jobs from companies of Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Údarás na Gaeltachta
Politics Coveney to travel to Abu Dhabi this week for trade conference Negotiations will focus on reform of the World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement mechanism, agriculture and food security
Innovation Cork-based Gasgon Medical hits up investors for €4mFounded by Vincent Forde in 2018, the company has developed a medical device that can assist healthcare providers to provide fast, accurate IV delivery
Making it Work Irish medtech star Pumpinheart to raise €5 million in seed funding Pumpinheart, which hopes to establish a primary base in Galway, is developing a device aimed at addressing diastolic heart failure
Making it Work Fast-growing fintech Payslip lands Deloitte tie-up and eyes €15 million in annual revenuesPayslip, founded by Fidelma McGuirk in 2016, has 83 staff and has raised €12.4 million in funding to date
SMEs Ireland to join European startup alliance in bid to develop more home grown ‘unicorns’Enterprise Ireland is to be appointed to sit on the Europe Startup Nations Alliance for Ireland
Funding Irish mushroom coffee start-up OYL gets boost in funding from Revolut-backerVenrex has invested in James McCormack’s specialist beverage company