Sustainability Tipperary-based EV firm ZeroMission secures €2.8m investmentThe firm is the leading provider of an electric vehicle fleet management platform for commercial vehicles
Companies Sure Valley Ventures hits success as UK firm acquired for $450 millionThe venture capital fund invested in Landvault in 2018
funding Ireland risks losing ‘world-class firms’ due to lack of scale-up financing New report highlights the economic threat of insufficient supports for companies seeking to grow
Economy Ireland falling behind other EU economies due to ‘significant’ lack of carbon-related investment Ibec has warned that Ireland is facing high levels of pressure when it comes to winning investment, particularly from the US
Media RTÉ to save €150 million from reducing its Montrose footprintThe broadcaster said further savings could be achieved by outsourcing to the independent sector
Investing ‘Women are not risk averse’ – InvestHer chief calls on policymakers to shift gender funding gapInvestHer summit starts in Dublin on Wednesday
Funding Cúram medtech centre worth €756 million to Irish economy New analysis from Mazars shows that the Science Foundation Ireland centre has delivered almost twelve-fold on state investment
Payments Irish-headquartered payment platform CleverCards announces €8m funding roundThe funds, from a variety of existing and new investors, will accelerate its expansion efforts, according to the company
Policy One in five policies in state’s 2023 enterprise plan not delivered on time ‘Delayed’ measures include a report on scale-up finance, an industry decarbonisation policy, and targets for Irish exporter firms
Funding Ireland falls behind European peers on innovation as lack of funding hits plansNew report from KPMG and the Industry Research & Development Group showed a decline in the number of companies planning to spend on innovation over the next three years
Making it Work UnifyOrdering eyes expansion as it targets €3m round after crowdfunding success The ‘sky’s the limit’ for growth of payments management service for the hospitality sector
Funding Software start-up Barespace aims to be a cut above the rest after fundraiseSalon software provider has raised €750,000 from backers that include Brian Caulfield and Dan and Linda Kiely
Education Patrick Prendergast: Lack of funding leaves universities scrambling to sustain themselvesSeveral third-level institutions are wrestling with financial difficulties
Sport FAI seeks new emergency funding from state months after previous deal expiresNational football association body has asked for bigger funding deal than what was given under previous €20m arrangement
Higher Education Trinity’s provost tells students allegations of ‘toxic environment’ made against students’ union Union has taken legal action over €214k fine it received for ‘disruptive’ protests on campus this year, amid escalating row with Linda Doyle
Big Read Universities in turmoil: Inside the funding battle at Ireland’s third-level institutionsHigher education experts have warned for years about the risks of state underinvestment. Now a series of controversies have brought university funding back into the spotlight
Education Universities in turmoil: UK colleges ‘bracing for bankruptcy’ as crisis grips £71bn sectorSeveral universities could go to the wall in the next few years, with the Tories in little mood to bail them out.
Interview Tines co-founder: We have a ‘divine right’ to beat our older competitors – because we’re betterThe software automation firm raised $50 million in its latest funding round as it looks to become a generational business
Companies Dublin security firm confirms €3 million funding round from BGFIt follows a €3.6 million funding injection in 2020 from the large London-headquartered growth capital investor
Funding Irish investor reaches $30m final close for new tech fundFormer Frontline Ventures partner Finn Murphy races past the original target for his new fund called Nebular