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Vanessa Biléu and João Carlos de Sousa, founders, ChildDiaryColm Mahady

Portuguese couple João Carlos de Sousa and Vanessa Biléu have played to each other’s strengths with their Dublin start-up ChildDiary.

A software platform for childcare workers in the pre-school sector, ChildDiary was inspired by Biléu’s own professional experience in the sector and designed by software engineer de Sousa.

The start-up is headquartered in the National Digital Research Centre with a newly-opened office in Lisbon, and employs four people. It has signed up 50 ...