Female-founded companies receive 10 per cent of fundingIrish data defies the international trend in which funding has fallen for female-founded companies since the pandemic took hold
Fertility service opens more clinics to meet ‘20% rise in demand’The clinical director of Sims IVF, which will open outlets in Dundalk and Limerick, says he expects no slowdown in business
Dublin talent squeeze forces &Open to open Lisbon hubThe corporate gifting platform expects to have tripled its headcount by the end of this year
Covid-19: ‘We are not an industry that can just be switched on and off’Publicans and restaurateurs are braced for a bleak Christmas and New Year in the wake of the government’s decision to impose a midnight curfew to try to combat the spread of Covid-19
Founder of eToro calls digital trading ‘a revolution bigger than the internet’Yoni Assia, whose trading platform is about to go public, has seen it sign up more than five million new users during 2020 alone
'Lovely girl with a lovely project’ – why female founders have had enough of the venture capital boys’ club Last year, 94 per cent of VC funding in Ireland went to male-founded businesses. To find out why this is so, we spoke to successful female entrepreneurs across the country about their experiences in trying to pitch to investors
E-scooter firms vie for contracts as new law hits the tarmacSeveral international operators hope to supply Irish local authorities with shared scooter schemes
Strong Roots seeks to weed out US shareholder in multimillion-euro deal A bitter dispute has been settled and the Irish food company says it is attracting ‘overwhelming’ interest from alternative investors
Crypto coup: Chinese bitcoin miners use Ireland to defy state banExperts say bitcoin miners in the Asian superpower are hiding their activity through the use of VPNs and proxy servers pointed at this country
Why clubland could be calling it a night in IrelandAs well as the fresh doubts about reopening, there are existential threats to Ireland’s night-time economy, with just 100 nightclubs and 200 late-night bars remaining in the entire country
Vudini expands into e-commerce within social media videosArtificial-intelligence video ranking software maker aims to capitalise on creator economy, which is worth an estimated $100 billion annually
Jobseekers to get extra €5 a week in budget as fuel allowance risesThe government has widened the eligibility criteria for caterers so more can access the allowance as part of a €558 million social welfare budget
‘Trust and safety’ course aims to support content moderatorsGriffith College and Kinzen, the digital anti-disinformation company, have partnered to create a diploma course for this ‘under-resourced’ sector
Tara O’Halloran questions department’s attitude to husband’s Chinese detention Businessman Richard O’Halloran has been unable to leave Shanghai since February 2019, and his wife Tara has now asked whether the Department of Foreign Affairs is treating his situation with seriousness
Phelan’s Sisu group starts US push after Covid delaysThe group, which offers Botox and ‘tweakments’, is also on track to open its fifteenth Irish clinic by the end of the year
Buying now and paying later is adding up to big businessBNPL finance services are not without their pitfalls, but they are becoming increasingly popular among the millennial cohort after being reinvented for the digital age
‘Fashion revolution’ as charity sales platform launches appThe founders of the website, which carries goods from 98 per cent of charity shops in Ireland, are also expanding the service to Britain
The Profile: Nayib BukeleThe youngest-ever president of El Salvador has made bitcoin the impoverished Central American country’s official currency
Remote control: How the pandemic has levelled the playing field for Irish firmsTánaiste Leo Varadkar's recent trade mission to Britain, France and Germany was the first in -person mission undertaken by Enterprise Ireland since coronavirus hit. It is also the latest indication that Irish companies are experiencing an export-led recovery. But just how have they pulled it off in the age of Covid-19?
US shopping channel deal could reboot Irish retail and tourismPennsylvania-based QVC, which has 16 million active customers, plans to broadcast from Ireland, which could be a game changer for struggling vendors here
