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Cork clothing company Zirkulu looks to raise €250,000 to further development

Zirkulu was first conceptualised in December 2020

Belfast start-up Hubflow looks to continue London expansion

Company which provides businesses with office spaces, conference facilities and co-working desks has already agreed terms on several locations in London including Mayfair, Paddington and Waterloo

Start-up of the month: Bounce Insights

Trinity College graduates set up firm to design market research to woo users

Venture capital investment in Irish business plunged almost 40% in 2022 to just over €1bn

New figures released by KPMG show the number of venture capital deals in Ireland more than halved last year as investor sentiment weakened significantly

How a Dublin start-up founded during lockdown grew with remote staff in seven countries

Dimply is a high-potential start-up (HPSU) with Enterprise Ireland and has received support in commercialising the business from the agency

Morning Headlines

State plans free legal aid for environmental cases; Eamon Ryan rebukes local councils

The stories you need to read this morning in business, politics and current affairs

Start-up of the Month: Siest Sleep

Siest Sleep is a sleep aid business that has used substantial partnerships with academia and a heavy focus on ecommerce to grow quickly

Tom Maguire: Finance Bill’s changes to R&D could go further for start-ups

Boosting the tax credit for SMEs to 30 per cent was mooted in an earlier bill, but to do so, some EU legal hurdles would first have to be overcome

Start-up of the Month: Responsible

Responsible works with fashion brands to ensure greater sustainability through e-commerce

Start-up of the month: Weeve makes a success story of language learning

Weeve is an educational tech business from Dublin that helps language learners improve their skills through stories

Start-up of the Month: Hiiker blazes a trail for walkers in the wild

Hiiker is an app that provides information on thousands of hiking routes around the world.

Enterprise Ireland promises better support for start-ups after criticism

Confidential report into New Frontiers programme highlighted problems with mentoring, with the state agency saying it has made improvements as a result

Sports software start-up aims to score in US market

Belfast-based Incisiv has products which improve children’s hand-eye co-ordination, but its primary focus is on the elite sports market

‘A lot of projects are not going to get funding’ – How investor enthusiasm is beginning to stall

While the markets may be more challenging than last year, investment managers say good companies will always attract funding, even in times of uncertainty

Tech start-ups in for a difficult period, industry chief warns

Maëlle Gavet, chief executive of US firm Techstars, warns of ‘human cost’ of crisis in the sector and says firms ignore worsening situation at their peril

Start-up of the Month: Pitseal’s edible solution has silage covered

Pitseal is a UCC agritech spin-off that has created a user-friendly, fully sustainable cover for protecting winter fodder

Leading Silicon Valley executive Tina Bhatnagar backs Chatsight

Irish-founded start-up is behind a ‘safety-as-a-service’ offering to protect online communities on platforms such as Discord

Y Combinator urges start-ups to ‘plan for the worst’ in economic slowdown

Prestigious Silicon Valley-based accelerator programme warns companies of difficult time ahead as economic conditions worsen

Start-up of the Month: Tapitag creates business card of the future

The Athlone-based firm has developed a service to tap-and-transfer contact details, making paper cards redundant

The Big Interview

The Big Interview: ‘You can have the best team, tech and idea, but if the timing isn’t right, it will fail’ - Dave Walsh of Mathison

When Dave Walsh was let go by recruitment platform Indeed over a visa issue, he found himself faced with a 30-day deadline to stay in the US – but quickly turned the situation to his advantage