Funding Investment in Irish tech start-ups plummets 48%New report from Atomico reveals Ireland is starting to lose its share of the bigger European funding pie
Tech Schrems files complaint over Meta’s ‘make a choice’ model for usersPrivacy group argues that consumers should not need to pay for a right to privacy as it is sacrosanct
Funding Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises $11m in fundingBackers include Dublin-based Frontline Ventures, Techstart and Sarah Friar, the Northern Irish-born leader of Nextdoor
Travel FreeNow bounces back from pandemic as revenues accelerateMobility service provider recorded a big increase in passengers and number of trips last year
Media Risk of advertising on X higher after Musk antisemitism furore, top agency warns Irish clientsGroupM is telling clients the platform is a riskier place to advertise as top brands like Apple, IBM and Disney pause campaigns
Tech Schrems files complaint over Meta’s ‘make a choice’ model for usersPrivacy group argues that consumers should not need to pay for a right to privacy as it is sacrosanct
Funding Investment in Irish tech start-ups plummets 48%New report from Atomico reveals Ireland is starting to lose its share of the bigger European funding pie
Travel FreeNow bounces back from pandemic as revenues accelerateMobility service provider recorded a big increase in passengers and number of trips last year
Funding Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises $11m in fundingBackers include Dublin-based Frontline Ventures, Techstart and Sarah Friar, the Northern Irish-born leader of Nextdoor
Tech Airbnb’s Irish arm reports a 48% rise in revenuesCompany incurred a $15.6 million corporation tax charge in 2022 after generating pre-tax profits of $98.4m
Tech Revenues surpass $1bn at WorkhumanCompany reported a 29% rise in turnover as directors declare and pay a $34 m dividend for shareholders
Innovation Cork named as one of the ‘most innovative rising cities’ in EuropeJudges said: Cork “is a place that does not settle for second-best, nor necessarily for the status quo, but instead seeks to disruptively explore what’s possible”
Israel Elon Musk offers to help rebuild Gaza in chat with Benjamin NetanyahuX owner is meeting Israeli officials despite being receiving criticism for promoting antisemitic content on the platform
Tech Dublin-listed Molten acquires Forward Partners in £41.4m dealTech-focused VC firm, which is a big backer of Irish start-ups such as Manna and Vaultree, to raise £50m in a new equity raise
funding Proptech company Offr raises €2.1m from backersBarclays co-led funding round for company which is seeking to scale outside of Ireland
Tech Wayflyer forecasts revenues of up to €70m as it hits profitabilityCompany shutters Peblo and set to target new verticals, including merchants selling via Amazon
Tech Facebook owner ‘knowingly designed its platforms to hook children’, court document saysMeta argued that age verification is a “complex industry challenge”
Tech Sam Altman: the man with a hand on Pandora’s box of AIThe former, and once again current, boss of OpenAI has the full backing of his Big Tech allies but a worryingly opaque stance on AI regulation
Artificial Intelligence OpenAI tug-of-war shows that when the chips are down, money talksFears that AI could become concentrated in the hands of just one or two firms, that value profit over safety, have now been realised
Connected Magazine BIM wants to create ‘Silicon Valley of aquatech’ in IrelandIrish seafood development body is on a mission to turn Ireland into a leading player in the aquatech space
Connected Magazine Swoop eyes growth in North AmericaStart-up recently inked a partnership deal with accounting software giant Sage to design tools to help companies that are seeking financing
Connected Magazine Cybersecurity players line up more M&A dealsConsolidation is the name of the game right now due in part to the global skills shortage
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Technology Meta’s Irish subsidiary pays out near €4bn dividendCompany, which was hit with a €1.2 billion fine by the Data Protection Commission in April said it set aside €4.42bn in regulatory compliance provisions last year
