Funding Solidroad raises $1.2m for its AI-powered training platform A host of well-known Irish techies lines up to back the start-up led by Mark Hughes and Patrick Finlay
Fintech Ireland has backed a €150m fintech fund. Here’s why it has invested and how much it’s committedVenture capital firm, whose partners include former Smurfit Kappa and Aer Lingus chief executive Gary McGann, unveils new multimillion-euro fund
Funding Digital Iron raises $2m for heavy machinery after-sales platformFounder Ciaran Gillen returns with new venture after previously establishing Machinery Partner
Funding ChannelSight co-founder branches out with new ventureNiall O’Gorman’s MarketSizer has raised €1m in a financing round led by Delta Partners
Funding Irish co-founded Finbourne eyes expansion after £55 million fund raise London-headquartered financial data management company secured funding from Fergal Mullen’s Highland Europe and AVP Ventures
Funding AI-powered Lynq raises $2 million in pre-seed investmentIrish co-founded Nebular fund launches beta version of its platform
Funding Inspeq AI raises €1.1m to reduce hallucination issues in appsInspeq has developed a full-stack LLM (Large Language Model) Ops platform
Funding Digital health platform Spectrum.Life raises €17m, hits profitabilityIrish workplace mental health and well-being platform is aiming to hit €100m in revenues by 2028
Funding AI-powered restaurant management platform Nory raises $16mCompany has developed an ‘operating system ‘ for the hospitality sector that addresses issues such as staffing, inventory, scheduling and waste management
Funding Financial automation platform Numra raises €1.5m in new funding roundStart-up is is currently piloting its technology with a number of organisations, including BDO, the consulting firm
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
Technology Elon Musk’s AI start-up close to completing $6bn raiseSequoia Capital is among the rumoured backers for xAI, which could hit a $18bn market valuation
Funding Irish ‘soonicorn’ software automation firm raises $50mTines has also reported that annual recurring revenues have risen by more than 200 per cent since its last funding round in October 2022
Tech Almost €60m raised by NDRC-backed start-ups Dogpatch-led consortium secures two-year extension to run the accelerator on behalf of the state
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
Blockchain Former Waystone executives back Irish blockchain start-upDataOp has invested over €20m in Irish fintech firms in recent months
Funding Sean O’Sullivan’s SOSV raises over $300m for new climate tech fund VC founded in Cork raises its largest fund to date, which will focus on deep tech start-ups working in the areas of decarbonisation and re-industrialisation
funding Funding for tech start-ups falls by 35 per centDecline mainly seen in later stage deals with transactions above €5 million down 40 per cent versus 2022
Funding Digital healthcare firm Wellola raises €2.2mSonia Neary-founded firm is behind a digital intervention platform used by a number of NHS trusts and departments
Funding Former Waystone execs back Wrky in oversubscribed €2m fundraise DataOp, which was founded by Derek Delaney, Glen McGee and Paul Cahill, has invested close to €20m in start-ups over recent months