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Connected Magazine

Mike McGearty: A lot of people don’t realise how successful Ireland has been in the travel space

Mike McGearty is chief executive and co-founder (along with Bobby Healy) of Meili, a new travel tech start-up that has raised €15 million to date. Prior to establishing Meili, he led Cartrawler
  • Charlie Taylor
  • May 27, 2023
Tech

Linda Yaccarino profiled: Media supremo will attempt to get Musk’s Twitter to fly right

Linda Yaccarino was chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal; her new role as Twitter chief executive will involve trying to undo the damage Musk has done with advertisers
  • Charlie Taylor
  • May 14, 2023
Twitter

Twitter confirms appointment of Yaccarino as new CEO

Platform’s revenue has fallen by 50 per cent since October as a result of a decline in advertising
  • Bloomberg
  • May 12, 2023
Innovation

Irish-founded Jolt raises €150m for fast-charging EV stations

Maurice Nelligan-led firm says drivers can charge vehicles for a driving range of up to 100km in just 5 minutes with its stations.
  • Charlie Taylor
  • May 10, 2023
Blockchain

Irish researcher leading efforts to make blockchain greener

Dr Aisling Connolly is leading work by Dfinity, a Swiss-based non-profit, to improve transparency in the sector and reduce greenwashing
  • Emmet Ryan
  • April 29, 2023

Kreoh using artificial intelligence to help automate businesses

The automated content development start-up was founded in 2022 by David McSharry, Garry Tiscovschi and Fareed Idris
  • Emmet Ryan
  • April 29, 2023
Tech

Anne O’Leary appointed as head of Meta’s Irish operations

O’Leary joined Facebook’s parent last year after nearly a decade leading Vodafone in Ireland
  • Charlie Taylor
  • April 26, 2023
Connected

This Much I Know: ‘I don’t mind if people see me as a woman entrepreneur rather than just an entrepreneur’

Derya Sousa is co-founder and chief executive of Kianda Technologies, a Dublin-based low code/no-code business process automation and application delivery platform
  • Charlie Taylor
  • April 25, 2023
Tech

Lynchian development as director hits Cannes in avatar-format

Virtual doppelgänger of David Lynch being created by Xavatar, an Irish tech start-up
  • Charlie Taylor
  • April 24, 2023
MedTech

UCD spin-out Aer Therapeutics raises $36m in funding

Company was co-founded by Irishman Prof John Fahy of University of California, San Francisco and Prof Stefan Oscarson of UCD
  • Charlie Taylor
  • April 14, 2023
Funding

Sequoia and Tencent back Irish-founded Horizon in $18.1m raise

Quantum computing-focused firm was founded and is led by Dr Joe Fitzsimons
  • Charlie Taylor
  • March 31, 2023
The Big Interview

‘We offer customers a crystal ball into what’s happening’ – Barry Conlon, co-founder of supply chain firm Overhaul

Overhaul, the supply chain software company that Barry Conlon co-founded, is bringing more science to a business that was traditionally more often seen as an inexact art
  • Charlie Taylor
  • March 17, 2023
Making it Work

Inside the Limerick firm helping teachers create an online classroom

The ed-tech company aims to improve the way students receive and use the feedback they get from teachers
  • Emmet Ryan
  • March 9, 2023
Tech

Intel’s global CEO to visit Ireland for meeting with staff at Leixlip plant

Pat Gelsinger will host an open forum with the company’s Irish workers after months of turbulence at the chipmaker
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 27, 2023
Connected

‘It came completely out of the blue’

How does a job loss affect someone and what about those who survive the cull? Fiona Alston investigates
  • Fiona Alston
  • February 25, 2023
Making it Work

Sisters behind Dublin subscription management firm Taly set sights on British expansion

The company provides a way for users to access and manage all their subscriptions in one place
  • Emmet Ryan
  • February 18, 2023
Profile

Brothers in arms: How the Collisons went from great expectations to growing pains

Big things were expected of the Collison siblings on their early success with Stripe, but as the online payment company meets hurdles on its journey from start-up to big player, questions are being asked
  • Charlie Taylor
  • February 11, 2023
Companies

Stripe’s finance chief departs as company considers long-awaited public listing

Dhivya Suryadevara said she was leaving the fintech to attend to family matters
  • Charlie Taylor
  • February 4, 2023
Business

Dalata founder Pat McCann joins investment firm Elkstone

Deal will see former hotelier invest in the company and co-founder Alan Merriman remain on as chief executive
  • Charlie Taylor
  • February 4, 2023
Tech

The Big Interview: The 33-year-old CEO leading one of Ireland's top tech firms

Raluca Săceanu joined Smarttech in Cork nine years ago, becoming one of its first ten employees. She now heads up the business as it is plotting a major expansion
  • Charlie Taylor
  • February 3, 2023

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