MedoSync is one of nine European start-ups taking part in the accelerator and is the only Irish participant. Irish start-up MedoSync has been accepted onto a German accelerator programme seeking to improve payments and tech in the health insurance space. The GKV Impulse Accelerator is focused on start-ups working to build digital tools for processing …
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Without revealing details of the budget, Donohoe said high inflation and interest rates have caused a ‘regime change’ in the Irish and EU economies. Ireland’s high tax rates, a need for more Government funding and a paucity of suitable talent for early-stage companies are just a few of the problems facing founders of Irish start-ups …
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Capabilities from Adobe’s imaging, photography, illustration, video, 3D and font technology will be brought into the Figma platform. California-headquartered software giant Adobe is planning to acquire Figma, a web-based design platform to boost its creative collaboration tech offering. As well as its design platform, Figma also has a digital whiteboard product called FigJam. The company’s …
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UNLEASH World is around the corner and, as we all gear up for the world’s best HR conference in Paris on 12-13 October, we have a very special competition for startups. For many startups, being part of the exhibition at the Paris Convention Centre, meeting thousands of HR leaders on site and getting insights from …
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LegitFit CEO Ryan O’Neill said that the Cork start-up plans to double its customer base over the next 12 months. Irish fitness software provider LegitFit has closed a €1m seed funding round to help accelerate its expansion into the UK. Based in Cork, LegitFit has developed a platform that provides scheduling and management software for …
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CodeGym co-founder Alex Yelenevych tells us what it’s like to run a start-up in the shadow of war, and the bold and creative steps being taken to keep the team together. The full-scale Russian invasion became a tragedy for all Ukrainian people. It also pushed many businesses to the edge of survival. According to a …
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The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and state-owned bank AIB have put €25m into a London-based private equity fund that is investing in Irish tech and life sciences start-ups. ISIF has committed €15m to the Claret European Growth Capital Fund III, according to a spokeperson, while it is understood AIB has added €10m from its …
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Beqom and Our Tandem will continue to operate under their own brand names while the two teams work on the performance management platform. Dublin-based employee performance management start-up Our Tandem has been acquired by Swiss HR tech company Beqom to improve businesses’ ability to compensate workers. Our Tandem, previously known as Tandem HR, was founded …
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Pure Ocean Algae said it has developed the first commercial platform to produce Dulse, a type of seaweed which costs more than €120 per kilogram. Irish biotech start-up Pure Ocean Algae has bagged €1.5m in seed funding to invest in its business platform and expand its presence in West Cork and beyond. Founded in 2019, …
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Dublin’s skyrocketing rents have forced Trinity neuroscience graduate Evan Mcgloughlin and his childhood friends to decamp to Barcelona to launch their language-learning app, Weeve. “We can’t pay for Dublin rent, we can’t pay for Dublin groceries. Barcelona has sun, beaches and also a big tech centre. It’s going to be hard to take me out …
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