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Irish start-up KelTech IoT wins at Free Electrons 2021 – TechCentral.ie

Irish start-up KelTech IoT wins at Free Electrons 2021 Image: iStock via RS Components Will receive $200,000 prize money as well as the opportunity to work with leading global utilities 15 November 2021 | 0 KelTech IoT has been named the winner of this year’s Free Electrons programme. The Irish start-up was crowned the world’s best energy start-up of 2021 at the …

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Scale Ireland to host first Regional Start-up Summit in Cork

Scale Ireland, with the support of Microsoft, has announced plans to host Ireland’s first Regional Start-up Summit in Cork on Friday, the 28th of January, which will focus on key issues facing start-ups around the country. The event will be launched by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and will include some of the country’s leading start-ups …

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The House Cleaning Small business Startup Guide – Aspect I

Commencing a company frequently demands a whole lot of dollars to get the organization likely. Nonetheless – services related startups can normally be started out for fewer funds than most folks would count on. A house cleaning organization is one of those firms. With just a couple hundred pounds you can be up and on …

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Irish start-up Zeus gets German government funding for e-scooter project

Irish start-up Zeus Scooters has received a €238,000 funding injection from a German government technology and innovation fund. Zeus launched its e-scooter services in Germany last year and now operates in more than 20 locations there. The new funding will be delivered through the country’s ministry of transport and digital infrastructure as part of plans …

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Scale Ireland to host a regional start-up summit in Cork

Scale Ireland, the independent, not-for-profit body that represents Irish innovation-driven enterprises, will host a regional start-up summit in Cork next year. Scheduled for 28 January, the Scale Ireland summit supported by Microsoft will be launched by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD, with the aim of discussing the many issues faced by start-ups across Ireland. It will …

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Start-up Tier wheels into Belfast Bikes scheme following acquisition

Berlin-based micromobility operator Tier has acquired a 100pc share in Leipzig-based Nextbike, the company that runs Belfast’s public bike scheme. Terms of the financial transaction between the two companies have not been disclosed. The deal will see Tier run the Belfast Bikes scheme, which was set up in 2015 and operated by Nextbike. There are …

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South African Startup AI-BO Disrupts The Market Research Space

AI-BO, a research platform that allows businesses to survey their targeted audience through WhatsApp, aims to democratise research by delivering insights and survey data to small businesses in just 2 – 3 days. AI-BO was founded in April in collaboration with The Delta, a local venture builder. At its core, AI-BO’s mission is to help …

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Irish company crowned world’s best energy start-up at Free Electrons

Irish start-up KelTech IoT has been recognised as the world’s best energy start-up at the Free Electrons competition finals today (11 November), the first Irish start-up to achieve the feat since its launch in 2017. Free Electrons is a global accelerator programme for start-ups in the clean energy space sponsored by ESB. The third and …

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Irish-founded tech start-up tackling food waste raises €1m seed funding

US-based FloWaste, which is looking to tackle food waste using data analytics, has raised €1m in seed funding from venture capital firms and angel investors. Underdog Labs led the funding round, with Rockstart and several angels as co-investors. It comes just a few months after the start-up raised $270,000 in pre-seed funding. FloWaste, which was …

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Cape Town tech startup secures R7-million in funding

Cape Town-based online advertising tech startup Adbot has secured R7-million ($500 000) in capital raise from Enygma Ventures, an investment funding dedicated to supporting female entrepreneurs and women founders in Southern and Eastern Africa. Adbot secures R7-million in funding Lelemba Phiri, operating partner of Engyma ventures provides insight into why they decided to fund Adbot. …

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