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Belfast-based lip-reading medtech Liopa has secured a license for use across inpatient units at the Royal Preston Hospital in England. The Invest NI-backed start-up has developed AI-powered lip-reading technologies that aim to help voice-impaired patients to communicate with healthcare workers and family. Users can move their lips to talk in front of a smartphone camera …

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UK-based payments company SumUp has acquired US payments and loyalty marketing platform FiveStars in a deal worth $317m. The acquisition is part of SumUp’s plan to expand into the US and take on its competitors such as Square and PayPal. While the company has been active in the US for several years, it does not …

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Irish start-up Positive Carbon has secured investment and support from German venture capital firm APX. The Roscommon-based company, which was founded in 2020 by Aisling and Mark Kirwan, did not disclose the amount of funding it had received. APX is a Berlin-based VC outfit that supports start-ups in the pre-seed stage. The firm is backed …

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The Belfast-headquartered startup Cloudsmith, who are leaders in software supply chain management, have announced that they have raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. The landmark raise is the largest ever Series A funding round in Northern Ireland and is the largest technology funding round in Northern Ireland since 2005, …

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Startup OLÉ, the great technological event for entrepreneurs after the summer, returns more international than ever. The modality selected for this seventh edition has been mixed, being the 6th and 7th of September in digital format and from the 8th to the 10th in-person in Salamanca. To facilitate access to all the content, Startup OLÉ’21 …

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Kildare-based equine start-up EquiTrace has secured a partnership with multinational Merck Animal Health. The partnership will enable EquiTrace to develop its smartphone app, which tracks a horse’s health, identity and whereabouts. It will also allow the company to expand into the US market. EquiTrace’s platform is designed to work even in environments with limited internet …

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Irish technology start-up Journey Protector has announced that it is launching its first go-to-market product in October at the British Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (BAPCO), Coventry in the United Kingdom (UK). The start-up is also announcing its plans to open three new offices over the next two years to drive its global expansion and …

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