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# Funding
A huge UK fund is about to invest hundreds of millions in Irish companies
BGF is being backed by the state and Ireland’s biggest banks for the €250 million pool.
# Funding
A Dublin startup has raised €1m for technology that could help stop crashes
ProVision Vehicle Cameras designs systems for tracking fleets and driver behaviour.
# Funding
Sean O'Sullivan's investment firm is pumping more cash into Dublin startup Aylien
The artificial intelligence company has raised €2 million in its latest funding round.
# Funding
This Irish software startup will open a Texas office after raising money from INM's chairman
Initiafy’s latest funding round topped out at nearly €1 million.
Voices
Here are some useful EU business grants you may not know about
Firms can be turned off by the idea of filling in reams of forms – but the rewards can make it worthwhile.
Voices
'There's a stigma around doing a trade, but it's as good a way to start a business as college'
Firemole’s Seán Ó Tuama talks about his lessons from seeking investment and crowdfunding.
# food and drink
This Dublin juice startup has been busy winning over people in high places
Food bigwigs such as Kellogg’s former European boss are backing SiSú.
# Work
These are the problems with a new scheme to help small firms keep their best staff
Business groups have been lobbying for better share treatment for key workers.
# food and drink
The founder of the Dublin Whiskey Company is bringing an established Irish brewer to Inchicore
Rathcoole-based Rascals Brewery will move into the area next year.
Voices
'There's a stigma around doing a trade, but it's as good a way to start a business as college'
Firemole’s Seán Ó Tuama talks about his lessons from seeking investment and crowdfunding.
# coroflo
What one shout-out from Richard Branson did for this six-month-old Dublin company
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Coroflo.
# Startups
What one shout-out from Richard Branson did for this six-month-old Dublin company
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Coroflo.
Voices
How virtually any Irish company can get cash back from developing new products
From construction to food and drink businesses, the R&D tax credit is an attractive option for SMEs.
# JohnnieBongos
An allotment-style Dublin microbrewery is bringing beer brewing to the masses
JohnnieBongos wants to raise €15,000 to buy more equipment.
# significant cuts
'We have a duty to survivors': Rape Crisis Network won't publish data because of funding cuts
The group said that its funding had been reduced by 70% since 2015.
# Startups
Irish angels have made their biggest investment yet - on a Cork med-tech startup
AventaMed has raised €1.8m from backers and secured FDA approval.
# Funding
A Dublin startup tackling stomach problems with a breath test has raised nearly €1.5m
FoodMarble is being backed by Sean O’Sullivan’s VC fund SOSV.
# Startups
An allotment-style Dublin microbrewery is bringing beer brewing to the masses
JohnnieBongos wants to raise €15,000 to buy more equipment.
# Policy
From builders to sunbed salons – here are the business winners and losers from the budget
It has been a bad week for fizzy drinks firms, but things look better for small businesses.
# Linked Finance
A leading Irish VC firm is getting behind the country's biggest crowd lender
Linked Finance has raised €2 million from Frontline Ventures and dozens of other investors.
# foodmarble
A Dublin startup tackling stomach problems with a breath test has raised nearly €1.5m
FoodMarble is being backed by Sean O’Sullivan’s VC fund SOSV.
# Policy
From builders to sunbed salons – here are the business winners and losers from the budget
It has been a bad day for fizzy drinks firms, but things look better for small businesses.
# Funding
A leading Irish VC firm is getting behind the country's biggest crowd lender
Linked Finance has raised €2 million from Frontline Ventures and dozens of other investors.
# Funding
A Dublin startup tackling stomach problems with a breath test has raised nearly €1.5m
FoodMarble is being backed by Sean O’Sullivan’s VC fund SOSV.
# Policy
From builders to sunbed salons – here are the business winners and losers from the budget
It has been a bad day for fizzy drinks firms, but things look better for small businesses.
# bill liao
'Watching the Irish state throw money at people doing so much less with it is frustrating'
Bill Liao reveals SOSV’s expansion setbacks in Ireland and the right way to go about social enterprise.
# Education
Poll: Do you agree with a loan system for students to pay fees?
Students are worried that a new loan system would be unsustainable and lead to higher fees.
# Funding
'Watching the Irish state throw money at people doing so much less with it is frustrating'
Bill Liao reveals SOSV’s expansion setbacks in Ireland and the right way to go about social enterprise.
# rory o'driscoll
Meet the Clare man who went from working for a graveyard to overseeing billion-dollar deals
Rory O’Driscoll moved to the US in the 90s with only $200 in his back pocket.
# Work
Billionaire Dermot Desmond is among a group of backers to put $10m into careers site Jobbio
The Dublin outfit will open an office in Montreal, Canada.
# worsening crisis
'The impact of this is untold': Health funding for homelessness has dropped since 2008
Dublin Simon Community said that health funding for homelessness has dropped by 10% since 2008.
# Funding
Meet the Clare man who went from working for a graveyard to overseeing billion-dollar deals
Rory O’Driscoll moved to the US in the 90s with only $200 in his back pocket.
# Funding
Bebo and Microsoft's founders are pumping cash into this retail tech startup
Dublin-based Pointy has closed a series A round of investment worth $6 million.
# Startups
Bebo and Microsoft's founders are pumping cash into this retail tech startup
Dublin-based Pointy has closed a series A round of investment worth $6 million.
# Money bags
One of the country's top VC firms plans to invest in over a dozen new startups
Frontline Ventures and AIB have €3 million to spend on young tech firms.
# parkpnp
Ireland's Airbnb for car parking is taking a leaf out of the McDonald's playbook
Parkpnp has cut a franchise deal worth roughly €1 million as it goes international.
# hardship payment
Donegal flood humanitarian scheme to be rolled out for all natural disasters
The financial assistance payment has been paid out to 138 people in Donegal to date.
# frontline ventures
One of the country's top VC firms plans to invest in over a dozen new startups
Frontline Ventures and AIB have €3 million to spend on young tech firms.
# parkpnp
Ireland's Airbnb for car parking is taking a leaf out of the McDonald's playbook
Parkpnp has cut a franchise deal worth roughly €1 million as it goes international.
# Funding
Irish-founded Swrve has raised more than €20m to expand further overseas
The company wants to open a number of new offices worldwide.