The Irish Times

Audience analysis company Glimpse sets its sights on €2m fundraising round

The Dublin-based company is planning to increase its staff from six to 40 over three years as it targets the UK market

Mon Aug 23 2021 - 05:30

Irish start-up raises $6.2m in drive to prevent road accidents

Provizio set to expand team in effort to develop technology geared to improve safety

Thu Nov 05 2020 - 21:20

Space the place for Irish AI chip as PhiSat-1 satellite blasts off

Artificial intelligence technology developed by Dublin-based Ubotica installed on satellite

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 12:50

Irish companies to battle it out for tech company of year award

Awards seek to highlight entrepreneurship and innovation in digital technologies

Thu Sept 05 2019 - 07:23

Draper Esprit invests further €10.5m in UK chipmaker

Dublin venture capital company joined Microsoft and BMW in the fundraising round

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 09:46

Five Irish firms to fight it out for tech company of year award

Technology Ireland industry awards shortlist announced with new women in tech gong

Thu Oct 25 2018 - 04:00

Start-ups hold key to self-driving car research in Europe

Car giants say they need smaller start-ups to help develop autonomous car technology

Thu Aug 09 2018 - 05:10

Draper Esprit hails Dublin listing as it looks to back more Irish tech firms

Tech-focused VC firm has been a strong source of financing for Irish companies

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 05:12

Draper Esprit raising £176m to invest in more tech firms

Dublin-listed VC firm also announces 116% growth in value of its 31-company portfolio

Fri May 25 2018 - 07:54

Draper Esprit leads $29m funding round for Aircall

French cloud-based call centre software business has over 3,000 business customers

Wed May 16 2018 - 09:19

Young entrepreneurs bring home bacon as seedcorn competition opens

Budding businessmen and women enjoying considerable success after IBYE finals

Mon Apr 09 2018 - 05:00

Enterprise Ireland’s start-up showcase attracts audience of over 600

Start-ups should be prepared to hear ‘their baby is ugly’ – Channelsight’s John Beckett

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 05:00

Dublin-listed Draper Esprit co-leads €9.9m funding round for UK firm

Evonetix is a Cambridge-headquartered firm developing a novel gene synthesis platform

Tue Jan 30 2018 - 12:04

Dublin-listed Draper Esprit leads €75m round for Ledger

French cryptocurrency and blockchain security company is already profitable

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 13:24

Dublin-listed VC firm Draper Esprit generates £42m from exits

Company said its gross primary portfolio value has risen 43 per cent over last year

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 16:23

Opportunities on your doorstep: Stem companies in Ireland

Several of the world's leading science and technology firms have bases or operations here and acrtively look out for talent. Áine McMahon profiles a selection of some of the top employers located in Ireland

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 08:19

State-backed Draper Esprit mulls fresh equity pursuit

Value of venture capital firm’s investment portfolio has risen 41% since June flotation

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 12:11

Irish chipmaker Movidius records $19.5m loss for 2015

Company acquired by Intel saw accumulated losses rise to $82.6m from €63m in 2014

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 16:03

Intel acquires Dublin-based chipmaker Movidius

Acquisition represents ‘massive potential’ for emerging technologies, says Intel

Tue Sept 06 2016 - 16:58

Intel deal: Who are the people behind Movidius?

Acquisition of Dublin chipmaker understood to be worth between €330m and €350m

Tue Sept 06 2016 - 15:36

The hard science of software’s next stage

The Irish Software Research Centre specialises in those strategically important ‘evolving critical systems’

Thu Jul 07 2016 - 01:00

Draper Esprit rises on first day of trading

Shares rise 2.5% on London’s Alternative Investment Market

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 19:21

Recognising the opportunity that enables machines to see

Movidius reprocessed its 3D expertise to satisfy demand for ‘vision intelligence’

Thu May 05 2016 - 06:30

A vacuum cleaner that knows when the floor is dirty could be on the way

Irish company Movidius is driving technology that helps machines to teach themselves

Thu Apr 28 2016 - 18:48

Irish firm brings vision to drone maker

Movidius unveiled as provider behind the Phantom 4’s vision-aided flight system

Thu Mar 17 2016 - 08:00

Seven-bed house in Killiney, Co Dublin sells for €9m

Kenah Hill on three acres of private grounds, with tennis court and heated swimming pool

Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00

ISIF to launch €100m fund for office development

State backed fund has linked up with US real estate fund to finance high-quality office development and construction projects

Thu Nov 05 2015 - 11:29

China challenging but rewarding, says Bruton

Some 40 Irish companies are involved in trade mission to China along with Minister

Wed Sept 16 2015 - 20:47

When did everyone in tech start believing in unicorns

The explosion in new technology has led to a wave of new web-based services

Mon May 25 2015 - 01:35

Irish Strategic Investment Fund may invest up to €1 billion

Director says pipeline is “strong and growing”

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 13:16

Movidius on move to next-generation interaction

Movidius’s new chip Myriad 2 is about 20 times more powerful than its predecessor

Wed Apr 15 2015 - 12:39

Movidius to create 100 jobs in Dublin as it raises $40m

Irish tech firm to push innovation as internet of things drives demand for visual sensing products

Wed Apr 15 2015 - 12:38

Enterprise Equity Venture Capital teams up with US partner

Irish start-ups will be gain better access to Silicon Valley

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 01:20

Movidius launches ‘groundbreaking’ new chip

Irish-backed mobile vision tech firm says second generation 20 times more efficient

Thu Jul 31 2014 - 01:00