The Irish Times

Ellison, Binance and Sequoia back Musk’s $44bn bid for Twitter

Biggest backing of $1bn comes from Oracle co-founder

Thu May 05 2022 - 12:49

Reddit confidentially files to go public

San Francisco-based company was valued at $10bn earlier this year

Thu Dec 16 2021 - 08:37

Stripe ‘in early discussions with investment banks about going public’

Company considering market debut through direct listing or initial public offering as soon as next year

Fri Sept 10 2021 - 23:03

Reddit seeks to hire advisers for US IPO, sources say

Online message board operator valued at $10 bn in a private fundraising round last month

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 07:36

Silicon Valley bets on cryptocurrency projects to disrupt finance

DeFi projects aim to replicate financial services and cut out middlemen

Thu Jun 10 2021 - 05:07

Robinhood submits plan to regulators for IPO

The company is yet to determine the number of shares to be offered and the price range

Wed Mar 24 2021 - 07:59

Uber sells self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation

Company takes a stake in start-up, which creates larger competitor to Waymo

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 10:05

Stripe in talks for new funding at much higher valuation

Fintech startup founded by John and Patrick Collison could be valued as high as $100bn

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 21:32

Valuation of $60bn sought for TikTok as Oracle and Walmart take stakes

The two companies will pay a combined $12bn for their minority stakes

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 14:49

Clearview: from billionaire plaything to police surveillance tool

Controversial facial recognition tool used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 05:00

DNA collection company Genomics Medicine Ireland reports €37.7m loss

State-backed company records loss in year in which $400m investment was announced

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 18:49

Airbnb long-awaited Wall Street debut earmarked for 2020

San Francisco-based company is thought to be laying the groundwork for a direct listing rather than an IPO of shares

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 18:02

Stripe’s European HQ in Dublin 2 to sell for €49.5m in off-market deal

International investor agrees to purchase One Building on Lower Grand Canal Street

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 05:00

Online payments company Stripe introduces partner programme

Fast-growing company promises benefits such as priority support to verified partners

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 06:50

Scooter wars: US investors rush to hitch a rise on latest funding frenzy

Electric scooter start-up Bird valued at $2bn

Wed Jun 13 2018 - 14:53

Stripe still has enormous potential for growth predict Collison brothers

With only 5 per cent of global commerce taking place online the payments firm has huge opportunity for growth

Fri Jun 01 2018 - 18:00

Stripe chief warns about housing costs as Dublin engineering hub announced

Dublin engineering team to focus on online payments firm’s core product

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 04:00

Online payments firm Stripe launches in six more European countries

Opens in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 10:35

Stripe makes third acquisition as it buys Indie Hackers

Online payments firm founded by Collisons buys community site for entrepreneurs

Wed Apr 12 2017 - 07:48

Conor McGregor and Stripe founders on Forbes leaders’ list

Iseult Ward of FoodCloud and chef Mark Moriarty also in Forbes ‘30 under 30 Europe’

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 14:41

Collison brothers see profits surge 236% at Stripe’s European arm

Revenue rises 65% to €49m at Silicon Docks-based Stripe Payments Europe Limited

Mon Dec 12 2016 - 14:25

Stripe officially launches in Japan as new investor comes on board

Payments firm founded by Patrick and John Collison valued at $5bn continues to expand

Wed Oct 05 2016 - 06:45

Stripe launches in Singpore

Payments firm run by brothers John and Patrick Collison to launch assault on Asia

Wed Sept 21 2016 - 19:04

Snapchat raises $1.8bn in funding round

Messaging app said to be seeking $20bn valuation despite report of just $59m in 2015 revenue

Thu May 26 2016 - 16:43

HubSpot to create 320 jobs in Dublin over next three years

Marketing software company already employs about 200 people in Ireland

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 07:00

Padmasree Warrior joins US arm of Chinese electric car start-up

Former head of technology at Cisco Systems plans to expand NextEV centre to 400

Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00

Stripe valued at $5bn after Visa joins new funding round

Online payment processing firm co-founded by Irish brothers

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 08:57

European venture capital funds go in search of tech start-ups

A series of new funds has sprouted in search of the next generation of tech start-ups

Mon Jun 15 2015 - 01:15

Gone in 224 seconds: the perfect pitch by start-ups

Start-ups’ slide presentations should last just under four minutes, Harvard study finds

Thu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00

India’s tech start-ups heat up

Everyone and Rupert Murdoch want a piece of India’s flying e-commerce market, especially start-ups targeting the aspiring middle class

Mon May 11 2015 - 01:15

Ninebot buys Segway

Purchase comes just months after patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Segway

Mon Apr 27 2015 - 22:30

Snoop Dogg, Jared Leto join $50m Reddit funding round

Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen also among those joining funding round

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 08:55

Qualtrics to create additional 95 jobs at its Irish operation

Business software firm is on a major expansion drive after secuting $150m in venture capital

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 18:15

Despite lip service, Silicon Valley venture capital still a man's world

The paucity of senior women VCs exists at a time when difficulties facing women in technology have hit the headlines

Mon Aug 25 2014 - 01:15