#OI2Dublin – Interview with Mikko Huuskonen, Finnish government (video)
20.05.2013 Mikko Huuskonen from the Finnish government talks about the importance of innovation and how small countries can use innovation to overcome economic adversity.
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Salesforce.com invests in social CRM player Datahug
15.05.2013 Irish technology company Datahug has received fresh investment from web software giant Salesforce.com. The company has spearheaded its expansion into the US with the appointment of a new US-based CEO.
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TCD Lero team in €2.5m study into how ecology can help make better software
15.05.2013 A Trinity College Dublin-based Lero team is to take part in a €2.5m European Commission-funded research programme to find out how the principles of ecology can be adopted to design more stable software systems.
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Facebook investor Thiel leads US$6m investment in TransferWise
14.05.2013 A venture fund established by Peter Thiel, the first investor in Facebook and one of the leading investors in the Collison brothers’ Stripe, is leading a US$6m investment in London-based start-up TransferWise.
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Eircom to raise €310m through bonds issue
30.04.2013 Eircom said today it plans to sell €310m worth of senior secured notes due in 2020. This is the first bonds-issue by the telco since it had €2.3bn worth of debt written off last year.
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Irish start-up Trustev to compete in TechCrunch Disrupt NYC finals
29.04.2013 A young Irish tech company out of Cork called Trustev, which specialises in social fingerprinting technology, has been named as one of the 30 finalists competing for the coveted Disrupt Cup at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York.
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100 entrepreneurs challenged to launch start-up ideas within 48 hours
26.04.2013 The Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin will throw down an interesting gauntlet for 100 entrepreneurs at its Launch48 weekend in June – devise and launch a start-up idea within 48 hours.
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EU researchers develop gadget that can sniff out explosives at 20 metres
25.04.2013 EU scientists have come up with a prototype device that could prove invaluable in the fight against bomb attacks. The gadget capable of detecting extremely small quantities of explosives at a 20-metre distance could prove extremely useful to security forces in light of the recent tragic bombings in Boston.
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Irish founder of City-of-London.com seeks to raise stg£100,000
25.04.2013 Peter Dodds, an Irish advertising and media industry veteran behind City-of-London.com, is planning to raise stg£100,000 from individual investors at the FT Digital Media Conference in London today.
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Click4Classes receives investment from SOSventures
23.04.2013 Cork web firm Click4Classes.com, a graduate of the SELR8R programme, has just received an investment from SOSventures and will grow employment to 10 people as it plots its UK expansion.