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• Enterprise Ireland opens new Market Research Centre 21.05.2012

  Enterprise Ireland has today opened up a new Market Research Centre at its offices in East Point, Dublin 3. The aim of the centre is to give client companies access to vital market research information so as to help shape their exporting plans.

• Tech start-up of the week: WorldNet 20.05.2012

  This week our tech start-up to watch is WorldNet. Around since 2008, it has come up with a new tech innovation called Payjack to allow small businesses accept credit card payments via their mobile.

• Soundwave aims to take music analytics to a whole new level 17.05.2012

  Imagine being able to capture in real-time what type of music your friends are listening to, or finding out the most popular musical choices are in your city? Well, today’s winner of the NDRC digital start-up accelerator was Soundwave, which is on a mission to change the face of music analytics. The start-up managed to catch the attention of investors today and is now in line to access in the region of €50,000 in investment funding.

• Soundwave wins NDRC Lift Off competition 17.05.2012

  Soundwave, the new Irish start-up that has come up with a music data analytics service to track in real-time what songs people are listening to, has won the NDRC Lift Off competition today. The company has gleaned access to a €50,000 investment fund.

• Startupbootcamp Investor Day proves to be a hit in Dublin 17.05.2012

  Yesterday, Dublin’s tech hub on Barrow Street was swarming with eagle-eyed angel investors who were at Startupbootcamp to check out the 10 start-ups engaged in the accelerator, which has been running at the Factory since February.

• Pinterest raises US$100m in funding round that values it at US$1.5bn 17.05.2012

  Fast-growing social network Pinterest has received a US$100m investment in a round led by Japan’s biggest e-commerce site Rakuten that values the company at US$1.5bn.

• Start-up’s smartphone technology promises to keep the bullies at bay 17.05.2012

  Most adults know bullies are an unpleasant fact of life. But no parent would wish their children to fall prey to the attention of bullies or any of the other dangers that are the stuff of waking nightmares in the 21st century.

• Wicklow start-up Smart Storage wins Eircom award 16.05.2012

  Smart Storage, a new venture set up in Wicklow in 2010, has won the April finals of the Eircom Start Up competition. Paul Jacobs, a qualified engineer, started Smart Storage after he came up with a storage solution to make use of unused spaces in his own home.

• Irish woman co-founds social travel network site in Sydney 15.05.2012

  Irish woman Avis Mulhall is the co-founder of a new website based in Sydney for travellers to get rewards for delivering something locally during their travels. Operating around the philosophy of karma, the site is called mmMule.

• New competition for start-ups to win €50,000 package 14.05.2012

  Business mobile service Blueface is teaming up with Carphone Warehouse to launch a new competition for start-ups and those with business plans to pitch their ideas. Seven finalists will be selected to compete for €50,000 in prizes in July.

• Tech start-up of the week: Bullet HQ 13.05.2012

  Bullet HQ, a new venture that was set up for just €1,400 and which is aiming to disrupt the accountancy marketplace with its online accounting and payroll software targeted at SMEs, is our tech start-up of the week.

• Health-tech start-up named ‘Most Investable Business in Ireland’ 11.05.2012

  SilverCloud Health, a new Irish start-up that provides a cloud-based platform for healthcare professionals to deliver therapeutic programmes to people, has been named the Most Investable Business in Ireland’ at the Software Investment Forum.

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