Tagged: BES & News
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Start-ups in 2012 – the second €100k will be the hardest to raise - Lucey News
05.01.2012 In 2012, start-ups will find the second €100,000 harder to access, successful tech entrepreneur turned cloud investor Ian Lucey predicts. However, he points out that the angel...Categories: Software & Web Development, Research, R&D, Investments, Internet, Government, Funding, Economy, Tax -
Budget 2012 - Budget holds hidden jobs potential for Ireland - IVCA News
07.12.2011 The Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) is arguing that the Budget could behold the potential for job creation. How? Welcoming the renewal of the Employment and Investment...Categories: Government, Funding, Education, Intellectual Property, Investments, Jobs, Private Irish Business, R&DTags: Venture Capital, Ireland, Funding, Angel Investors, Start-ups, SMEs, Entrepreneurship, Business Plans, Budget 2012, BES, R&D, HPSU, Jobs, -
Profitero and Radisens pitch at IBM SmartCamp finals News
16.11.2011 Dublin-based Profitero and Cork-based Radisens Diagnostics are two of the five start-ups from Ireland and the UK taking part in IBM SmartCamp in London. PageHub, RSM and Visible...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Green Computing, Green, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education -
€44m in Budget to deliver 100Mbps broadband to schools News
08.12.2010 Communications Minister Eamon Ryan last night confirmed that €44m will be allocated this year to deploy 100Mbps broadband to 300 schools in the country in 2011 under Budget 2011...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Green Computing, Green, Government, Education, Economy, Communications -
A Budget fit for start-ups? BES to be revamped News
07.12.2010 The Business Expansion Scheme is to be revamped and renamed the Employment and Investment Incentive and the limit that can be raised by companies to be increased from €2m to... -
Video interview site Sonru raises €272k in venture capital News
21.05.2010 A new service that allows firms to hold video interviews with job applicants has raised €272,000 in venture investment from a number of sources, including Kernel Capital, the... -
Government asked to intervene in venture funding crisis News
28.05.2010 An overwhelming majority – 88pc – of venture capitalists polled believe some form of State intervention is needed to help increase the supply of equity finance and stimulate the... -
Bank of Ireland equity arm invests €500k in Teamer.net News
12.03.2010 Teamer.net, a sports management web firm, has received a €500,000 investment led by Kernel Capital and the Bank of Ireland’s Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund.Categories: Start-ups -
First shoots of economic recovery emerge from green business firms News
29.09.2009 An early stage investor in green-tech businesses, which today has just raised a new €3m investment fund, has forecast a positive outlook for Ireland’s green-business sector,... -
New €7.5m BES fund to invest in tech and science News
27.10.2008 Dublin private investment company Powerscourt Investments has formed a strategic alliance with Independent Trustee Company (ITC) to launch a new high-potential growth Business...Categories: Business -
ISA concerned about BES conditions News
30.08.2007 The Irish Software Association (ISA) has expressed concerns about the conditions attached by the European Commission to the extension of Ireland’s Business Expansion Scheme...Categories: -
EC approves BES and SCS extensions News
29.08.2007 The European Commission has approved the extension and amendment of the Business Expansion Scheme (BES) and the Seed Capital Scheme (SCS) in Ireland.Tags: BES, European Commission -
Veteran media man advises tech start-ups on BES News
30.04.2007 Seasoned technology industry public relations adviser Ronnie Simpson is to advise early-stage technology companies on raising their public image in advance of securing Business... -
Growing demand for BES support News
20.02.2007 Over 1,360 Irish companies availed of the Business Expansion Scheme (BES) to grow their business, a Government survey revealed, underlining its importance as a vital funding...Tags: BES -
Tánaiste proposes fund extension News
12.09.2003 The Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Harney TD, has requested the extension of two equity-based tax incentives for entrepreneurs, which are due...Categories: -
Government urged to keep startup funding schemes News
21.07.2003 The Irish Software Association has called on the Government to extend the Business Expansion Scheme (BES), saying that its continuation was essential to sustain early-stage...Categories: -
Software chief calls for more tax breaks for start-ups News
18.11.2002 More attractive tax incentives at the seed-capital stage are needed if Ireland is to increase the number of technology start-ups, the head of the Irish Software Association...Categories: R&D