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NDRC announces Spring 2018 Investment Programme for startups

by John

NDRC, the investor in early stage digital companies, has announced the launch of its Spring 2018 Investment Programme for startups. Wednesday 1st November 2017 – NDRC, the investor in early stage digital companies, has announced the launch of its Spring 2018 Investment Programme for startups. Successful companies will secure investment of between €30,000 and €100,000,

NDRC, in partnership with Bank of Ireland, launches new part-time Fintech Programme for financial services professionals

by John

NDRC, the investor in young digital companies, in partnership with Bank of Ireland, is launching a new early-stage, part-time fintech programme for professionals in the financial services sector. With the sector attracting record levels of investment in Europe and the US, and growing here at a rapid rate, the potential for Irish startups to create

Tandem HR Solutions attracts €2m in Seed Funding, creating 40 new jobs

by John

Tandem HR Solutions attracts €2m in Seed Funding, creating 40 new jobs Frontline Ventures, ACT, Enterprise Ireland, angel investors back new Irish HR tech firm Tandem HR Solutions, the Irish company which has developed a powerful new HR Tech solution to help organisations re-shape how employee performance is managed through driving enhanced coaching and feedback

Nostalgia is a powerful (and lucrative) thing

by John

We’re hurtling through 2017 at break-neck speed but if you take one look at the year’s biggest films and must have games and gadgets, you’d be forgiven in thinking we’re still in the 80’s or 90’s. With re-imagined classics from the likes of Disney (The live action version of Beauty and the Beast took in

Virgin Media Announce 30 day ‘No Strings’ broadband and TV packages

by John

Virgin Media has broken the chains on  long term contracts and is offering, from today, 30 day broadband and 30 day TV services  from as little as €20 a month. So whether you’re a student, on a short term lease or planning that big move abroad, Virgin Media has you covered with its ‘no strings’

RELM Finance secures €200 million funding for new lending platform

by John

New funding will support investment and growth throughout Ireland

Minister Halligan Launches TECH WEEK 2017

by John

This year’s Tech Week is happening on 22nd -28th April 2017 with a variety of nationwide events The Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation, John Halligan TD, today launched Tech Week 2017, Ireland’s national festival of technology aimed at students, parents and the public, which takes place all over Ireland this year from

PR/Media Campaigns We Like -Spotify’s “User Data” Campaign

by John

In an age where ‘big data’ is one of the hot buzz words swirling around the technology and consumer electronics spheres, Spotify, one the world’s leading music streaming services, is using their own user data for witty and weird results. In the first of their more recent media campaigns, Spotify used their enormous stash of