It is nine years since I last met Declan Kennedy in person. But even wearing a mask, I recognised him immediately in the lobby of the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin city centre in recent days. We last met an office on Capel Street that was formerly used as a rehearsal studio for dancers in Riverdance. At the time, his company was called Betapond and had closed his first €1.15 million funding round. In 2013, the year after our interview, Investec Ventures (then NCB Ventures) led a follow-on €2 million round. Betapond was developing integrated Facebook apps at the time for…

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