Eight months into his role at the helm of Research Ireland O'Brien speaks about why he left University of Cambridge, the role research will play in driving Ireland's economy, and why Ireland should have its own Station F.
Mail Metrics is one of Ireland's fastest-growing companies. CEO Nick Keegan speaks about how it turned from a summertime project into an international business.
World-class equine yards and riders are backing Irish start-up TrojanTrack. As it seeks to close a seed round, its founder biomedical engineer Stephen O’Dwyer explains how it is targeting a global market.
“Delegate, don’t abdicate” has been Jack Kirwan’s mantra to turn Sprout & Co into a business on track to run 14 restaurants with 500 staff. Good hiring and a structured system are key to this phase of growth.
Economist Philippe Tibi has convinced institutional funds to expose a fraction of their vast wealth to venture capital. He now wants to scale the idea across Europe.
Bellew served as the Irish airline’s chief operations officer before a controversial exit to rival EasyJet in 2020. Now, he has set up a seed fund to back aviation start-ups.
Like them or not, autonomous vehicles in the air and on land will replace cars and vans. Ireland is well placed to become the place where the world puts them together.
Shannon-based start-up Iona Drones aims to bring autonomous drone deliveries to rural and typically unreachable areas. Founder Etienne Louvet talks through Ireland's competitive advantage and his plans to mimic Stripe's strategy.
A Fortune editor has cranked out more than 600 stories using the technology; "This won’t be seen as some people’s idea of journalism", writes Isabella Simonetti, The Wall Street Journal.
The global backlash against green regulation has forced a reckoning among climatetech founders and investors, but they say resource efficiency remains an attractive sector to start and grow companies.
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