Full coverage: Start-ups

The Irish-owned single parent online community Frolo has raised seed capital in London and Pinergy saw revenue and gross profit grow, reducing pre-tax losses – but among other businesses filing this week, Bono's sustainable fashion brand and the former PolarLake had less positive news.

HealthBeacon helps patients self-administer medications. Now investors must weigh-up its tenfold growth predications, as it seeks to raise €25 million from a stock market flotation.

Irish biotech firm Avectas hopes to revolutionise cancer treatment. This is the story of the company: How it was formed, how it has raised $40m from leading Irish investors to help its mission, and what it plans to do next.

MicroSynbiotiX is merging with Sundew, a like-minded aquaculture technology company aiming to protect farmed fish from disease with minimal environmental impact. A Dublin-based VC is funding the enlarged business.

As an early-stage biotechnology company, Nuritas lives and dies by its investors' backing. A big new funding round that includes big names from the US, Europe and the UK is a vote of confidence in the company's prospects.

Nuritas operates at the cutting edge of biotechnology and has a blue-chip roster of shareholders and backers. But its losses are mounting and its auditors are referencing “material uncertainty”. Just what is going on?

Thriftify has opened the online shopping market to charity shops. Two years after joining its founding team, Emily Beere discusses tripling sales every month during Covid-19 lockdowns, raising venture capital, and moving to London to conquer the UK.

Charities had been under strain even before the pandemic due to a push towards a cashless society. However, Change Donations has created a technology that lets you donate your digital spare change to a range of charities.

Irish software company Swrve has raised close to $140m from Isif, Atlantic Bridge and others. However, after burning through most of its funds without making a profit, the firm has now raised more $8m in debt and restructured around $10m in loan notes.

Jacob Claflin is the co-founder and CEO of Cambrist, an Irish fintech start-up focused on optimising foreign transactions for banks. He talks about what brought him to Ireland, his frustration with the payments industry and the company's plan to expand into five new countries in the next six months.