Full coverage: Start-ups

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.

Four friends wanted to create something that would help grow the number of female-founded start-ups in Ireland. When the pandemic came, they launched AwakenHub, and the social enterprise is now planning an investment fund to back female entrepreneurs.

Fabien Peyaud is the co-founder and chief executive of Herdwatch, a Co Tipperary-based agritech firm now marking ten years in business. He discusses falling in love with Ireland, learning on the job at a US multinational and betting on a cloud-based app before farmers even had smartphones.

As Covid-19 filled hospitals and kept other patients at home, a digital health revolution has given the medical industry a much-needed upgrade – and created opportunities for Irish medtech companies.

Ciaran Lee, the co-founder of Intercom, one of Ireland’s first technology unicorns, is leaving the company. He tells Tom Lyons why and recalls an incredible journey over the past decade.

Mark Hughes was on the multinational fast track. Then he left his job to launch Gradguide, which helps graduates get the mentorship they need and tech employers the talent they want. He talks about his journey and reveals how he convinced Terry Clune to back his vision.