Full coverage: Start-ups

Batteries play an ever-increasing role in all aspects of our lives but finding an efficient and profitable way of recycling them is elusive. Now a new start-up with strong Irish links believes it has found the answer.

Eligible staffers in Revolut's Dublin office will be able to take advantage of a share sale scheme that has dramatically increased the British fintech giant's valuation.

In 2016, Tom Cotter began toying with the idea of making clothes for water sports enthusiasts. After eight years of hard knocks, his company OceanR is now backed by some of Ireland’s savviest business people – and primed for more.

Stephen Costello, the co-founder of digital health provider Spectrum.Life, explains how UK expansion became the driving force behind the company and why it plans to look farther east rather than west.

Building a company or investing is never easy. If it’s easy, you’re probably doing it wrong or someone’s defrauding you. When you probe many founders and investors about their successes, beyond the interviews and posts, you will find a messy, complex, and often inelegant story.

Ubiquitous LCD screens contain valuable recoverable materials, as well as poisonous mercury. Votechnik has robotised their disassembly and is now exporting to Sweden and the US.

Rebecca McManus is building a healthcare app that aims to detect cognitive decline in older people using large language modelling technology. Her family history drives her and she believes a career in sales gives her an edge.

Replacing call centres with home workers and a suite of customer management services and technologies is proving to be a scalable business for the Cork-based company.

Founded by Cork brothers Dave and Ger O'Meara, Spirable was taken over in 2021 by sports tech giant Genius Sports in a deal pegged at $55m. But three years on, the vendors claim they are still owed millions in earn-out payments.

Sustain.Life, founded less than three years ago by Irish entrepreneur Mike Hanrahan and three other former Walmart executives, has been bought by the listed US software firm Workiva.