The value negotiated by the Irish founders of gym software firm Glofox for its acquisition by US-based ABC Fitness is a remarkable achievement for a company forced to retrench by Covid-19 just two years ago. Yet it is only a step on the journey now sketched out for the business.
Years of restructuring at the cybersecurity multinational NortonLifeLock have left it with just two subsidiaries in north Dublin: one booking sales around the world, and one managing the group’s cash and intercompany debt. Meanwhile, Google reports exponential growth in card payments processed in Ireland.
Dublin-born billionaire engineer David McMurtry is working with the next generation – including an Irishwoman – on the future of all these things. In exclusive interviews, he and the executives leading Renishaw's latest projects talk past, present and future.
The Malahide-based cloud provider Ekco has bought a second leading Irish cybersecurity firm. It now employs 420 people in Europe, and has bigger growth plans.
Pharmapod’s assets were sold last year through a pre-pack receivership for around €1.5m. Now, creditors of the Irish software company are poised to wind up the remnants of the company.
Aislinn McBride is one of the most senior technology leaders at Kainos. As the Belfast software group’s international expansion pushes revenues past £300m, she openly discusses its next challenges: finding and keeping staff, fending off cyber attacks and exploring the ethics of AI.
First, it went into examinership. A liquidation followed. Now, the company behind Slendertone has gone into receivership following a move by its main backer, the British lender Beechbrook Capital. The move could yet salvage the brand.
The High Court has appointed a liquidator to Galway-based wearable technology company Bio-Medical Research, the maker of Slendertone. The business had been in examinership since March but had failed to find a new investor.
KPMG is looking for a tech company to represent Ireland at the Global Tech Innovator final in Lisbon later this year. And that company will come from a shortlist of eight announced today.
Having raised €5m to date, the Dublin-based environmental data analytics start-up is about to add flood defence monitoring to its existing products monitoring the presence of contaminants in a range of situations. Its founder Stephen McNulty is on this week’s podcast.
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