Meta, Apple, and Snap have all bet big on augmented reality. Michael Guerin explains how Imvizar will be well placed to take advantage and why it's looking to Hollywood to raise €5m.
The London-based private-equity firm has been investing in Ireland for five years. CFO Daniel Venn and manager Michael Coates outline their plans for the firm's latest fund.
Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group acquired the Irish digital transformation business in 2022. New CEO Roop Singh talks about the prospect of a sale and building out its business in the US.
A picture of artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs and its ripples through Ireland’s economic structures, tax base and public policy challenges is emerging from academic research and engagement between officials and business leaders.
Mina Mutafchieva and Irishman Jack McGuinness are among the first London hires for German venture firm HV Capital. They talk to The Currency about Europe's opportunity to lure US talent, the prospect of an AI bubble, and Ireland's start-up sector.
Scientists and co-founders, Killian Hanlon and Hugh O’Brien, are using AI to redesign viruses for gene therapy. Lir Therapeutics has already raised $3m and is showing early results that could transform how diseases are treated.
Electric cars are old school. China’s investors are betting on the next technology trends, with live-in robots among the hottest tickets, writes Ian Lahiffe in Beijing.
Bubbles create winners and losers, and artificial intelligence has yet to reveal who they will be. This means it is risky to be involved – but also risky not to be.
The deal, pending due diligence, will see Fund’s IoT and telecoms tech company combine with London-listed Anemoi and move to The City’s main stock market.
Private equity-backed Presidio, which has revenues of $5.8 billion, is acquiring Irish IT services company Ergo. Co-founder John Purdy built the business from two to over 500 people.
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