After 30 years in business, eyewear technology firm Ocuco has pulled off one of the biggest funding rounds of the year. CEO and founder Leo Mac Canna explains how he brought Accel-KKR on board, and outlines his plans for deploying the capital.
Two news events rocked GAN shares this week – one good, one bad. A prospective sale of the business remains under discussion.
Dublin-headquartered Carbon Collect has a prototype to suck carbon out of the atmosphere, partners in Arizona and is short-listed for US government funding. Its Irish co-founder Pól Ó Móráin is seeking backing to scale up in 2026.
A group of companies has been marketing some of the world’s most sophisticated spying equipment from Dubai to Singapore. Their owners and senior executives are Irish.
Asterion, the majority shareholder of National Broadband Ireland, has also become the largest investor in a separate company established to commercialise related technology.
Coding is to the 21st century as reading was to the 18th century – a relative advantage that is coming to an end. To win the next race, we need a revolution in teaching.
Former head of Meta Ireland Gareth Lambe has just joined the advisory board of alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana. He talks about AI in law firms, start-ups and the tech meltdown – and comeback.
Storage and warehouses are second nature to the Moffett family. From a base in rural Monaghan, a third generation is eying a new global opportunity.
Building an AI that can decode the markets is still a challenge. But when it comes – and it will – many professional investors will be sidelined.
Karl O’Brien and Thomas Gleeson are behind e-commerce analytics start-up firm StoreHero. The two entrepreneurs talk about the origins of the business, raising funds, and signing up marquee customers.
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