Plans by Amazon Web Services to invest £8 billion in the UK are in stark contrast to its comments on the Irish market as Labour tailors its pitch to the industry.
Imelda Lambkin heads up the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund, tasked with backing cutting-edge tech projects in Ireland. She talks to The Currency about the fund’s mission and its future.
The US-listed company, which owns a medical device plant in Galway, moved its incorporation – and tax residence – from Switzerland to Ireland this week.
Ergo founder John Purdy was among the investors that backed the Dublin internet of things start-up but last week a liquidator was appointed to the company.
Started as a one-man-band in a Manhattan shared office, the Dubliner's VC firm is betting on AI and emerging tech start-ups. This opens a series by Hannah McCarthy among Irish voices in American business and culture ahead of the US election.
The Canadian tech firm booked a profit through its international HQ in Ireland, which manages the Emea and South American markets and uses a green jersey tax structure.
Fondy set up in Ireland with big plans but those ambitions drifted away after pandemic difficulties. Now its new owner, TBC Bank, has invested €300,000 into its Irish base.
The payments giant, founded by John and Patrick Collison in 2010, recorded a hike in costs last year but much of this was tied to one of its first employee share sales.
The budget is mere weeks away and the finance minister attended his first Scale Ireland pre-budget event “to listen, to engage and get feedback”. There was a lot to listen to.
Dublin-headquartered Self Help Africa has received European funding to invest in circular economy enterprises across Zambia.
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