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Full coverage: Technology

After 22 years and €59m in losses, Irish TV tech firm Emuse is calling in a liquidator

The company’s technology has been used in campaigns for Barbie, Audi and the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End movie. But facing mounting losses and the exit of a key client, Emuse is collapsing into liquidation.

Ian Kehoe
10th Sep, 2021 - 3 min read

Powered up: How a Donegal engineering company sold for $2bn – and who is cashing in

Riding the data centre boom, the border business E&I Engineering has just been acquired by US tech multinational Vertiv. How did it achieve unicorn status, and who are the shareholders behind Cyprus holding companies set to reap the benefits?

S. Keyes and T. Hubert
9th Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

Swrve’s salvage operation: Letters of comfort, debt deals and convertible promissory notes

Irish software company Swrve has raised close to $140m from Isif, Atlantic Bridge and others. However, after burning through most of its funds without making a profit, the firm has now raised more $8m in debt and restructured around $10m in loan notes.

I. Kehoe and T. Lyons
8th Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

Intangible acrobatics: How Adobe’s $11bn IP move to Dublin will generate a $1.4bn tax benefit for tech giant

The US software multinational has just revealed how a simple intra-group balance sheet reorganisation with no gain in value allowed it to generate a $1.4bn tax benefit in Ireland.

Thomas Hubert
12th Aug, 2021 - 5 min read

Chasing a €1m personal debt, AIB is claiming a 30% stake in a successful connected vehicle start-up

Tech entrepreneur Barry Napier had a side business in pubs and restaurants. When that failed, his bankers went after his most precious asset – his shares in Cubic Telecom.

Thomas Hubert
6th Aug, 2021 - 3 min read

Spiralling costs, disgruntled customers and a mysterious Georgian deal: Can examinership save Shaw Academy?

The online education company is facing angry creditors for a second time. The High Court has given an examiner time to turn it around.

D.S Martin and T. Lyons
29th Jul, 2021 - 7 min read

“This is the real deal”: How Irish health tech company SilverCloud fetched $250m from a US giant

Amwell, a publicly listed US telehealth company, is buying Irish digital healthcare firm SilverCloud for an estimated $250m. The deal will help the business achieve its mission of helping millions of people.

Tom Lyons
28th Jul, 2021 - 5 min read

Keeper of the farmers’ cloud: “We will never sell the data”

Fabien Peyaud is the co-founder and chief executive of Herdwatch, a Co Tipperary-based agritech firm now marking ten years in business. He discusses falling in love with Ireland, learning on the job at a US multinational and betting on a cloud-based app before farmers even had smartphones.

Thomas Hubert
28th Jul, 2021 - 3 min read

“We used to flog a virtual showroom and people would say ‘what’s that?’ And then… Covid”

The pandemic has forced many fashion brands to rethink how they work. In the shadow of deserted catwalks, Aileen Carville and her fashion-tech start-up SKMMP are leading the way online, and raising half a million euro to develop new tools.

Rosaleen McMeel
22nd Jul, 2021 - 6 min read

A pandemic silver lining? From heart-monitoring T-shirts to “digital triage”, the sudden rise of telehealth

As Covid-19 filled hospitals and kept other patients at home, a digital health revolution has given the medical industry a much-needed upgrade – and created opportunities for Irish medtech companies.

Devin Seán Martin
20th Jul, 2021 - 13 min read
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