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Full coverage: VC

Three decades at the edge: John Flynn on venture, volatility and the importance of network

Unveiled in Salesforce Tower Dublin, Act’s new alumni initiative is bringing together founders, backers and business leaders. Act managing partner John Flynn says the goal is to create a ‘mesh network’ of collaboration — one that helps Irish start-ups go further, faster, and stay independent longer.

Ian Kehoe
9th Jun, 2025 - 6 min read

Bronto: a start-up that starts with a story – and a (logging) solution

Noel Ruane and Trevor Parsons have helped build some of Ireland’s biggest tech successes. Now, they’ve teamed up to launch Bronto, a start-up determined to modernise how the world handles log data at scale. It is a multibillion-dollar opportunity.

Tom Lyons
20th May, 2025 - 12 min read

Worth freezing your assets off: Why Irish founders made the pilgrimage to Slush

Slush in Helsinki has become a must-attend event in Europe's start-up calendar. Increasingly, Irish founders and investors are making the jaunt to the freezing cold city to find customers and funding.

Fiona Alston
29th Nov, 2024 - 7 min read

Dylan Collins: If we can’t IPO the companies, maybe we should IPO the VC funds?

Floating the VC is not a crazy way of thinking. Public market investors get access to private companies, the VC investors in those private companies get to sell their shares, and that money then gets recycled back into more investing.

Dylan Collins
17th Oct, 2024 - 4 min read

“Too many entrepreneurs build technology and think about brand after. It is too late”

Investment banker. Venture capitalist. Restaurateur. Gymnast. Politician. West Global chair Joanna Rees outlines how her many lives thread together and details the importance of building a brand.

Ian Kehoe
20th Sep, 2024 - 4 min read

Retrograde wants to replace influencer talent managers with AI. It just raised $2m to get started

Jake Browne started the new venture with British influencer and entrepreneur Grace Beverley and ex-Peblo engineer Gary Meehan to help content creators manage their own brand deals.

Jonathan Keane
2nd Sep, 2024 - 6 min read

Dylan Collins: Don’t ask me about investing. Here are five reasons why

There are obvious reasons why you should not ask a founder for investment advice. There are, though, some more subtly terrible reasons why you should not ask me for investment advice and these are more interesting to discuss. 

Dylan Collins
29th Aug, 2024 - 4 min read

Sure Valley Ventures is sending a “signal to the market” for more AI deals

The VC's managing partner Barry Downes talks to The Currency about his firm’s recent metaverse exit and its approach to investing in the red-hot AI space.

Jonathan Keane
20th Aug, 2024 - 7 min read

The NDRC is just hitting its 30% quota for female founders. Is that good enough?

Twice this year, the state-backed accelerator programme run out of Dogpatch Labs has had just one female founder in a mass of men. What's going on and what is the NDRC doing to change it?

Rosanna Cooney
4th Aug, 2023 - 3 min read

We don’t need female office hours or other such pony shows. We want one thing and one thing only. Investment.

Putting real power in the hands of women is creating a system where they can start and own their own companies. That requires a seismic rethink in how VCs and our state development agency provide funding.

Rena Maycock
8th Mar, 2023 - 6 min read
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