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Aertv.ie launches Irish sports channel
Aertv and the multimedia news agency Ballywire have teamed up to launch Aertv Sports. Aertv Sports will have a particular emphasis on Irish sporting communities. One target audience of the new channel is the Irish diaspora who are looking to support home teams from around the globe. Extreme sport features from Red Bull TV will...
Media rich mobile solution for Irish advertisers
Irish advertisers and online publishers now have a new ‘mobile rich media’ option should they require one. Irish agency Adforce.ie has teamed up with Medialets, a rich media ad platform, to offer advertisers more engaging options for response from customers. Rich media features include video content and image galleries to social media integration, click-to-call buttons...
Dublin Beta will see three start-ups launch their companies
This coming Monday, that’s Monday April 30, sees the next installment of the über cool Dublin Beta gathering. For those who are interested, Dublin Beta is a must attend event for start-ups working in new technology and digital media, as well as those who have an interest in such things. It takes place at Dublin’s...
Sean Gallagher to tell his side of ‘Twittergate’
Former Irish Presidential candidate Sean Gallagher (@seangallagher1) will speak at the Media Future conference on May 15th, 2012. It will be the first time Gallagher has publicly discussed, in detail, his experiences in the last presidential election and the circumstances surrounding what happened on RTÉ’s Frontline programme. ‘Twittergate’ remians one of the biggest media stories...
Voting begins for people’s choice award at Startup Bootcamp
The public has been invited to vote for their favourite start-up as part of Startup Bootcamp Dublin. The People’s Choice Startup Award is now open for votes. You can click here to view each of the top 10 start-ups online pitches and select your winner. Each team has filmed a 30 second clip to personalise...
Careergro secures 300k in VC funds
Careergro, a human resources start-up company headquartered at NovaUCD has secured an investment of €300,000 from private investors and Enterprise Ireland. Careergro intends to to hire an additional 15 people over the next three years and will open a new sales office in Hammersmith, London to support its expansion into the UK market. Careergro has...
A Bullet across the bows of the tax industry?
Ireland, Europe, and indeed most of the developed world is seeing a surge in start-ups as a result of the world economic collapse and the birth of a new digital, disruptive and global entrepreneurial spirit. Start-ups, just like all other companies, have to file their tax returns. Currently, small SMEs are faced with high annual...
Five more emerging companies to set up in Ireland
Five European companies – Culture Translate, Diaceutics, Nimble Apps, iMosphere and Unique Digital – are to establish operations in Ireland. The companies have announced a combined 77 jobs in Limerick, Dundalk and Dublin. The announcement comes as part of IDA Ireland’s Expand & Internationalise your business through Ireland event in Berlin, taking place on Wednesday...
New mobile ad agency Yappy launches
A new mobile advertising agency, Yappy, has been launched by digital ad solutions agency Electric Media. The new agency will offer advertisers and brands a range of ad solutions across both smartphone and tablet devices. “100% of the agencies that we spoke with are anticipating a huge increase in mobile advertising spend in the next...
The six start-up finalists from the Ryan Academy 2012
The Propeller 2.0 Venture Accelerator Investor and Demo Day, hosted by the DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship, is happening on Friday 27th April. Six start-up companies, short-listed from a panel of 137 applicants, have been selected to pitch their businesses to Irish and international investors, angels and venture capital companies. The participating companies have already...
Silicon Valley VC fund opens HQ in Limerick
Irish Technology Capital (ITC) – a Silicon Valley based venture capital fund created by Irish Diaspora technology leaders and investors – says it will open its European headquarters in Limerick City. The move is in association with Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and the firm will be based out of LIT’s Enterprise Centre. ITC was...
Startupbootcamp Dublin launches
Startupbootcamp Dublin has announced the ten finalists for its first Investor Demo Day, which takes place next month on 16 May, at The Factory on Barrow Street, Dublin. Startupbootcamp is a pan European start-up accelerator programme. The 10 finalist teams were selected from over 150 Irish and international applications, and include; technology for doctors on...
