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UPRISE Festival lands in Dublin
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th October 2017Six months after its Amsterdam edition, the UPRISE Festival is returning to Dublin, bringing together 500 companies, 200 'Founder' Mentors, 128 world class speakers and an estimated audience of 3000 to the ‘People First, Tech Second’ festival. As we are attending the event as media partners this Thursday, (26.10.17) we thought it only wise to give you all a brief overview of the f...
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Startup of the Week - Moneybox
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th October 2017Let’s face it - for many of us, it is easier to spend money than save it. We may have the best intentions yet saving can be a habit that we may find challenging to get into. If that is something you can identify with, then our latest Startup of the Week ought to be right up your street.
Moneybox is an innovative savings and investment app which is making saving money easier than ever before...
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ProtectBox - Cyber Security decisions made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th October 2017Cyber security gets more important with each passing day. More and more individuals and businesses go online, expand their online services, collect and store personal and payment information online, take advantage of cloud-based services, and so on. The online world is increasingly a land of opportunity for nefarious ne’er-do-wells and scoundrels and the like.
More than ever, then, cyber s...
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Pedal Me pushes forward with its on-demand taxi service powered by bike
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th October 2017With London perhaps saying goodbye to Uber, the city is going to need a new alternative to black cabs, if only for the sake of choice.
(We of course appreciate too that there are other Uber like taxi-hailing services in London - which you can still use).
Walking is cheaper, of course, but London is big, busy, and everyone is always in a rush. So what is faster than walking but capable of avoidin...
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Verv, the intelligent AI energy assistant
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th October 2017Backed by Centrica (British Gas) and mentored by Google, Verv has developed an intelligent energy assistant, using high speed energy analytics and machine learning to bring existing appliances to life. With 6 patents filed, Verv has sold units to British Gas, EDF & Allianz.
It could be argued that the most frustrating thing about electricity bills is not being able to see a full breakdown of ...
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The State of Receipts is in Flux
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th October 2017Receipts are annoying, easily-lost, tree-murdering, messy things that we are often tempted to throw straight in the bin even when we know we need to keep them. They are among those little, unimposing things that nevertheless get in the way. Surely in this digital age, we should have some kind of digital solution for this. Well, it’s funny you should say that, because we’re looking at o...
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Innovation in Northern Ireland - the latest class of 2017
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th October 2017Following last week's awards ceremony for Invent 2017 - from Connect at Catalyst Inc. - we thought it was a good opportunity to highlight some of the latest innovations and innovative startups coming out of Northern Ireland. These are only a handful of NI’s numerous worthy startups, inspired specifically by Invent.
Evy
Winner of the Electronics category, Evy is the brainchild of two electr...
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The Rattle wants to build co-working spaces that rock
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th October 2017We are liking the sound (sorry, puns to continue) of The Rattle, a music industry focused co-working business, that plans to open their first co-working space and studio facility in November 2017 in London.
Founded in January 2017 by MIT technology entrepreneur, MD of global startup accelerator MassChallenge UK, and former Techstars Entrepreneur in residence, Chris Howard, & Ph.D, ...
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Startup of the Week - School Space
by: Startacus Admin ~ 4th October 2017As we all know, financial challenges can be one of the biggest issues our schools have to face these days. Between budget cuts and lack of resources they certainly don’t have it easy. That however need not necessarily be the case, thanks to our latest startup of the week.
School Space is an innovative social enterprise which is focused on helping schools generate extra income from their exi...
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5 startups will be exhibiting at Web Summit 2017 free of cost, courtesy of the Startup League
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd October 2017
Earlier this year, the Startup League, a unique startup support program partnered with Web Summit 2017 to create a very special offering for 5 startups - a chance to get a coveted ALPHA booth at the event, at 100% sponsorship!
Web Summit which started in Dublin in 2009 as a technology meet up of around 100 enthusiastic startup founders, bloggers and experts has now become a huge ev...
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Healthcare
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd October 2017
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are already starting to have a tremendous impact on the world around us, and as time goes by this grip will only tighten. Some of the most exciting and groundbreaking uses for this technology are found in the health sector.
An excellent example of how AI and ML can be used in health is in the analysis of patient medical records. The...
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Firemole - the Irish startup that's taking a proactive step against fire
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st October 2017Despite technological advances and a heightened awareness of the need for safety in technology, electrical devices still pose a fire risk. Despite horror stories of devices exploding because they were used while charging, for example, parents still allow their children to do just that because it ‘probably won’t happen’. However infrequently these things happen, they do happen, an...
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