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  Belfast-based BrokerIQ secures investment to support growth and scaling of its innovative customer engagement solution for the insurance and mortgage broker industry. Fantastic news from Belfast-based startup BrokerIQ with the announcement that it has successfully completed the first phase of a two phase seed funding round led by Symvan Capital. The platform will now enter into recru...
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Oneday, the platform that helps entrepreneurs turn their passion into business secures £2.5M seed funding to accelerate product innovation and scale up growth. Oneday, a new EdTech platform helping aspiring entrepreneurs turn their passion into a business through expert-led coaching, community & content, has today launched with £2.5 million seed funding. The seed funding round ...
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  New partnership between Seedrs and Vevolution aims to increase investment in European plant-based and cell-based businesses. Seedrs, Europe's leading private investment platform with over £1.8BN investments recorded to date, and Vevolution, the leading global investment marketplace for plant-based and cell-ag fundraising opportunities, today announce a new partnership to increase in...
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From a West Cork garage to plans for Europe-wide expansion, Period Product subscription service Riley goes from strength to strength.  When friends Aine Kilkenny, Fiona Parfrey, and Lauren Duggan launched Riley last year from a garage in Schull, West Cork they had no idea of the twelve month whirlwind that lay ahead. Riley, an eco-friendly period product subscription service, was foun...
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Edinburgh-based startup Touchlab secures investment to support further development and commercialization of its innovative skin suits for robots. UK startup Touchlab, a deep tech venture in EIT Digital's Innovation Factory roster, has raised £3.5m (€4.36m) in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures. Touchlab is successfully pursuing an ambitious goal to give robots a human touch. Whi...
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  The lowdown on Sellalong, the circular economy startup making it easier for retailers and shoppers alike to recirculate clothes. How many times have you worn something, or used an item once or twice and then thrown it away? With recent research showing that 70% of household items currently go directly to landfill, startup Sellalong have created a much needed and timely solution via a syst...
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  HomeLink Healthcare secures investment to support further growth and scaling of its Hospital-at-Home and Virtual Ward services. Foresight Group LLP, a leading listed infrastructure and SME investment manager, has just announced details of a £2.15m investment into HomeLink Healthcare Limited to further support the company’s growth. Formed in 2015, HomeLink has provided “...
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Get those nominations in! Only a few weeks left to nominate talented women in tech for Women in Software Awards 2022. Calling all women in the software sector! There are just a few weeks remaining for submissions to this year's Women in Software Awards. Now in its fourth year, the Women in Software Awards initiative by award winning Software developer bootcamp Makers, in partnership with Compu...
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It’s Stress Awareness Month and aside from the general challenges life can throw at us, the fact that we’re slowly starting to emerge from a global pandemic, means it’s more important than ever that we become more conscious of our stress levels and the need to keep our mental wellbeing forefront at all times. With that in mind, we have put together a list of 10 innovative start...
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  The latest TechIreland Funding Review reveals that 2021 was the best year to date for funding into Irish tech companies with a record €1.6 billion raised. 2021 was a positive year for Irish tech funding with the latest TechIreland report showing that it reached a new high of €1.6 billion with a record number of 292 companies raising investments. The TechIreland Funding...
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4C UR Future LIVE events set to provide young people from across Northern Ireland with an insight into the future world of work. Exciting times ahead for 4C UR Future, the social enterprise that aims to empower young people to make more informed education and career choices, with the news that they are bringing Northern Ireland’s business community together to support the delivery of a se...
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New research by iwoca reveals over a quarter of small business owners are passing on impact of increased costs to their customers. One in four (26%) small business owners have already increased prices for customers as they look to manage rising costs, according to new research conducted by iwoca. As prices for customers rise, the survey found that the SME owners' biggest worry over the coming ...
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