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Frankie Health - reinventing mental health support in the workplace
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st February 2021
The lowdown on Frankie Health, the Dublin-based healthtech startup that's on a mission to help employers support their employees' mental wellbeing
Mental health has finally started to become more widely accepted as an actual thing and spoken about openly, and that discussion is encouraged more and more.
With 1 in 4 people living with mental health issues and costing the globa...
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OpinionX - making user research human-driven
by: Startacus Admin ~ 4th January 2021
OpinionX is a Dublin-based startup doing that has created a "next-generation research tool that helps you to discover what matters most to your users".
When it comes to learning about your customers’ wants and needs, surveys are all well and good, but how many people actually fill them out? Certainly, those who take the time to do so can give you good insights and new things to think abo...
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SiriusXT - innovation in cell structure imaging
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th December 2020
The Dublin-based startup that's created a disruptive and innovative solution for whole cell imaging to help accelerate progress in viral disease research...
When it comes to viruses and diseases, our understanding is still severely lacking. A part of this is due to the difficulty for biologists and virologists to actually get a good look at cells that have been invaded and what’s going on...
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Swyg - disrupting the recruitment process
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th October 2020
Swyg, the Irish startup that's on a mission to improve hiring by using AI to help remove assumptions and biases from the recruitment process...
We write fairly often about recruitment, with some of the most recent examples being Caroo and Talentful. Recruitment is a process and an industry that is out of date and which needs disruption. It is currently experiencing this disruption, but ...
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Lensbuild - hassle-free lens replacement
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th October 2020
Glasses repair made easy thanks to Lensbuild, the Dublin-based startup that's created an affordable and convenient lens replacement service for glasses
Glasses can be pretty expensive. These are things that, ideally, we want to last for the rest of our lives. Or until we raise the money and courage to get lasers shot into our eyes. They may not break the bank, but they aren’t disposable e...
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FiltraCycle - the startup that recycles cigarette butts
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th August 2020FiltraCycle - The Irish startup that's tackling environmental pollution in an entirely innovative way...
A cigarette doesn’t seem like a lot of waste, does it? One little piece of paper, dry leaves, and some kind of compact cotton filter. Unpleasant to see scattered about the street or getting stuck to your shoe, but there’s far worse litter out there, isn’t there?
But what abo...
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Frequency - airline communications made easier
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th August 2020The lowdown on Frequency, the Dublin-based startup that's on a mission to innovate internet based communication systems for the aviation industry...
Delays cost airlines around $25 billion every year - just over $1 million per aircraft. This is the problem that 3 Aer Lingus pilots founded Dublin-based Frequency to combine their 40 years of flight experience in order to solve.
They say ...
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Thriftify - connecting charity retailers with customers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th December 2019Thriftify is an online platform that connects the most sustainable & ethical source of goods with consumers who care...
Charity shops can be of great value. Not only does the money spent in them go to good causes and make a difference, but shoppers can encounter some great finds that they didn’t know they wanted. Millions of products are donated to charity shops every year, but a lot of...
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Soapbox Labs - speech recognition technology for kids
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th November 2019
The speech technology company Soapbox Labs, who are specializing in children’s speech recognition.
Learning to read is a hugely important part of developing as a child. Reading underpins everything, and those who are able to, must learn to read in order to reach their full potential as an adult, even if their dream is to be the world’s foremost beatboxer. A parent’s rol...
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One Step Closer empowers change makers and CSR schemes
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th November 2019One Step Closer aim to empower change-makers and CSR schemes, transforming sustainability initiatives into empowering talking points.
We have about 10 years to get our collective act together as a species and cut carbon emissions before we hit a point of no return. It’s all well and good for us as individuals to wash our tin cans and recycle the copious amount of wine bottles we collect in ...
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- Startacus and Hatch Enterprise offer speed networking IWD-inspired event 24th Feb 2021 Startacus and Hatch Enterprise celebrate International Women’s Day by partnering with NetMinds to bring together female founders for a virtual speed networking event
- Wombat lands £2m investment as appetite for thematic, fractional trading grows 9th Feb 2021 The innovative investment platform Wombat secures major funding to help with further development and to expand the shares and investments on offer
- TryTech Aims to Help London’s Disadvantaged Young People Develop Skills and Careers in Technology 9th Feb 2021 Innovative new platform, TryTech is launched aiming to provide young people with the skills, knowledge and support to secure knowledge-based roles in tech startups
- STEMS seeks to examine the diversity of STEM talent in NI 8th Feb 2021 Startacus & Matrix NI partner on STEMS, 3 interconnected events, exploring themes around AI and bias, STEM development in schools & the workplace, & tech growth & entrepreneurship