Enterprise News 24 April

INDUSTRY NEWS

Minister Halligan leads Enterprise Ireland Trade Visit to ESTEC in the Netherlands

Brexit study ordered on Irish trade flows with UK and EU

Minister leads Enterprise Ireland trade visit to Belgium

Irish fintech start-up Rubicoin raises a further €1.4m

Taking the toil out of data input for book-keeping

Investor MML buys €12m stake in Fastway Couriers

Irish Company TAPSTAK launches a ‘remote control for life’

Start-up of the week: Plynk

Ostoform Tops At AIB Startup Academy

€782,000 awarded to commercialise eight NUIG research projects

Green Alley Award

#PrepareforBrexit SME Scorecard

Competitive Start Fund for Female Entrepeneurs

UPCOMING EVENTS

25 April 2017: Fuelling Ambition Roadshow, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

26 April 2017: Fuelling Ambition Roadshow, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

3 May 2017: Prepare for Brexit Roadshow, Co. Cork

9 May 2017: Industry event 'Building a Business on Ideas', Dublin.

18th May 2017: Enterprise Start workshop, Wicklow

100 Hot Start-Ups

Sunday Business Post: Read about the the best and brightest of Ireland's start-ups led by entrepreneurs who are determined to succeed.

SME Advice: Transform your global sales with appliance of science

Sunday Independent: For a company to successfully scale to the next level, good ideas need to be matched with rigorous commercial discipline.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Minister Halligan leads Enterprise Ireland Trade Visit to ESTEC in the Netherlands

Eleven Irish companies are participating in the Trade Mission with a view to maximising their participation in European Space programmes and the Satellite Communications market in particular.

Brexit study ordered on Irish trade flows with UK and EU
Irish Independent

A major study providing a detailed profile of the trading relationships between Ireland and other EU member states with the UK is being commissioned by the Government to feed into its Brexit preparations.

Minister leads Enterprise Ireland trade visit to Belgium
Business World

The aim of the trade visit was to promote Ireland’s extensive experience and capability within the high-tech construction and engineering sectors.

Irish fintech start-up Rubicoin raises a further €1.4m
Irish Times

Irish fintech start-up Rubicoin has successfully secured a further €1.4 million in a new funding round to take its total amount raised to date to more than €5 million.

Taking the toil out of data input for book-keeping
Irish Examiner

Dublin fintech firm OCREX is seeking €3m in funding to go global with intelligent automated data management software designed to take the drudgery out of book-keeping and accounting.

Investor MML buys €12m stake in Fastway Couriers
Irish Times

Irish and multinational-backed investor MML has bought a minority stake in Fastway Couriers for a figure said to be about €12 million.

Irish Company TAPSTAK launches a ‘remote control for life’
Irish Tech News

TAPSTAK is intent on transforming the way we interact with the world around us having created one smartphone App that can interact with everything.

Start-up of the week: Plynk
Silicon Republic

Founded in 2015 by Charles Dowd and Clive Foley, Plynk offers a money-messaging app that lets phone users chat one-to-one and in groups, and send and receive money instantly from within the chats.

Ostoform Tops At AIB Startup Academy
Irish Times

Ostoform, winner of the "One to Watch Award" at Enterprise Ireland's Big Ideas 2016, has won the 2017 AIB Startup Academy competition ahead of 13 other contenders.

€782,000 awarded to commercialise eight NUIG research projects
Silicon Republic

Eight research projects underway at NUI Galway have been awarded funding to commercialise their ideas, ranging from renewable energy to treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

Green Alley Award

The Green Alley Award 2017 is searching for the next green business idea to help avoid, reduce, reuse, recycle or transform waste. Apply from April 25th to win a prize of up to €30,000.

#PrepareforBrexit SME Scorecard

The Enterprise Ireland Brexit SME Scorecard is a free planning tool for Irish exporters to the UK designed to help you assess your business readiness across six areas.

Competitive Start Fund for Female Entrepeneurs

The Competitive Start Fund (CSF) for Female Entrepreneurs opens for applications soon - previous CSF winners Glissed and Mobility Mojo give tips on how to make a strong application from past experience.

Watch here