What is driving success in corporate Ireland
Irish Times
With Brexit centre stage, there is a temptation for all attention in Ireland to focus on two topics: how much the move might damage our economy; and what opportunity it presents in terms of attracting foreign direct investment currently based in the UK but looking at options.
Meat Technology Ireland launched
Businessworld
Meat Technology Ireland, a strategic research and innovation base in beef and sheep meat processing in Ireland, was launched last week by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O Connor TD and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD.
Carlow’s Netwatch taps into US demand for remote security
Irish Times
“The hardest thing about doing business in the US is getting on that first flight over there,” says David Walsh, co-founder and chief executive of the fast-growing digital security firm Netwatch.
Talented duo combine their skills to hit the sweet spot
Irish Independent
Kildare businesswomen Sue Dempsey and Fiona Craul make it easy for clients to source products from international factories by offering a fully-managed service that includes everything from initial product design to identifying the most suitable manufacturers.
Meningitis test firm raises €6.7m to fund expansion
Irish Times
Diagnostics group Hibergene plans to bring new tests to market and break into the US.
Sarah is cooking up a storm in Sadie’s Kitchen
Formed in 2016, Dublin-based company Sadie's Kitchen recently achieved success on RTE's Dragon's Den, with CEO Sarah Kiely accepting an investment of €50,000.
South Dublin based Sarah Kiely knows all about nutritional stress and its effects on the body when her busy lifestyle resulted in poor diet and health issues. After trying almost every supplement and treatment, she discovered bone broth. The results and taste amazed her and were incomparable to using preservative laden stock. However, with a gruelling schedule, she just couldn't make time to boil bones for 72 hours every week. Wanting to share the restorative and healing properties she has found with bone broth, Sadie's Kitchen was born in 2016.
Sarah is a graduate of New Frontiers Phase 2 in DIT and completed the Food Academy as a LEO South Dublin participant. Currently retailing in over 100 stores nationwide, Sarah recently wowed the Dragons when she pitched for investment on RTE’s Dragon Den. The Dragons liked her business acumen, in particular, the deal with her manufacturer to include packaging of the broth in the manufacturing price.
Sarah was successful with her pitch and accepted an investment of €50,000 for 20% equity from food industry expert, Alison Cowzer.
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Small Business Innovation Research Challenge is launched
Cork County Council, Cork Smart Gateway initiative and the Age Friendly Alliance have launched the €80k Small Business Research and Innovation (SBIR) Challenge with Enterprise Ireland.
Stroke care company Neuravi sold to Johnson & Johnson
Irish Independent
Galway-based stroke care firm Neuravi has been bought by an offshoot of multinational giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
Spare change? Irish firm is selling parts worldwide
Irish Independent
Surplus Stock Worldwide uploads dealers' spare parts to its platform where buyers from around the world can view and buy them.
Research and Innovate with €5,000 and Applied IoT
Biz Plus
The A-IoT Cluster is a consortium of five Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways, providing a single point of contact for companies looking to access technical capabilities for ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) research and development.
Cork-based firm tackling the data deluge – with DNA
Irish Times
Awarded as 'Most Innovative' at the world-famous tech festival SXSW in Texas earlier this year, Cork-based company Helixworks are working to create a commercially viable system to store digital information in DNA.
Smartcharge receives €25k grant to develop cycling safety solution
Irish Independent
Smartcharge has received a €25k grant to develop smart signage that promotes bicycle safety and will be partnering with VT Networks to connect the signs to the cloud.
Sligo’s new Building Block aims to generate 200 start-up jobs
Silicon Republic
Sligo’s star is rising, becoming a go-to location for local entrepreneurs and overseas firms to start up and scale up.
Connemara seaweed ingredients firm eyes global markets
Irish Times
The co-owners of Dulse Restaurant and Pantry in Galway have created Connemara Food Ventures, a B2B seaweed ingredients company specialising in high-value nutritional products. Established in 2013, distribution is currently being rolled out in Ireland, the UK and further afield.
Building a Business on Ideas
A forthcoming industry event on Intellectual Property (IP) has been announced for Dublin, entitled 'Building a Business on Ideas: How Intellectual Property turns creative ideas into innovative business opportunities.'
In today’s globalised and innovation-led business environment, high potential companies are built on intangible assets, like IP, which can often account for more than 80% of the value of companies. IP (e.g. patents, designs, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets) results from the innovativeness and creativity of employees and is embodied as the unique features of products and services that make them competitive in the market. Therefore, IP is crucially important for companies, regardless of size and sector, to harness the value of their Innovation. There will be a free industry event happening in Dublin on May 9th, which offers an opportunity to learn how IP is relevant to your business - and what you can do to take control of it. The agenda targets those involved in R&D, new product or process development, design, or any innovation activity with its sights set on competing in export markets. You will hear expert perspectives from private practice, state agencies, Irish Patents Office, the EU, third level research and industry, on the practical realities of managing and using IP to grow your business. The agenda will include topics such as 'What IP means to your business', 'How to work with a Patent Attorney', State innovation supports and technology transfer', 'IP in software products and apps', 'The entrepreneurs experience of IP', with more to be confirmed.
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