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Advice for Irish Exporters? Stick with the UK despite Brexit
Irish Independent
Irish businesses shouldn't turn their backs on the UK despite the Brexit vote.
Enteprise Ireland has pointed out seven potential opportunities, including the UK's National Infrastructure Delivery Plan, the Northern Powerhouse agenda, the Scottish government Investment Plan, the NHS's 'Five year Forward View', the water market, financial services and aerospace.
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Pulsate raises $1.5m investment
Silicon Republic
Patrick Leddy’s mobile marketing software venture Pulsate has closed a €1.5m investment round. The Pulsate ‘Mobile Marketing Growth Stack’ consists of six products from mobile app engagement to conversation tools that build better relationships with customers plus a full analytical and geolocation marketing suite.
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Verizon to buy Irish-based Fleetmatics for €2.1bn
RTE News
Verizon is to buy the Irish-based GPS vehicle-tracking firm Fleetmatics Group for about €2.1 billion in cash to bolster its expansion into the connected vehicle and fleet management market. Fleetmatics was founded in Templeogue in Dublin in 2004 when it employed 10 people and floated on the New York Stock Exchange four years ago.
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Sprint Programme for Enterprise Ireland High Potential Startups
The Enterprise Ireland HPSU SPRINT programme, delivered in partnership with Dublin Business Innovation Centre, is an intensive 4½ day programme to equip you with the toolkits and capabilities to become investor ready in a shorter timeframe.
It consists of practical educational workshops, facilitated peer learning group work and a half day pitch training session.
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Opportunities for graduate entrepreneurs!
Recent graduates are eligible to apply for the Graduate Competitive Start Fund which aims to support early stage start-ups.
The call opens on 24th August for graduates active in the Manufacturing & Internationally Traded Services sectors and will close on 7th September. Click here for full details on eligibility and how to apply.
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Start-up of the week: Gecko Governance
Silicon Republic
Ever since the financial crisis, fund managers have been deluged with a huge amount of new and complex regulation. “Gecko Governance is a new regtech solution that easily allows fund managers to monitor and manage their regulation and compliance requirements,” explains CEO Shane Brett.
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Giving a digital twist to the classic jukebox
Irish Examiner
If you thought that jukeboxes went out in the 1950s you would be wrong. To meet the demands of the current generation of music lovers, company CEO and founder Adam McCrossan created a slim 32-inch wall mounted touchscreen device which is designed to resemble a giant smartphone incorporating a digital jukebox.
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Rent out your car park space with Parkpnp app
Irish Examiner
Entrepreneur Garret Flower has cofounded a new startup called Parkpnp which aims to become the Airbnb for car parking in Ireland. Flower, who previously co-founded Krust Bakery, is raising €500,000 to roll out the business from Enterprise Ireland and other investors.
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Vasorum Ltd. Receives FDA Approval for Celt ACD® Vascular Closure Device
Vasorum Ltd. is an Irish medical device research and development company whose novel Celt ACD® vascular closure device has received approval of its PMA application from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "The FDA approval is a very significant milestone allowing US market entry by Vasorum," stated James Coleman MD, cofounder and CEO of Vasorum.
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