IVCA: Optimism high as VC funding into Irish SMEs recovers in Q3
The IVCA said the regrowth of international investment shows that investor confidence is recovering after US tariff shocks earlier this year.| Silicon Republic
Dragana Čalija discusses her career challenges, the highlights and her advice for other entrepreneurs and innovators. Read more: Serbia’s first solo female tech founder: ‘I wanted to build something of my own’| Silicon Republic
The funds will empower Granite to accelerate its plans for international expansion. Read more: Irish digital specialist Granite to grow with $10m BGF investment| Silicon Republic
The ongoing outage is the third major disruption to hit a popular web service provider since mid-October, after Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Read more: Cloudflare outage disrupts X, OpenAI and more| Silicon Republic
The EU is also probing whether the DMA is effective in addressing practices that limit competitiveness or are unfair in the cloud sector. Read more: EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services| Silicon Republic
Robert Walters' report highlights the challenges organisations are facing in attracting and retaining long-term talent. Read more: Why are skilled Irish professionals turning down job opportunities?| Silicon Republic
A new project management unit is being established to deliver on projects that drive rejuvenation in Dublin's city centre. Read more: Dublin City Council hiring engineers, architects for city planning unit| Silicon Republic
In another sign that the over-exuberance in the financial market might be correcting itself, Bitcoin has fallen below $90,000 for the first time since April. Read more: Bitcoin erases entire year’s gains as it slips below $90,000| Silicon Republic
Launched in 2024, Keychain is an AI-powered manufacturing platform for the consumer packaged goods industry. Read more: Oisin Hanrahan’s Keychain enters UK after £7.5m raise from retail leaders| Silicon Republic
Ibec’s research found a significant portion of Ireland’s manufacturing business community intend to adopt AI to increase efficiency and innovation. Read more: Ibec: AI adoption is key concern for Irish manufacturing| Silicon Republic
Replicate’s backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, Sequoia and Y Combinator. Read more: Cloudflare acquires Replicate to simplify AI deployment| Silicon Republic
This SETU researcher traces the fine line between order and error in drone systems. Read more: ‘A drone’s world is noisy’: Analysing the quiet moments before drone failure| Silicon Republic
Christian Yao of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington discusses how AI is changing the metric by which employers measure skill. Read more: ‘Powerful AI is now changing what it means to be good at your work’| Silicon Republic
For employees in the modern age, the life of a digital nomad brings great opportunity, but some cities are more suitable than others. Read more: What are the best cities for digital nomads?| Silicon Republic
AuditComply has received backing from Co-Fund NI, BGF, First Derivatives and the British Business Bank. Read more: Co-Fund NI-backed AuditComply exits after sale to Canadian firm Nulogy| Silicon Republic
Project Prometheus is already backed with $6.2bn, partly funded by Bezos, reports the New York Times. Read more: NYT: Jeff Bezos co-CEO of new AI venture Project Prometheus| Silicon Republic
Darling of the circular economy, Vinted is reported to be planning a share sale that would value the second-hand clothing marketplace at $8bn. Read more: European second-hand marketplace Vinted eyes share sale at $8bn valuation| Silicon Republic
The collaboration is in response to the popularity of Revolut as a means of payment on Booking.com’s travel services platform. Read more: Revolut expanding capabilities with Booking.com partnership| Silicon Republic
Apple plans to appeal the verdict, a spokesperson told news outlets. Read more: Apple ordered to pay medtech Masimo $634m for patent infringement| Silicon Republic
The IVCA said the regrowth of international investment shows that investor confidence is recovering after US tariff shocks earlier this year.| Silicon Republic
Fidelity Investment’s Michael Dascal discusses how 2025 is the year for quantum exploration, particularly within the finance space. Read more: How can quantum applications be applied to our financial services?| Silicon Republic
27 researchers in Ireland have been named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list 2025.| Silicon Republic
The Equal1 and ESA collaboration aims to use advanced quantum tech to improve Earth observation and address environmental risks.| Silicon Republic
The exact location for the German base remains unconfirmed, but will be near either Munich or Hannover, Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile said.| Silicon Republic
The Research Ireland and Irish Aid SDG Challenge supports teams to devise sustainable solutions for global development issues.| Silicon Republic
Science Week 2025 will be taking place across the country between 9 and 16 November this year with hundreds of events set to take place.| Silicon Republic
Last June, Amazon filed for permission to conduct surveys off the coast of Cork for its proposed subsea cable connecting Ireland to the US.| Silicon Republic
All the latest comms news covering broadband, network infrastructure, connectivity, 5G, 6G, subsea cables and the telecoms sector.| Silicon Republic
Amazon’s plans for a subsea cable connecting Co Cork to a location at the US’ east coast were first discovered in filings earlier this year.| Silicon Republic
Silicon Republic is Ireland’s most authoritative voice for science and tech news, covering AI, quantum, cybersecurity, research, careers and more.| Silicon Republic
Fast-fashion e-retailer Shein has until the end of the month to provide requested additional information regarding its practices to the EU.| Silicon Republic
The EU has sent Temu and Shein formal requests for information on how they are complying with their obligations under the DSA.| Silicon Republic
The European Consumer Centre has warned of the increasing prevalence of deceptive or dark design patterns.| Silicon Republic
The latest episode of the For Tech’s Sake podcast examines the deceptive UX designs that dupe us all: dark patterns.| Silicon Republic
The latest tech news and announcements from the world's biggest and most interesting tech companies, from major acquisitions to insights from tech leaders.| Silicon Republic
Early cancer detection technology from student entrepreneur Christopher McBrearty impressed judges at the Enterprise Ireland award ceremony.| Silicon Republic
Four students from TU Dublin have invented a portable kit for testing parasites in animals, reducing the time it takes from days to a matter of minutes.| Silicon Republic
The oversubscribed seed funding will be used to improve the storage and transportation of life-saving medicines, the company said.| Silicon Republic
The latest IVCA Venture Pulse survey finds that Irish SMEs raised more than €500m in Q1 2025, while smaller firms continue to take hits.| Silicon Republic
The IVCA has appointed Gerry Maguire, co-founder and general partner of Atlantic Bridge, as its new chair, replacing Denise Sidhu.| Silicon Republic
Dublin-based medtech Fire1 has raised $120m and received the ‘Breakthrough Device Designation’ from the US FDA for its Norm device.| Silicon Republic
A new €5m, four-year-long research programme aimed at improving the survival rates of metastatic or advanced breast cancer has been funded.| Silicon Republic
Prior to her time at Lightstone, Gaynor worked at a number of early-stage medical device start-ups, spending more than a decade in pharma.| Silicon Republic
Mortgage broker Karl Deeter has sold Artificial Intelligence Finance to London-listen Software Circle in a deal valued up to €9m.| Silicon Republic
The EU finds that Shein offers fake discounts on its website and uses deceptive labelling, among other practices.| Silicon Republic
TU Dublin spin-out Micron Agritech has developed a parasite testing kit for animals that delivers on-site testing and rapid results.| Silicon Republic
The fresh round is set to raise between $3bn to $5bn with Iconiq Capital alone investing $1bn into Anthropic, according to sources.| Silicon Republic
Micron Agritech and Pearson Milking Technology bagged the top prizes at this year’s Enterprise Ireland event for agritech innovators.| Silicon Republic
The latest news and developments in artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), quantum computing, robotics and electric vehicles (EVs).| Silicon Republic
All the careers advice and tips you need to succeed, from CV and interview tips to help building your tech skills and navigating the future of work.| Silicon Republic
Amazon has decided to take a stance against remote working and wants staff back in the office five days a week from the start of next year.| Silicon Republic
Silicon Republic Careers brings you all the latest tech careers updates as well as tech jobs announcements and career advice for those working in sci-tech.| Silicon Republic
For professionals looking to expand their STEM and sustainability skills there are a number of avenues to take for career growth.| Silicon Republic
As more people use new and emerging AI-powered tools, organisations and employees need to get ahead of the technology to stay safe.| Silicon Republic
A report from Robert Walters has shown that managers are willing to offer hushed hybrid working arrangements in order to keep talented staff.| Silicon Republic
These 35 companies are currently hiring across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia, with a range of professional opportunities.| Silicon Republic
In the latest episode of Career Close-up, we talk to Paul Kelleher, VP of engineering at QT Technologies (Qualcomm Ireland) in Cork.| Silicon Republic
When asked about the next big thing in tech, Tim Cook shared his excitement for augmented reality with a shout-out for a Dublin company.| Silicon Republic
