- More Irish startups secured investment in 2012, €269 million raised More and more Irish companies and startups are securing capital investment but the value of those investments is decreasing, that's according to the annual Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey.
- Meet Carve Cases – Wooden iPhone cases made in Ireland Last month we covered a good-news story about an investment competition with a difference. Emerging startups were invited to pitch their ideas on Twitter using the hashtag #20000yoyos and two winners would be chosen just weeks later, each receiving €10,000 to help get their idea off the ground.