- 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.
- Facebook is expanding its workforce in Ireland, 100 new jobs available Facebook is expanding its workforce at its international headquarters in Ireland, adding 100 new positions and growing the company's total head count to 500 at its base in Ireland's capital, Dublin.
- Pub Summit series expands to 100 cities worldwide in 2013 The organisers of the acclaimed Web Summit series have announced big and ambitious plans to expand their Pub Summit series to 100 cities across 40 countries and five continents in 2013.
- Dublin's Web Summit team has "taken over" The Europas, Europe's tech startup awards The Web Summit team has "taken over" The Europas, Europe's tech startup awards, and will host an event this coming January in Berlin.
- Tawkify – offline internet dating, kind of Just when you thought the web was saturated with dating sites (and it probably is), Tawkify comes along. We caught-up with Kenneth Shaw, co-founder and CEO of the Silicon Valley-based startup at the Dublin Web Summit and listened to his story.
- Dublin named as one of seven best new cities for startups Fortune has named Dublin, Ireland as one of the seven best new global cities for startups, sharing Silicon Valley's "potent combination of creativity and capitalism".
- New Canadian visa links immigrant entrepreneurs with local investors Canada hopes to attract high-potential startups to the country by creating a new type of visa for entrepreneurs, and in particular those involved in the technology industry, reports The Globe and Mail.
- Last call for entries to Spark of Genius startup competition This coming Friday, September 14, is the final date at which entries to the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius startup competition will be accepted.
- 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.
- Dublin added to Startupbootcamp mentoring programme Startupbootcamp have today announced plans to expand their start-up mentoring network to include Berlin, London, Madrid, and now Dublin. Dublin will join as the third city to create a pan-European network this year along with Copenhagen and Madrid, with Berlin and London expected to participate in 2012.