Sequoia Capital

Controversial facial recognition tool used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies

State-backed company records loss in year in which $400m investment was announced

San Francisco-based company is thought to be laying the groundwork for a direct listing rather than an IPO of shares

International investor agrees to purchase One Building on Lower Grand Canal Street

Fast-growing company promises benefits such as priority support to verified partners

Electric scooter start-up Bird valued at $2bn

With only 5 per cent of global commerce taking place online the payments firm has huge opportunity for growth

Dublin engineering team to focus on online payments firm’s core product

Opens in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

Online payments firm founded by Collisons buys community site for entrepreneurs

Iseult Ward of FoodCloud and chef Mark Moriarty also in Forbes ‘30 under 30 Europe’

Revenue rises 65% to €49m at Silicon Docks-based Stripe Payments Europe Limited

Payments firm founded by Patrick and John Collison valued at $5bn continues to expand

Payments firm run by brothers John and Patrick Collison to launch assault on Asia

Messaging app said to be seeking $20bn valuation despite report of just $59m in 2015 revenue

Marketing software company already employs about 200 people in Ireland