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Venture capital funding in European start-ups falls by a third
- Business
- July 4, 2016, 01:00
Venture capital investment in European start-ups dropped by more than a third in the second quarter, contributing to anxiety about the continent’s tec(...)

Handy – the app that is cleaning up around the world
- Business
- November 30, 2015, 08:00
Thirty-two year old Dubliner Oisin Hanrahan is cleaning up, literally. His start-up Handy, which provides cleaning and DIY services, is pulli(...)

‘Davos with jokes’ goes head to head with ‘Davos for geeks’
- Economy
- November 3, 2014, 01:10
The Web Summit has been called “Davos for geeks”, but Kilkenomics is the “Davos with jokes”. The event returns for a fifth year this year, bringing to(...)

Tech VCs to soak up Dublin’s atmosphere, beer
- Technology
- October 31, 2014, 01:25
In something of a warm-up for the Web Summit, there will be big bucks in the room when the Kauffman Fellows European Venture Capital Summit arrives in(...)

AMCS Group acquires Danish transport software firm
- Technology
- October 29, 2014, 12:04
AMCS Group, a Limerick based waste and recycling management software company, has acquired Transvision, a Danish transport optimisation firm. The term(...)

London launch first in Europe for Handybook
- Technology
- July 9, 2014, 01:01
Handybook, the on-demand home cleaning and repair service co-founded by Oisín Hanrahan, has expanded into Europe by launching in London. The company,(...)

Irish entrepreneur raises €22 million for home improvment services start-up
- Technology
- June 12, 2014, 08:41
Irish entrepreneur Oisin Hanrahan, founder of the US-based Handybook, which provides home-improvement services, has secured €22 million in development(...)

Oisin Hanrahan, Handybook
- Technology
- June 9, 2014, 01:00
A native of Dublin, Oisin Hanrahan was 18 when he got his first taste of entrepreneurial life.While a student at Trinity College Dublin, he set up Cle(...)

Highland Capital closes €250m European tech fund
- Technology
- May 22, 2014, 01:00
Highland Capital Partners Europe has closed its €250 million European Tech Growth Fund, with backing from the National Treasury Management Agency and (...)

InterTradeIreland: Business angels are heaven sent for SMEs
- Sponsored
- February 24, 2014, 01:00
The availability of finance or lack of it for SMEs is the subject of almost continuous public discourse. But much of it is based on anecdotal e(...)