Archive for July, 2007

Two Irish Entrepreneurs on YCombinator – Auctomatic

admin 13th of July 2007 by admin

The Irish Times has a piece on Patrick and John Collison and their startup – Auctomatic which is part of the Ycombinator programme.

Quote from article:

“They rented an office in Limerick for three months but had no luck in securing funding in Ireland despite applying to Enterprise Ireland and other sources of seed funding”

They headed to the US – and based on the team and the advisors they have put together they are on an upward curve.

The timing of seedcamp could not be better…. see previous post and fixing the Irish startup ecosystem

The Future of Web Apps – filling up fast

admin 12th of July 2007 by admin

2-Day Early Bird Conference Passes Sold Out!

Futurefowebapps is a great event – recommend all Irish web2ireland folks to signup NOW !!

Btw, any interest in a Web2Ireland stand for FOWA expo ? [leave comments or link back to post]

Pitchcamp for PaddysValley tour

admin 12th of July 2007 by admin

Apitchcamp for presenting companies – organized by Enterprise Ireland.

Make sure you sign up for PaddysValley

Quarterly VC Investment in Europe Falls but Investment in the Web Soars

admin 12th of July 2007 by admin

Some interesting observations from Sam on recent VC activity

blognation UK technology Blog Archive Quarterly VC Investment in Europe Falls but Investment in the Web Soars

AIB Seed Capital Fund to invest €30m in start-up and early stage businesses in Ireland

admin 2nd of July 2007 by admin

Just spotted AIB Seed Capital Fund to invest €30m in start-up and early stage businesses in Ireland