18th of September 2009 by admin
A quick reminder on Smartcamp – which is happening in Dublin on October 15th 2009
Great resources for entrepreneurs
- Mentors – including folks from SeedCamp
- Cash – Smartcamp is a partner of the NDRC – €25k prizes
- Corporate partners and international VCs
17th of September 2009 by admin
The National Digital Research Centre is investing in a programme to develop small scale projects with aspiring entrepreneurs to produce commercially focused applications preferably in the web and mobile space.
The upper limit of funding for projects is €25k in total project value for a 3 month project.
All applicants will be required to attend a pitch training workshop on 14th October 2009, 14.00 – 17.00, at the NDRC. This workshop will provide an overview of the NDRC approach and vital information on how to present a convincing pitch.
To apply for this programme you must register on the NDRC site and complete an online application form. You can download the Guidance for Applicants here (.pdf).
The deadline for propsoals to the Entrepreneurial Internship Programme is 30th October, 5pm.
Welcome news to Irish entrepreneurs
11th of September 2009 by admin
SmartCamp is an exclusive networking and mentoring event for entrepreneurs with global ambitions. The program is dedicated to great entrepreneurs who believe that technology can make our world a better place. It provides access to world-class advisors plus a direct route to seed and venture capital.
Apply before 1st October, 2009
Five finalists will be invited to attend an intensive 1 day event session on October15th. This event will be held in the Dublin City Council My Dublin Conference Centre located at the Civic Offices on Wood Quay, Dublin.
Each company will meet and have informal discussions with groups of experienced entrepreneurs, international VC's and executives from large corporations. A total of 25 mentors will be split into teams of 5, meeting each company seperately for a 45 minute roundtable.
An overall winner will be chosen and announced at the closing of the event.
Partners involved with Smartcamp include Seedcamp and the NDRC
10th of September 2009 by admin
At Mobilize 09 in San Francisco today, Dublin startup, Locle will announce the opening of their location services platform to 3rd parties as well as its exclusive integration with Netlog, the largest European Social Network.
According to CEO, Pieter Oonk, growing interest from publishers and online communities to incorporate location elements into an existing experience made Locle decide to offer a number of Web Services to allow for rapid integration of location and notification elements into mobile and traditional web sites.
The customizable location platform offers a new revenue stream for social apps, networks and online communities:
The platform can be used for:
user location and nearby lookup
social networks mash-up
Serendipity messaging
Revenue API
The location services platform can help online communities increase average revenue per user and improve community through location as it bridges the gap between digital and live encounters for dating, live music events, travel and others.
The location services platform has been used to develop Locle for Netlog – the first Mobile Application that works with Netlog, Europe’s largest social network. Based in Gent, Belgium, Netlog has over 52 million members throughout Europe. The Locle mobile clients interact directly with Netlog.com, report location and help users find who's nearby- in the application, on the ‘canvas’ pages and users’ profile pages.
9th of September 2009 by admin
Congratulations to Niall and team at Macalla on acquisition by Roamware
Check recent video of Niall explaining Macalla
6th of September 2009 by conor
Way back in October 2007, I asked if it was time for api.gov.ie. We were unfortunately too busy building the tenements and ghettos of the future at that time to be concerned with such things. However in the U.S. some real momentum began around the idea of Government 2.0 and their CIO is really buying into it.
Tim O’Reilly, the Irishman who coined Web 2.0, has a superb piece in Techcrunch on this topic and has announced the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase and Gov 2.0 Summit.
Anyone in senior positions in Government, Civil Service or Public Sector interested in engaging with us on this in Ireland? All the skills are here. web2ireland.editor AT gmail DOT com if you have the ability to make something happen here.
Here are some simple examples of what has already been done without any public sector or semi-state support, imagine what we could do _with_ official support. Dammit, forget support, this should be a Government mandate.
If you have built anything which uses public sector data, via APIs, scraping or whatever, let us know and we’ll update this post.
UPDATE: Just look at this fabulous tool.
DataMasher is a map-based mash up site just took the Sunlight Foundation’s $10,000 grand prize in theApps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge. This site offers an easy-to-use interface that allows regular citizens to combine and mix data sets without any programming knowledge. From here, data is displayed on a State-by-State basis in map format. Compare cancer hot spots to CO2 emissions, SAT scores to crime rates and even political contributions to State spending.
Could you imagine what we could do with that here? Starting with FAS budgets.
4th of September 2009 by admin
Last year at the IWTC keynote event – the view was that all investment monies were going to commercial properties in the likes of Berlin – and where was our “Ron Conway” – who actually sold his first business to CBT – and then went onto to make hundreds of angel investments including the likes of Google, etc.
On twitter recently we asked “Who are the top 10 Irish Angel investors ?”
Response – 3 names so far. Ray Nolan, Paddy Holohan and Pat Lynch. [we welcome any more names/suggestions]
Related to Angel investing in Ireland, cmypitch.ie is hosting an event Dublin on 22nd September 2009. The “Dragons” are Pat Brazel, Brian Caulfield, Eamonn Fallon and Maurice Roche.
The uber-connected Irish Opportunist, Paul Walsh, has recently joined forces with Angels Den, and Paul will soon be announcing some exciting new initiatives for the Irish market.
To cap it off, Chris Horn, in today’s Irish Times, has an excellent piece on the Smart Economy – Strategy
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In what sectors can Ireland win? Digital media, renewable energy and novel telecommunications come to mind. But whatever sector, civil servants should not guess what is going to be hot in the years ahead; rather the State agencies should follow and endorse those angels and founders who put their own money, business experience and commitment to work.
Any suggestions on how to grow the Angel investing scene in Ireland ? please comment….
31st of August 2009 by admin
After the success of the Facebook Garage Ireland events in Dublin, we’re now heading out of Dublin.
First up is Belfast. The event is on Monday, October 12, 2009 from 3:00 PM at The Black Box, Hill St, Belfast
Thanks to Andy McMillan (twitter:goodonpaper) who is hosting/organizing the event. We also have great support from Elaine Thompson at InvestNI
If you’re interested in attending, participating, talking, etc please sign up and check the Facebook Page
28th of August 2009 by admin
Is it 1999 ….
Birchhall Investments, a newly-created subsidiary of Irish investment group NCB Ventures, has acquired Xtra-vision from Blockbuster. Paidcontent has more details on the deal
A bricks & mortar type investment from an Irish VC
28th of August 2009 by admin
Friday 28th August, 2009
@hatmedia We have an opening for a Social Media Specialist at Hat Media. Part time
cplsoultions web guru for a contract role with a large multinational who are launching a v1 of their new search engine
@hookhead Looking for a .Net Developer 4-5 years experience (preferably permanent)
Amazon Ireland are hiring Developers and Tech Operations folks.
Newbay are looking for developers
MeaningMine is looking for Java developer
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