Kinzen Co-Founder Talks Real News
Áine Kerr started her a career as a political correspondent writing for national papers before becoming head of content and then managing editor at Storyful. Up until 2017 she led global journalism partnerships at Facebook in New York.
Kerr’s dedication to improving how we consume news led her organically to her next venture as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Kinzen, a start-up developing solutions to control your news experience. Along with her co-founders Paul Watson and Storyful founder and former Twitter Ireland boss Mark Little, Kerr sought to create a news experience that the user can control and tailor to suit their needs and tastes – a personalised, authentic experience amid an era of misinformation, mistrust and fake news.Read more
Guinness Enterprise Centre invests €200k in CoConnect initiative
Guinness has invested €200,000 in a new initiative aimed at enriching the start-up ecosystem in Ireland by promoting more engagement and collaboration between regions.
Winners of Aer Lingus Start-Up Awards Announced
Four Irish start-ups have been announced as the winners of Aer Lingus’ inaugural TakeOff Foundation Start-Up Awards.Read more
Irish Health Start-Up Wins Award in San Francisco
Kinesis Health Technologies, an Irish health technology start-up, has been declared overall winner of the Tech Day pitching competition, held during the 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress in San Francisco.Read more
Duties of Dublin Start-up Commissioner move to Digital Hub and DCU
Following a two year pilot project, the Office of the Dublin Commissioner for Start-ups is to be restructured. Read more
SilverCloud raises $8.1m from VC firm
Digital health company SilverCloud Health has announced that it has raised $8.1 million in Series A funding.Read more
Enterprise Ireland launches €200K Feasibility Fund for Cork
Enterprise Ireland has launched its €200,000 Competitive Feasibility Fund for entrepreneurs and early stage start-up companies in the Cork region. Read more
Business Angel Group To Raise €6M in 48 hours
Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) has announced that it will seek to raise new funds of €6 million in the space of just 48 hours, at its Business Angel Roadshow, starting Wednesday November 9th in Dublin.Read more
The Digital Hub Attracts Five New Companies
Building on its successful start to 2016, The Digital Hub, a flexible working space based in Dublin, has attracted a further five new tech companies into the digital cluster. Read more
Allmin Resources Wins Business of the Year Award
Alpa Agrawal, founder of Allmin Resources Ireland Ltd., has been recognised at the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme Awards and Showcase, as her company was named Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of the Year 2016.Read more