Students tackling sports injuries win big at BT Business Bootcamp
Five students between the ages of 15 and 17 received the best group award at the BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp last month for their project on sports-related injuries. Taha Fareed Farooqi,...
View ArticleMaking the career switch from rugby to inbound sales in tech
Cathal Marsh is a senior inbound sales representative at HR software company Personio. He acts as the first port of call for companies that approach Personio and want to find out more, so his role is...
View ArticleBelfast sports tech start-up Pitchbooking secures £550,000
Belfast start-up Pitchbooking has raised £550,000 in a new funding round to develop its facility and event booking software and expand the business. The funding round was led by Dominic Hughes and Tom...
View ArticleBelfast start-up Kairos scores £500,000 for its sports tech
Kairos Sports Tech has secured £500,000 in investment from Whiterock Finance. The investment will be used to expand the Northern Irish start-up internationally. Last year, Kairos opened a US office...
View ArticlePointsBet plans team growth after opening European HQ in Dublin
US-based gaming tech operator PointsBet has opened its European headquarters in Dublin, with plans to expand its team over the next year to meet demand. The new headquarters, located in the Liberties...
View ArticleFIFA to stay on the ball with AI tech for offside detection
FIFA will use AI-powered, semi-automated offside technology to help referees make offside decisions quicker and more accurately at the World Cup 2022 tournament kicking off in Qatar this November....
View ArticleHow Wimbledon is keeping its eyes on the ball with IBM tech
It’s not every day that you get to visit Wimbledon and walk around its hallowed courts during the tournament. An even rarer cohort of individuals gets to visit the underground bunkers where the...
View ArticleHiiker reaches milestone with €500,000 investment
Former SiliconRepublic.com Start-up of the Week Hiiker has secured €500,000 in investment from Fuel Ventures, Enterprise Ireland and several private investors. Co-founder and CEO Paul Finlay said the...
View ArticleHow Leinster Rugby is making a play for the metaverse
I fell off the roof of Dublin’s Aviva Stadium last week. Thankfully, it wasn’t actually the Aviva – just a virtual reality version of it, and all I ended up hurting was my reputation. I was at...
View Article11 companies looking for tech talent to join their team in Limerick
Co Limerick is the birthplace of some of Ireland’s brightest tech talent. The Collison brothers hail from the area, but Stripe’s founders aren’t the only tech players associated with Ireland’s...
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