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Each quarter, the Irish Venture Capital Association release an overview of the investments made in companies here. Many (about 40-60%) of deals are undisclosed. However, those that are can reveal useful trends in who is investing how much in what. … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the last few years playing with various frameworks like React and Angular (even Java and NetBeans) and using a lot of Bootstrap to roll my own websites to do various things. I think it’s time – after a … Continue reading →

I was at the HealthBox Open Day in London last Thursday where 7 mHealth companies pitched for investment to an invited audience. The companies had participated in the HealthBox 3 month accelerator programme developing aspects of their business as diverse … Continue reading →

Some interesting articles in this week’s Economist on innovation at http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21569381-idea-innovation-and-new-technology-have-stopped-driving-growth-getting-increasing and http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21569393-fears-innovation-slowing-are-exaggerated-governments-need-help-it-along-great. In short, the view is that the era of transformational change (steam, jets, telephones, etc) is behind us. We’re doomed to incremental innovation that will result in perpetually … Continue reading →