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Zeus Scooters Acquires Zipp Mobility

Zeus Scooters, a leading Irish mobility company, today announced that it has acquired Zipp Mobility, an Irish shared e-scooter and e-bike service provider, for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition will enable Zeus to continue to expand its reach into the Irish and UK markets and follows-on from its acquisition last year of UK-based scooter-sharing operator, Zwings.

Zeus, headquartered in Carlow, was founded by Damian Young in 2019. The company began an e-scooter sharing service in Germany in 2020 and since then it has expanded rapidly across Europe and Asia.

Zipp, headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, was founded by Charlie Gleeson in 2019. Since then the company has launched e-scooter and e-bike services in 9 locations across Ireland, the UK and Poland.

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Zeus Scooters Acquires Zipp Mobility - techbuzzireland Zeus Scooters Acquires Zipp Mobility

Hometree raises $46m and branches out with BeWarm deal

Hometree, the Irish-founded energy services provider, has raised $46m and acquired financing platform BeWarm for an undisclosed amount.

Hometree, founded by Dubliner Simon Phelan, offers services to help homeowners upgrade their energy hardware and prevent it from breaking down.

The UK-based company said its core services have trebled over the past 12 months, organically and through M&As.

Hometree raises $46m and branches out with BeWarm deal Hometree has grown significantly in the past 12 months and aims to be 'the leading residential energy efficiency platform across Europe'.

Galway’s Vivasure Medical Ltd. Medical raises €30m for its vessel closure tech

Vivasure has also received FDA approval to begin a pivotal study for its synthetic implant, which seals blood vessels from the inside.

Galway medtech Vivasure Medical Ltd. Medical has received a €30m strategic investment from Haemonetics to help develop its vessel closure technology.

“We are delighted to now be partnered with Haemonetics, which has quickly established itself as a market leader in advanced vessel closure,” said Vivasure Medical CEO Andrew Glass.

Galway’s Vivasure Medical raises €30m for its vessel closure tech Vivasure has received a €30m investment and got FDA approval to begin a pivotal study for its PerQseal implant.

Limerick’s Provizio showcases car safety tech at CES Las Vegas

Provizio is gearing up to take autonomous driving mainstream by aiming to make its 5D Perception technology as ubiquitous as seat belts.

Founded in 2019 by former Arralis CEO Barry Lunn, Provizio has developed a five-dimensional perception system called 5D Perception that it claims can continually see, track and interpret vehicular behaviour and identify roadway elements – even during bad weather conditions.

“The real key to this technology achieving mass adoption is the ability for it to be implemented at scale,” Lunn added. “On any one day, Provizio and our partners are testing on roads in Shannon and Palo Alto, in German cornfields, down Pittsburgh mines or scooting in Stockholm.”

Limerick’s Provizio showcases car safety tech at CES Las Vegas Provizio is gearing up to take autonomous driving mainstream by aiming to make its 5D Perception technology as ubiquitous as seat belts.

Cork-based cybersecurity start-up Vaultree to create 50 jobs globally

Ireland-headquartered cybersecurity start-up Vaultree has been busy recently. First, there was its $12.8m fundraising announcement.

Then there was the news it had been selected by European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) for its latest accelerator programme.

‘We’ll be recruiting globally, but we are putting a strong emphasis on creating a strong local specialist base. We have probably one of the largest cryptography teams in Ireland’ Ryan Lasmaili.

Cork-based cybersecurity start-up Vaultree to create 50 jobs globally Fresh off the back of major fundraising, Vaultree is looking to expand its team with engineers, QAs, mathematicians and physicists.

Wicklow manufacturing company’s expansion to create 80 new jobs

Automatic Plastics serves clients from Ireland and overseas with specialist manufacturing services for the pharma and medtech sectors.

Brian Larkin, CEO of Comar, said that Automatic Plastics’ growth plans are expected to transform Comar’s European capabilities.

Wicklow manufacturing company's expansion to create 80 new jobs Automatic Plastics serves clients from Ireland and overseas with specialist manufacturing services for the pharma and medtech sectors.

New portal to connect tech businesses across the island of Ireland

InterTradeIreland is funding a collaboration between TechIreland and Startacus to ‘open doors’ to new cross-border opportunities.

Margaret Hearty, CEO at InterTradeIreland, said that the new project is a “testament to the power of cross-border collaboration and what it can achieve for businesses on the island of Ireland”.

“The portal already features over 3,000 tech businesses from across the island,” said TechIreland chief executive John O'Dea. “The events will enable collaboration to help strengthen the all-island economy and support the tech ecosystem.”

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New portal to connect tech businesses across the island of Ireland InterTradeIreland is funding a collaboration between TechIreland and Startacus to ‘open doors’ to new cross-border opportunities.

Dublin-based AI medtech brings its diagnostic platform to the US

The company first launched its virtual pathology service at the end of 2021, which has been used by international healthcare providers including the UK’s NHS.

“The US launch of Diagnexia is an important milestone for the business in its ambition to use Digital Pathology and AI to provide easy access to the world’s leading pathologists,” Deciphex CEO Donal O'Shea said.

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Dublin-based AI medtech Deciphex brings its diagnostic platform to the US Deciphex first launched its virtual pathology service at the end of 2021, which provides access to remote experts for pathology services.

11 companies looking for tech talent to join their team in Limerick

Limerick are the hurling champions of Ireland this year, but the county is no slouch when it comes to tech either.

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 south-west.

The Shannon region has long played host to several major FDI companies including Analog Devices, Inc., while others, such as Eli Lilly and Company, have recently chosen to expand their Irish operations into Limerick.

Here are some of the companies that are hiring in the region at the moment : , Legato Health Technologies Ireland, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Devices, Kneat Solutions, Lilly and Company, Expleo Group, Three Ireland, FileCloud, WP Engine.

Read more below : Limerick Chamber, Limerick, Limerick Institute of Technology - LIT, City and County Council, Limerick Chamber Skillnet, - Kemmy Business School (KBS) University of Limerick

11 companies looking for tech talent to join their team in Limerick Limerick are the hurling champions of Ireland this year, but the county is certainly no slouch when it comes to tech either.

Expleo Ireland creates 200 jobs as it opens Cork hub

Expleo Group, a global technology, engineering and consulting service provider, has announced 200 new jobs and the opening of its first regional hub in Mahon in Co Cork.

"Following extensive research of available resources and skills throughout the country, it was evident that regional hubs would provide Expleo with the additional talent and impetus we need to deliver on our ambitious growth plans," said Phil Codd, Managing Director, Expleo Ireland.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0624/1306597-200-new-jobs-at-expleo/

Expleo Ireland creates 200 jobs as it opens Cork hub Expleo, a global technology, engineering and consulting service provider, has announced 200 new jobs and the opening of its first regional hub in Mahon in Co Cork.