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Access to funding biggest concern for tech start-ups

Access to funding remains the biggest concern for Irish founders and CEOs according to a new survey from Scale Ireland, a representative body for Irish tech start-ups and scale-up companies.

Business • 13 Feb

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Ireland's skills insufficient to meet demand - report

Ireland faces a considerable challenge to meet the future skills needs of its indigenous IT sector according to a new report.

Business • 17 Oct 25

Access to funding biggest concern for start-ups

Access to funding remains the biggest concern for the founders and CEOs of start-up companies according to new research.

Business • 08 May 25

Elaine Negi, Bord na Móna, Carol Gibbons, Enterprise Ireland, Vanessa Hartley, VP, Head of Google Ireland, Nick Ashmore, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Martina Fitzgerald, CEO of Scale Ireland and Brian Caulfield, Chair of Scale Ireland

Scale Ireland's Start-up summit to be held in Athlone

Plans have been announced to hold Ireland's fourth Regional Start-up Summit in Athlone at the end of March.

Business • 28 Jan 25

The State of Start-ups Survey reveals that 82% of respondents are deploying or preparing to deploy AI

Vast majority of Irish tech start-ups embrace AI - survey

The vast majority of Irish tech start-up and scaling companies are deploying or preparing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) according to a new survey.

Business • 22 Feb 24

More than half of the CEOs and founders surveyed - 51.6% - considered funding to be their biggest challenge in the last year, up from 47% in 2021

Access to finance biggest challenge for tech start-ups

Access to finance is the biggest challenge facing tech startups here, the latest Scale Ireland State of Start-ups survey concludes.

Business • 24 Feb 23

230 start-up founders and CEOs contributed to the survey

Raising capital a top problem for tech start-ups

Raising capital and recruiting and retaining staff are the biggest challenges facing Irish tech start-ups, according to the findings of a survey carried out by Scale Ireland.

Business • 28 Jan 22

Conor Hanley and Grainne Dwyer are among those steering Scale Ireland

New organisation launched to represent startups

A new organisation has been set up to represent entrepreneurs involved in start-ups here.

Business • 26 Sep 19

Scale Ireland