The sky is the limit for Keelvar, writes Trish Dromey with its procurement software attracting big-name customers

This firm’s ambition is to be the leading provider of foreign exchange front office technology solutions globally and to have 15 of the world’s top 50 banks on their books — not bad for a four-year-old company, reports Trish Dromey

Cubic Telecom, the Dublin- based communications firm, has attracted $5.2m (€4m) in external investment and is to create more than 70 jobs over the next three years.

More than 150 jobs are to be created in two separate investments.

More than 150 jobs are to be created in two separate investments.

Preparing for the launch of a computer game called Kings of the Realm this summer, Dublin games company Digit Games Studio expects to have hundreds of thousands of players by the end of the year and several million by 2014.

This year’s Dublin Web Summit climaxes this evening, with one enterprise winning the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius Start-Up Competition.

ALLIED Irish Bank is anticipating a record year of seed funding investment in 2012 and expects to support the creation of at least 20 new high-performing, innovative businesses in the coming year.

A CORK company has been acquired in a deal that sees it being the first Irish hi-tech firm to betaken over by a Chinese corporation.

Dublin: Six ambitious Software start-ups and SMEs met six of the countries biggest venture capitalists at the Software Investment Forum.

IRISH firms have generated sales totalling €46m with clients in Japan, the world’s second largest economy.

THREE companies will this week fight it out for first prize at the Docklands Innovation Park Enterprise Awards 2008 where the overall winner will receive €10,000 and runners up will get €1,500 each.

NOVATE MEDICAL, a privately-held development-stage medical device company based in Galway, has just completed a €4m round of funding.

MANAGING director of ACT Venture Capital, Niall Carroll, has been elected chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association. He replaces Des Fahey, chief executive of the Dublin Business Innovation Centre, who has completed his term of office.

Compound semi-conductor company Firecomms has raised €9.6 million in funding involving new and existing shareholders.

SHARES in AGI Therapeutics got off to a flyer on the company’s first day of trading on the Dublin and London stock markets yesterday.

A PHARMACEUTICAL company fronted by former Elan executives plans to raise over €40 million from a stock market flotation.

A CONSORTIUM of investors has pumped e14 million into a television station due to launch this year.

Ireland’s newest national television station has secured €14m in funding from investors, it was claimed today.

BANKING software group CR2 managed to reduce its losses last year and sales in 2005 are running ahead of target.

Venture capital investment in Irish companies has increased dramatically in the first quarter of 2005, with the €75.4m invested more than twice the amount invested in the previous quarter.

IRISH software firm AEP Systems has merged with a US company and secured €3.6 million in fresh funding.

Prime Carrier, a Dublin based telecoms software company, has raised €5.25m in second round funding to go towards financing its expansion.

Stockbyte, the Irish owned, global stock photography leader, today announced that it has bought out the 30% stake held by its venture capital partner, ACT Venture Capital, for an undisclosed sum.

TRALEE-BASED Stockbyte has completed the multi-million buyout of the 30% stake held in the company by ACT Venture Capital.

Queens University spin-off Amphion has announced the closing of a $5m (€4.37m) funding round.

Belfast based company, Amphion has announced that it has closed its latest funding round during which it raised $5m (€4.29m).

Irish born Dr Mike Lynch, founder and CEO of Autonomy, is one of the keynote speakers at this year's Irish Software Association National Conference which takes place in O'Reilly Hall Dublin on Wednesday, May 21.

Eblana Photonics, the Irish-based provider of advanced laser products for broadband access communications, has announced that the company has secured a $4.5m (€4.2m) investment in a 'Series B' fundraising.

Eblana Photonics, the Irish based provider of advanced laser products for broadband access communications, has announced that the company has secured a $4.5m (€4.2m) investment in a 'Series B' fundraising.

ACT Venture Capital has raised €170m for its third venture capital fund, which is mainly targeted at investments in technology-based companies in Ireland.

Galway company Am Beo has received an additional €2.5m as an addition to its second round funding and this brings its total second round of funding to €12.5m.

Am-Beo the Galwegian provider of rating and revenue chain management solutions for next generation services, announced today a second round funding of €10 million from the UK based Advent Venture Partners and Dublin based ACT Venture Capital.

In an investment supported by Enterprise Ireland, Am-Beo has received €3m funding.

Prediction Dynamics has closed its Series A investment round with a second phase injection of €1.34m from ACT Venture Capital and Enterprise Ireland.

CR2 Group, has announced that it has received additional investment, and has appointed Dr. Chris Horn, as non-executive director, to the CR2 Board.