Two Irish tech companies announced major developments, with PCH International making an acquisition while Limerick’s AMCS Group secured a €23.5m round of financing.

Performix Technologies, the developer of software to manage employee performance that was originally founded in Dublin, has secured an additional $10m (€8.3m) in venture capital funding.

In deals valued ar more than € 1.5 million, Performix has announced that Sperion Corporation [NYSE:PFNM] a Fortune 500 staffing and human capital management company and TSC [Telcom Services Centre Ltd] a UK outsourcing group are each to implement Emvolve Performance Manager.

Performix has obtained €12m funding in a round led by Highland Capital Partners, with previous investor ICC Software Partners also participating.