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Manna passes 250,000 drone deliveries

Drone delivery company Manna said it has surpassed 250,000 drone deliveries, including more than 60,000 flights in Dublin 15 since commencing operations there two years ago.

February 4, 2026

“I treated it like my business” – Why Frank Brennan is buying Republic of Work

Nine years on, the Cork hub’s first employee is confident he can balance start-up accelerator programmes with the provision of flexible office space – including for large corporations.

January 6, 2026

CEO Frank Brennan buys Republic of Work from shareholders

Republic of Work, the Cork co-working and innovation campus, has announced that the CEO, Frank Brennan, has acquired the business from its shareholders Dan and Linda Kiely and co-founder Dave Ronayne.

January 6, 2026

CEO Brennan acquires Cork’s Republic of Work from shareholders

Frank Brennan has acquired Cork’s start-up hub, Republic of Work, from Dan and Linda Kiely and co-founder Dave Ronayne.

January 6, 2026

From first hire to owner: Frank Brennan buys out shareholders of Cork’s Republic of Work

Frank Brennan, the first employee and current chief executive of Republic of Work, has acquired the business from its shareholders Dan and Linda Kiely, and co-founder Dave Ronayne.

January 6, 2026

Republic of Work acquired by CEO from co-founder and investors

The CEO of Republic of Work, the Cork-based co-working and innovation campus, has acquired the business from its shareholders Dan and Linda Kiely and co-founder Dave Ronayne.

January 6, 2026

Brennan acquires Cork's Republic of Work from investors and co-founder

CEO Frank Brennan acquires shares of investors David Ronayne and Dan and Linda Kiely

January 6, 2026

Ireland's scale-up problem: Dan Kiely on building the next €100m giants

The Cork investor speaks about the end of the 24/7 hustle culture, his AI suspicions and mental health in Ireland.

December 15, 2025

Louise Phelan joins Dan and Linda Kiely’s MASV investment vehicle

Former PayPal executive joins MASV as COO to spearhead support of high-growth businesses.

November 24, 2025

‘We want people to want a piece of what we are doing’ – Voxpro founder Dan Kiely considers external funding for family investment office MASV

Tech entrepreneur plays down AI bubble fears as he looks to build companies towards the €100m mark

November 23, 2025

Voxpro founder Dan Kiely joins board of AI start-up Momntum

Former Voxpro founder Dan Kiely has joined the board of directors of AI start-up Momntum as the company seeks to transform customer support.

July 14, 2025

Voxpro co-founder Dan Kiely joins Momntum board

Momntum, the artificial intelligence customer relationship platform, has appointed Voxpro co-founder Dan Kiely to its board of directors.

July 14, 2025

Momntum appoints Voxpro founder Dan Kiely to board of directors

Momntum, an AI customer relationship platform, has appointed Voxpro founder Dan Kiely to its board of directors.

July 14, 2025

General Catalyst gave a legal tech startup $75 million to go company shopping. It just made its first purchase

Eudia, a fast-growing legal startup, has agreed to buy Irish-founded alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana. The terms of the deal are undisclosed.

July 8, 2025

Johnson Hana is sold in €42 million deal

Legal-services provider Johnson Hana has been sold in a €42 million deal.

July 4, 2025

Alternative legal platform Johnson Hana sold - Dan Kiely and AIB among investors set for payday

Alternative legal services firm Johnson Hana has been sold for around $50 million in a deal that’s set to lead to a substantial return for investors that include AIB, Enterprise Ireland and Dan Kiely.

July 2, 2025

Big payday for investors Dan Kiely and AIB as Johnson Hana sold in $50m deal

Dan Kiely, AIB and Enterprise Ireland are among those set for a substantial pay day following the $50m sale of alternative legal services firm Johnson Hana.

July 2, 2025

Irish-founded alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana has been sold for $50m

The fast-growing Irish legal firm works with blue-chip multinationals. It has now been bought by an American augmented intelligence platform that recently raised $105m.

July 1, 2025

From Dublin to San Francisco: How Y Combinator helped Solidroad find its groove

Earlier this month, Solidroad raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by San Francisco-based VC firm First Round Capital and backed by Y Combinator.

June 26, 2025

‘We want to be Ireland’s next biggest company’ - Can Protex AI end workplace accidents?

If you want to succeed, you have to think big. And if ambition is any indicator of future success, then it seems as if Protex AI’s founders have it all ahead of them.

June 23, 2025

Dublin-founded Y Combinator start-up Solidroad picks up $6.5m

Solidroad is part of the winter 2025 cohort at Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley start-up accelerator.

June 6, 2025

Solidroad just raised $6.5M to reinvent customer service with AI that coaches, not replaces

Solidroad, an artificial intelligence startup that promises to solve one of customer service's most persistent problems, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to expand its platform that automatically trains customer service representatives and improves AI agents.

June 5, 2025

Irish duo’s Solidroad start-up lands $6.5m in funding as its AI takes over contact centre staff training

The Dublin pair, who first met while working in Intercom, have seen their AI customer experience platform go from zero to $1m in customer revenue in recent months

June 5, 2025

Pat Phelan-chaired tech platform Limbo kicks off new Series A raise and targets $80m sales

Limbo, whose backers include former basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, is looking to more than triple revenues by 2027 and make deeper inroads into the $214 billion global weight loss market

April 30, 2025

Inside Ireland’s deeptech scene: High risk, high reward

Elaine Burke visits DeeptechFest in Cork to learn what it takes to scale a deeptech startup

April 21, 2025

Manna Drone delivery service to expand to Cork, pre-tax losses rise

We are very excited about this upcoming growth phase of the business which will put Manna and Ireland firmly in number one position worldwide for drone delivery.

March 31, 2025

From Fintech to Foodtech: the eight Irish companies that make the Sifted 100 fastest-growing startups list

CleverCards is the highest ranked startup on the list, which ranks companies by revenue

March 26, 2025

Manna drone delivery firm raises $30m, bringing total to $60m

Although the firm’s drone deliveries are only available in Dublin’s Blanchardstown, it also has trials underway in Helsinki and Texas

March 26, 2025

Manna raises $30m in funding to further grow drone delivery service

Company has begun testing in the Nordics, is eyeing entry to UK and has signed deals with delivery groups JustEat and DoorDash

March 26, 2025

Legal leaders or laggards?

Pressure is on in-house lawyers to demonstrate their value to the business

March 5, 2025

As Dublin startup Protex AI raises a Series B round of €34m, founder Dan Hobbs says they owe it all to the BT Young Scientists

The AI workplace safety platform has now raised over €50m in funding in just three years. Cofounder and CEO, Dan Hobbs, explains what they do and how they got to such early lofty height in the industry

February 4, 2025

Amazon And Tesla Use This Company’s AI To Prevent Warehouse Accidents

Protex AI, backed by Salesforce Ventures, just raised a $36 million Series B to help companies detect when workers aren’t wearing hard hats and engaging in other types of unsafe behavior.

February 4, 2025

Irish drone delivery firm Manna ‘thrilled’ to begin trials in Finland

Irish drone delivery company Manna is to start a trial in Finland.

January 31, 2025

Irish health platform Cambrean acquired by Nucleus

Irish AI-based health platform Cambrean has been acquired by US health technology company Nucleus for an undisclosed sum.

January 30, 2025

Irish biotech Cambrean acquired by DNA startup Nucleus

The Cork-founded software gives Nucleus more precise health data points for its analysis.

January 30, 2025

Dan Kiely-backed digital health start-up Cambrean scooped up by US firm Nucleus

Cambrean, a Cork health tech start-up backed by Dan Kiely, has been acquired by US tech company Nucleus Genomics.

January 30, 2025

Drone rangers of Manna to deliver world-leading status to Dublin

The Irish aerial distributor is planning a record-setting expansion for 2025 that will also include Cork and Waterford

January 12, 2025

Sisu Clinic secures $15m in venture debt funding

Company to continue focusing on US market

January 7, 2025

The nine high profile Irish business leaders behind €3 million cash injection in Argeau

The wealth advisory and fintech firm was established by former Davy executives

December 31, 2024

Irish AI start-up Solidroad picked for prestigious Y Combinator accelerator

The company, which will receive $500,000 investment as part of programme, raised $1.2m earlier this year from a number of well-known Irish angel investors

December 19, 2024

The Hottest Startups in Dublin in 2024

Barespace has processed more than €10 million ($11.1 million) in payments in its first 20 months since launch, growing the business by more than 300 percent.

October 14, 2024

Emer O’Hora joins Johnson Hana as head of legal

Ms O’Hora, who will lead the legal solutions team, joins from Newswhip, where she was head of legal and company secretary for four years.

September 19, 2024

Sisu reports jump in revenues as it targets new financing

Cosmetic treatments chain attributes rise in turnover in part to an increase in male customers who are paying more attention to their appearance

September 18, 2024

Europe’s drone-friendly regulations are helping Manna soar above U.S. delivery rivals

Drone delivery is one sector where strong regulation is a plus, not a hindrance. This makes the EU a surprisingly fertile ground for a company like Manna and its backyard delivery service.

September 5, 2024

‘I failed but I will wear it as a badge of honour’ – Tech entrepreneur Dan Kiely on folding Vudini

After deciding to call it a day on his latest venture, Dan Kiely tells the Business Post that people shouldn’t be afraid of talking about failure

August 13, 2024

Solidroad: Upskilling customer-facing teams with AI

Founded last year by Mark Hughes and Patrick Finlay, Dublin-based Solidroad raised $1.2m in a round backed by some big names in Irish tech earlier this month.

July 16, 2024

Cork University Maternity Hospital becomes first hospital to offer free period care to staff

Cork University Maternity Hospital has made history with new period initiative for staff

July 8, 2024

The Wicklow brothers taking the pain out of in-house legal drudgery

In 2017, Dan and Alex Fox set up Johnson Hana. Their goal? To disrupt the legal marketplace by taking over the often tedious, labour-intensive work clogging up corporate legal departments

July 7, 2024

Solidroad, founded by former Intercom employees, raises $1.2m

CEO and co-founder Mark Hughes describes the start-up as a ‘flight-simulator for customer-facing teams’.

July 4, 2024

Dublin-based Solidroad snaps €1.1 million to accelerate its ‘flight-simulator’ for customer-facing teams

Solidroad, an innovative AI-powered platform dedicated to revolutionising hiring, onboarding, and training for enterprises, has successfully raised €1.1 million.

July 4, 2024

Solidroad raises $1.2m for its AI-powered training platform

A host of well-known Irish techies lines up to back the start-up led by Mark Hughes and Patrick Finlay

July 4, 2024

Drone deliveries pass ice-cream test with flying colours in Dublin trial

Manna’s hovering delivery machines are less noisy and less intrusive than cars, operations manager says

June 8, 2024

Irish drone company aims for one million deliveries by end of the year

Manna boss says business will soon be ready to take on substantial pre-IPO investment

March 7, 2024

Cork-based aesthetic surgeons calling for change in industry legislation

The co-founder of SISU Clinics says they are rectifying four cases a week of treatment undertaken by unqualified providers

March 6, 2024

Republic of Work Examines How Deeptech can lead to a Carbon-Neutral Future

DeeptechFest Ireland 2024 will bring together a group of industry experts, investors, policymakers, and innovators

February 22, 2024

Sweepr raises additional $4m from investors

Company founded by Alan Coleman has now secured a total of $13m in Series A funding from its investors

November 16, 2023

Sweepr raises extra $4m in extension of Series A funding round

Dublin-based company has also signed a deal with TELUS Ventures

November 16, 2023

Sisu Clinic Partners With Harvey Nichols For Beauty Treatments

Sisu Clinic is setting up an in-store beauty treatments facility at the Harvey Nichols in Dundrum Town Centre, with more to follow across retailer’s UK shops in 2024.

November 13, 2023

Lucky Beard Seeks Happy Lawyers in New Campaign for Johnson Hana

The Dublin-based creative consultancy Lucky Beard has created a new cross-platform campaign for Johnson Hana, Ireland’s first alternative legal solutions provider.

October 27, 2023

Collaboration to revolutionise workplace safety

PROTEX AI, an innovator in AI-powered safety solutions, is delighted to announce its strategic partnership with Intelex Technologies, a leader in cloud-based Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality (EHSQ) management software.

October 11, 2023

Manna applies for licence to provide drone deliveries in UK

Company has formally applied for permission to operate with an as-yet-unnamed location already selected

September 26, 2023

Limbo: No calorie-counting, just gentle nudges into healthier eating habits

This weight-loss programme combines AI and human feedback to monitor your glucose levels help you make better diet choices

August 17, 2023

Riley’s Aine Kilkenny: ‘We fundamentally believe period products should be treated the exact same as toilet paper’

Co-founder of period care company talks about global expansion, how she was inspired by her late father, and how Tiger Woods makes her furious

July 28, 2023

Drone firm Manna to raise fresh funding for US expansion

Bobby Healy says company’s target market is worth $175bn a year

July 27, 2023

“Forward-looking firms will see Johnson Hana as a potential partner, not a threat”

Former head of Meta Ireland Gareth Lambe has just joined the advisory board of alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana.

July 25, 2023

Enterprise Ireland puts €1m in funding into drone business Manna

European Commission state aid register shows drone delivery company received money in recent fundraising round

July 22, 2023

The best zero-proof canned and bottled cocktails to try

Roasted and pressed piñas from Mexican blue Weber agave form the base of tasty nonalcoholic margarita and Paloma alternatives.

July 13, 2023

Meet The Disruptors: Dan Fox of Johnson Hana On The Five Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry

Challenge convention. Similar to the above, but this isn’t necessarily something people actively dislike. It might be something they do without considering it, because it’s always been done that way. Challenge it. Challenge why. Challenge why it can’t be better.

June 12, 2023

Legal services disruptor Johnson Hana appoints John Purdy as chairman

Businessman John Purdy has been appointed chairman of Johnson Hana, an ambitious alternative legal services provider.

May 21, 2023

Founders Weekend at Republic of Work Offers Exciting Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

A weekend that offers passionate entrepreneurs (budding and serial) the opportunity to network with mentors and share ideas with other start-ups takes place later this month at Republic of Work in Cork City.

May 12, 2023

Gigable targets €800,000 crowd funding round

Deal values company at €7.56 million

May 3, 2023

The ISH Company: “More Than 25 Products in the Works That Have the Same Taste & Texture of Animal Products”

The ISH Company is a US startup taking a unique approach to producing “deliciously disruptive” plant-based seafood.

April 13, 2023

Sisu raises additional financing for US and British expansion

Sisu, which has now raised close to $17 million to date from investors, is targeting revenues of €20 million this year.

April 2, 2023

Irish Drone Delivery Startup Expanding To U.S. And Mainland Europe

One of the world’s most successful drone delivery companies will be expanding to mainland Europe and the United States in 2023.

March 20, 2023

Drone Delivery Player Manna Enters US Market With Coca-Cola HBC Investment

Manna, the Irish drone delivery start-up, is expanding into the US after securing an investment from Coca-Cola HBC.

March 16, 2023

From AI to clothing exchanges: the Irish on Forbes 30 under 30 list

Protex AI cofounders Dan Hobbs and Ciarán O’Mara were named in the technology list. The company uses artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to identify potentially unsafe behaviour in settings such as warehouses, manufacturing facilities and ports, helping to proactively protect workers and create safer workplaces.

March 8, 2023

Forbes 30 under 30: Six Irish business people make prestigious list for 2023

Co-founders of Irish founded Protex AI, Ciarán O’Meara and Dan Hobbs, who are 26 and 28, also feature on the prestigious list for this year.

March 7, 2023

Protex AI: Making workplaces safer one CCTV camera at a time

An alumnus of the prestigious Y Combinator, Limerick-based Protex AI is on a mission to revolutionise workplace safety using artificial intelligence.

February 27, 2023

Resale platform Open for Vintage launches in US

Europe-based resale platform Open for Vintage (OFV) has set its sights on the US market, partnering with Poshmark to power its launch in the region.

February 24, 2023

Johnson Hana eases heavy burden of routine legal services

The legal services firm has a ‘marketplace’ of lawyers to reduce costs and increase efficiencies for businesses

February 4, 2023

Plant-based seafood startup the ISH Company rides new funding wave toward pipeline commercialization

Today, the company announced over $5 million in a seed round to speed up the growth and development of its plant-based food products pipeline

January 24, 2023

The Best Non-Alcoholic Drinks Worth a Shot This Dry January

Parch says it’s the first non-alcoholic, agave-based canned cocktail.

January 1, 2023

Republic of Work expands with first office outside of Cork

A new coworking and innovation hub is set to open in Clonmel next month, which will bring a unique opportunity for remote working to the Tipperary town.

December 25, 2022

Republic of Work expands across Munster with opening of second office in Tipperary

The new Clonmel office is set to open in January, 2023

December 13, 2022

Price, process, pitch: The story of how Johnson Hana brought AIB on board as an investor

In October, alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana announced that it had raised €10.5m from AIB. The firm’s chief executive Dan Fox talks about the 11-month process that led to the deal, and reveals what he intends to do with the capital

December 13, 2022

Open for Vintage launch a handbag buy back service ‘The Loop’

Open for Vintage, the Dublin and London-based luxury re-sale platform, has partnered with Luxclusif to launch ‘The Loop', a handbag buy back service.

November 28, 2022

Limbo in talks with US military on weight-loss platform adoption

Limbo uses tech to create an individualised approach to losing weight

November 20, 2022

Limbo’s Rurik Bradbury on reducing obesity, mind-blowing metrics, and cutting deals with Shaq

Can monitoring your glucose levels help you lose weight without the misery, or is it just another metric for biodata wonks to track? Rurik Bradbury, chief executive of Limbo, explains the science behind Silicon Valley's next big wearable bet.

November 2, 2022

Johnson Hana plans to grow headcount to 500 in 2023 after €10.5m AIB funding boost

Johnson Hana, a Dublin-based alternative legal services provider, is set to increase the pace of its growth as it plans to double its number of workers to 500 by the end of next year.

October 30, 2022

Johnson Hana raises €10.5 million to up-end the legal market

The Irish alternative legal solutions provider makes legal compliance more affordable

October 25, 2022

Johnson Hana has raised 10.5 million euros (around $10.4 million) to take on the legal sector

The startup, used by the likes of Ryanair and Airbnb, aims to dramatically reduce legal costs

October 25, 2022

Gigable Links Up With Weavr For Instant Gig Worker Payments

Gig work platform Gigable has partnered with plug-and-play fintech firm Weavr in an effort to make payments quicker for freelancers.

October 4, 2022

Irish period products startup Riley targets expansion as corporate numbers rise

Eco-friendly period product subscription service Riley is on a mission to become the lifelong brand for female health

October 3, 2022

Open for Vintage raises €1.25m for further expansion

The second-hand designer goods website is set to grow its reach as resale market booms

September 24, 2022

Limbo is tackling obesity with a pair of wearables and decades of physiology

Limbo, a New York, London and Cork-based startup which is announcing a $6 million seed raise today

September 22, 2022

Limbo Raises $6 Million For Its Digital Weight Loss Tools

Limbo, a weight loss technology start-up, has raised $6 million with Shaquille O’Neal among its backers.

September 22, 2022

Gigable lures funding from ‘who’s who’ of Irish business

In August, 91pc of the jobs posted by businesses on its platform received a response from an applicant freelancer who was ready to work

September 22, 2022

Weight loss platform Limbo raises $6m in seed round

Backers include NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, rugby star Jamie Heaslip and Hoxton Ventures

September 22, 2022

Irish co-founded Limbo raises $6m from a who’s who of backers

Health and wellness service uses real-time biodata to create an individualised approach to lose weight

September 22, 2022

Lidl to stock Cork-made We Are Riley products

We Are Riley, an eco-friendly period product company, was founded last year by three Irish friends, Aine Kilkenny, Fiona Parfey and Lauren Duggan.

September 14, 2022

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