April 21, 2013 @ 5:12 am By Independent.ie  |  

HE was the man who launched Dublin’s Laughter Lounge comedy club, but Peter O’Mahony is finding nothing funny about Irish banks’ refusal to lend money. So the entrepreneur is about to introduce Crowdfunding to Ireland following its success in the US and Britain. “Basically, it’s where ordinary people with a bit of spare cash lend… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Global  |  Tagged ireland, linked finance, peer to peer, peter o'mahony, zopa

March 7, 2013 @ 8:13 am By BusinessAndLeadership  |  

An online crowd funding initiative called Linked Finance has been launched in Dublin with the backing of Irish entrepreneurs and international investors. The new Linked Finance technology facilitates person to person lending, or ‘crowd funding’ for Irish business. Business borrowers, vetted as part of the Linked Finance registration process, can access cashflow from a pool… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Global  |  Tagged debt, ireland, linkedfinance, peter o'mahony

February 28, 2013 @ 8:52 pm By TheScore.ie  |  

IF YOU EVER wanted a personalised thank you from Eric Elwood or to have a brick in the wall at the Sportsground, now is your chance. Connacht launched a new crowd funding campaign this morning which they hope will bring in €50,000 in additional funds to develop the next wave of Irish talent. The “Grassroots to Green… Read More

Read more in: Global, Offerings  |  Tagged connacht rugby, ireland

October 20, 2012 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Well, many have travelled but few will make the end. SmartThingswon the Dublin Web Summit startup competition this week beating off the other three finalists Vibease, Ovelin and Tictail and winning €100,000 in cash, as part of the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius competition. Over 1,000 entries to the competition were shortlisted to 100 which then pitched from two stages (social,… Read More

Read more in: General News, Global  |  Tagged ireland, kickstarter

September 22, 2012 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Over the years, Karan Casey has given her voice to a number of traditional and contemporary songs penned by other composers over her twenty year performing career. But now she wants to record a new CD with a more personal approach and feature all of her own work through words and music that she has… Read More

Read more in: General News  |  Tagged ireland, music

September 21, 2012 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

    Filmbase is to host an evening panel session all about Crowd Funding next Tuesday (September 25). Taking part in the session will be Martin McNicholl of Fund it as well as filmmakers Sinead Ní Bhroin (Still Films) and Kevin de la Isla O’Neill (The Hit Producer).   This session will look at crowd funding… Read More

Read more in: General News  |  Tagged film, ireland