VC guy Alan Foy: Irish tech company backer is anything but starstruck
Dubliner is well used to convincing Liam Neeson, U2 and other celebrities to part with their money
Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund
Dublin-based VentureWave Capital to invest in Irish ‘tech for good’ companies
Dublin-based Blueface appoints new chief executive
Gavan Smyth to take up the role as Alan Foy steps down to focus on venture capital firm
Comcast acquires Irish cloud-based telco Blueface
Led by Alan Foy, Irish firm will continue to operate its Blueface brand as part of Comcast
Home work: why more Irish employees want to work remotely
Advances in technology are set to provide employees with greater flexibility
Blueface signs major deal to roll out services in 11 Asian markets
Irish tech company partners with Hong Kong-based HGC for new service
Your business this week: results, indicators and meetings
Thursday’s Future Scope event set to attract 1,200 attendees and 120 speakers
Investec M&A Tracker records €1.3bn worth of deals in first quarter
Report notes total of nine ‘in-market’ transactions involving domestic buyouts
Talk of 5G dominates mobile world congress
The future and how technology would shape it was the main topic at Barcelona get-together
The key sectors
Healthcare, food and agri, financial services and the industrial sectors led the way for Irish M&A in 2017
Blair wades into Brexit as world of finance takes stock
Business Week: Property bounce, EU finance reforms, and Irish companies expanding
Blueface and Star2Star in $500m merger to create global telecoms group
Dublin will remain EMEA HQ for new entity which will employ 500 people
The sky is the limit for cloud telephony company Blueface
EY Entrepreneur of the Year award finalist: Alan Foy of Blueface
Wild Geese: Feargal Brady, co-founder, Blueface
Wealth of talent in Italy made it a good recruiting ground for telephony company
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