Belfast start-up Responsible raises €5.8m in funding round led by Barclays
Nextdoor chief executive Sarah Friar also among backers of Belfast-based company
Sarah Friar
MedAll raises $3.4m in funding to expand training platform
Investment in Belfast company led by Connect Ventures
Irish-led Nextdoor receives warm welcome from investors on public debut
Shares in the company led by Sarah Friar surged 40% in its first hour of trading
Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises $15m
Tiger leads fundraise with Dublin’s Frontline and Nextdoor chief Sarah Friar participating
Irish-led Nextdoor to go public via $4.3bn Spac merger
Chief executive Sarah Friar, who hails from Co Tyrone, was previously CFO at Square
Stripe returns to back fast-growing US mobile bank Step
Start-up has surpassed 1.5m teenage users less than six months after launching
Self-made women, a K-pop triumph and the late night Nobel doorbell
Planet Business: Miss flying? Thai Airways has an almost perfect solution
Nextdoor, led by Irish tech leader Sarah Friar, raises $123m
Former Square finance chief now leads social network company valued at $2.1bn
Donald Trump says he will visit Ireland this year
News comes after Leo Varadkar meets US vice-president Mike Pence in Washington
Irish tech leader Sarah Friar to leave Square to head up Nextdoor
Tyrone-born techie to become chief executive of little-known social network
ESRI seeks new way of doing things, Nama readies for €250m sale and Silicon Valley versus Dublin
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Fintech executive squarely addressing gender imbalance
Low representation of women leaders in top firms is ‘insane’, says Square’s Sarah Friar
MoneyConf organisers may hold more events in Dublin
Fintech conference at RDS attracts more than 5,000 attendees from 84 countries
Despite the fintech hype most payments are still offline, says Square CFO
Tyrone-born financial boss of payments firm Square told Moneyconf change is afoot with start-ups leading the way
The who’s who of fintech to gather in Dublin for MoneyConf
More than 5,000 people expected to attend Web Summit’s sister event at the RDS
Irishwoman joins Walmart board
Finance chief of digital-payment company Square Sarah Friar will bring Silicon Valley know-how to the US retailer
Ladies Who Launch rallies North’s female entrepreneurs
US-based tech executive hosts coaching and masterclasses to provide ‘unfair advantage’
Ormeau Baths reopens as tech start-up co-working hub
Idea is if you ‘put smart people together, businesses get better and create more ideas’
Web Summit eyes dizzying new heights in Lisbon
Founders hope to leave wifi issues behind but bring Dublin event’s Pub Crawl with them
Twitter chief’s Square jumps in market debut
Result bucks trend of IPOs which are trading down about 5%
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