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💡Tyrone man buIids empire from one pallet of Tayto

Aug 28, 2026

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3 min read

💡Tyrone man buIids empire from one pallet of Tayto

PLUS: Zuck buys 196-year-old Irish castle, Stripe's $7bn purchase and that time Dolly Parton visited Páidí Ó Sé's

Chris Mullan

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Aug 6, 2026

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4 min read

💡Uncle Sam came second

PLUS: 9fin staff cash out, a 256-qubit machine lands in Dublin & Wayflyer's $1.5bn

Stephen Mullan

ii Dispatch

Jul 31, 2026

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5 min read

💡Coming soon: The Irish AI 50

Mapping the Irish minds building the AI frontier, counting down ten a week from next week.

Stephen Mullan

ii Dispatch

Jul 23, 2026

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4 min read

💡The $53bn PayPal Question

PLUS: Mulcahy brothers join Attio, EI is Europe's busiest venture investor & Ocuco raises €6m for its eyecare SaaS.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

💡"Notions": Learnosity's one billion assessments

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

💡"Notions": Learnosity's one billion assessments

PLUS: Kenny Jacobs joins Manna's US push, Druid and Viatel go shopping abroad, and WrxFlo banks €3m for Limerick.

Stephen Mullan

ii Dispatch

💡Record-Breaking Heat & Record-Breaking Deals

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

💡Record-Breaking Heat & Record-Breaking Deals

PLUS: £16m for a London fintech founded by an Irishman, two Irish start-ups land in Y Combinator's summer batch & a Dundalk grass whisperer signs with FIFA.

Eoghan O'Connor

ii Dispatch

Jun 19, 2026

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4 min read

💡The exit Ireland was waiting for

PLUS: AMCS hits a $2bn valuation, KKR's €6.6bn move on DCC, CameraMatics raises €49m, and two new founders on the map.

Stephen Mullan

ii Dispatch

Jun 12, 2026

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4 min read

💡€7m ARR in three months

PLUS: Wordsmith AI's $70m raise, a €404m Limerick exit, StormHarvester's global run, and Sony backs Dublin's piracy fighter.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

💡Stephen got hitched (and what we missed)

Jun 5, 2026

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4 min read

💡Stephen got hitched (and what we missed)

PLUS: A French wedding, three weeks off, and a serious backlog of Irish tech wins to work through.

Chris Mullan, +2

ii Dispatch

💡A West Cork co-op just bought a US giant

May 8, 2026

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3 min read

💡A West Cork co-op just bought a US giant

PLUS: Version 1 crosses €500M, Orreco joins MLS Innovation Lab, Ignite Partners scales AI across hemispheres, and GridBeyond opens new global HQ.

Eoghan O'Connor

ii Dispatch

May 1, 2026

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3 min read

💡 100k subs. Two Irish lads. No VC.

PLUS: healthStay goes global, Kota hits #6 in Europe, $72M in Belfast, Vodafone's €360M Irish bet, and the startup job spec that hurts because it's true.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

Apr 23, 2026

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4 min read

💡Stevie's Stag

PLUS: $70 million in funding, Amazon’s subsea cable to Cork & the quirkiest tech startups perks.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

Apr 9, 2026

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3 min read

💡Galway Y Combinator

PLUS: A Kerry man builds AI risk in Washington DC, Vertigenius lands in 20 US clinics and Ireland registers 7,263 new startups in Q1.

Stephen Mullan

ii Dispatch

Apr 2, 2026

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4 min read

💡Mullingar Airport

PLUS: New Irish unicorn, Manna raises $50m and the AI paradox every leader needs to read.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

💡 Meet Rachel, the AI agent that called 3,000 pubs

Mar 27, 2026

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4 min read

💡 Meet Rachel, the AI agent that called 3,000 pubs

PLUS: Stripe's former CTO sells AI startup to Meta, Spectrum.Life lands in Australia, Horizon Quantum lists on Nasdaq & fresh funding rounds.

Stephen Mullan

ii Dispatch

Mar 17, 2026

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9 min read

💡 St Patrick's Day Special ☘️

We reveal the results of our inaugural Founders Sentiment Survey

Chris Mullan, +1

ii Dispatch

💡 What I learned from 100+ tech sales meetings...

Mar 13, 2026

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10 min read

💡 What I learned from 100+ tech sales meetings...

PLUS: Tines Boston expansion, Women-led startups raised €131m last year & Startup Ireland ambitious plans.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

Mar 6, 2026

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9 min read

💡Blast-off

PLUS: Intercom’s $400m masterclass, Nory’s American Dream, $50 million raised and using AI to enhance education access.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

Feb 27, 2026

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10 min read

💡Stripe insights

PLUS: Journey to 5k subscribers, KineMo Italian job, GAA tech launch & Manna x Uber

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

💡Two Irish lads just landed in SF (and they mean business).

Feb 20, 2026

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11 min read

💡Two Irish lads just landed in SF (and they mean business).

Paddy's Day inches closer, Wayflyer $250M war chest, and plenty of more big raises...

Eoghan O'Connor

ii Dispatch

Feb 13, 2026

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11 min read

💡Coppers?

PLUS: The Irishman cracking "Holy Grail" of the drone industry, billion dollar fax machines & Mediterranean expansion.

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

💡Is it too early to mention St. Patricks day?

Feb 5, 2026

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10 min read

💡Is it too early to mention St. Patricks day?

PLUS: 6 tips for moving overseas, the Irish woman transforming women's reproductive health & Narendra Modi cúpla focal

Chris Mullan

ii Dispatch

Jan 29, 2026

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13 min read

💡Ireland takes Britain's Olympic Gold

PLUS: A tribute to a legend, Raylo is scaling fast, Manna is taking off, a trip to Colombia and much more...

Eoghan O'Connor

ii Dispatch

Jan 23, 2026

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12 min read

💡Elon Musk Called Michael O'Leary a...

PLUS: Boundless get their payday, Klir gets a cash injection, and the Irish Construction companies dominating data centres

Eoghan O'Connor

ii Dispatch

💡 An Irish founder, a Man United legend and a fan-first startup

Jan 15, 2026

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11 min read

💡 An Irish founder, a Man United legend and a fan-first startup

PLUS: Coroflo shines bright at CES 2026, Sweepr and Vivasure Medical acquired, Caribbean exspansion play & SPRYT secures strategic investment

Chris Mullan