The Irish Patents Office will host the next “Building a Business on Your Ideas” seminar in the Nimbus Building Cork Institute of Technology on Thursday 26th January 2012. These seminars are aimed at the ‘small business’ community, entrepreneurs & inventors and are organised by the Patents Office, in cooperation with The Enterprise Europe Network, Enterprise Ireland, the County Enterprise Boards and the Cork Institute of Technology.
Irish Patent Office Hosts Seminar in CIT
Intertrade Ireland Seedcorn Award for Genesis Participant PIA
Genesis participants Mary Liddane and James Kehoe of PIA have recently received a “Highly Commended Award” from Intertrade Ireland. PIA’s business plan was reviewed by a panel of independent entrepreneurs, investors and experts as part of Intertrade Ireland’s prestigious Seedcorn competition. PIA is developing a secure data collection and analysis service aimed at policy development in Europe.
ePub Direct Secures €1.3 million Investment
Funding will support future growth and development of company, which has ambitions to become the leading eBook distributor in Europe. ePub Direct, a Cork based leading provider of digital publishing services, today announced it has secured €1.3 million of new equity funding to support the future growth and development of the company.
The investment is being led by The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, managed by NCB Ventures, with additional funding being provided by Enterprise Ireland and private investor Hannah Kiely.
