• Garry Moroney of Clavis Insight on start-up, scale-up and exit

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    Garry Moroney of Clavis Insight on start-up, scale-up and exit

    On 24th May, FirstCapital and Silicon Valley Bank co-hosted a Smarter Connections CEO dinner in Dublin for a group of invited CEOs of high-growth Irish tech companies. Successful serial entrepreneur Garry Moroney, Founder & CEO...

  • Hazel Moore | PR for Humans Podcast

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    Hazel Moore | PR for Humans Podcast

    Hazel Moore, FirstCapital Chairman, discusses entrepreneurship, resilience and getting more women into senior finance roles in the PR for Humans podcast.  In the PR for Humans podcast series, former BBC correspondent Mike Sergeant interviews the best...

  • AI for the Practically Minded

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    AI for the Practically Minded

    By Mark Smith, CEO of ContactEngine The machines will not take over the world. There, I’ve said it. I do not believe computers will ever become sentient. They won’t dream, fall in love or express...

  • View from the Valley: IPOs and Funding Trends

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    View from the Valley: IPOs and Funding Trends

    By Sheana O’Sullivan At the recent 7th Annual Funding Exits and IPOs event here in the Valley, I heard from leading investors from Canvas Ventures, Hummer Winblad, Garage Ventures, and Venrock. I thought it might be interesting for European...

  • Mark Fagan | Smarter Dealmaking

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    Mark Fagan | Smarter Dealmaking

    Mark Fagan, Ex CEO of eCommera, talks about working with FirstCapital to sell the business. He discusses the process, working closely with the team and the results for all parties.