Read and/or listen to the experiences of just some of the entrepreneurs who relocated to Ireland to establish their start-ups:
Serial entrepreneur moves mobile gaming start-up to Dublin |
 | 2PaperDolls creates mobile social games for casual play. CEO Louis Ravenet is a serial entrepreneur and 20-year technology industry veteran. US native Ravenet had been living in Paris and looked at several international locations for his new venture before deciding on Dublin. [Read the case study] [View 2PaperDolls video] |
Doctor gives Ireland clean bill of health |
 | Global Diagnostics is an international telemedicine enterprise, specialising in diagnostic imaging. Founder and chairman Dr Johnny Walker started the company in western Australia in 1995 and moved to Ireland in 2007 as its base for international growth. [Read the case study] [View Global Diagnostics Video] |
Disruptive technology finds a home in Dublin |
 | Waratek was founded in 2002 by father-and-son team of John Holt and John Matthew Holt. Originally based in Australia where it raised funding and carried out R&D, the company, after working for a couple of years in the US, established its international headquarters in Dublin in 2009. [Read the case study] [View Waratek video] |
Ireland is at the heart of operations for Apica |
 | Apica Cardiovascular is a pre-revenue medical device company commercialising technology for placing valves in the heart for treating structural heart diseases. US native Jim Greene, CEO, has 23 years’ experience in the sector, spanning start-ups and multinationals. [Read the case study] |
Datahug embraces Irish start-up culture |
 | Datahug develops software that analyses a company’s electronic communications to discover existing social networks, answering the question: ‘who knows who’ within large organisations. Irish-born founders Connor Murphy and Ray Smith had been working internationally and returned to Ireland to form their startup in 2009.
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Toothpaste maker’s brush with Ireland |
 | Europharma Concepts manufactures and packages liquid, paste and gel dental products including own-label toothpaste for major retailers. Founder and CEO Declan Lenahan is Irish born but had spent his career in Australia and the UK before returning home to set up the business. [Read the case study] |
Ireland’s medical devices cluster draws Marvao |
 | Marvao Medical Devices is an early-stage company focused on improving patient safety while reducing healthcare costs. Founder and managing director Chris Davey, whose father hails from Sligo, grew up in Boston. Having planned to start the business there, he changed course and formed the company in Ireland. [Read the case study] |
Mobile travel technology provider settles in Dublin |
 | Mobile Travel Technologies was established in 2005 in Dublin by English-born Gerry Samuels, a 20-year veteran of the travel sector who started Gradient Solutions there in 1997, building it up into a successful business that was acquired by US travel giant Sabre.
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The French connection |
 | Whitehouse Technologies is a software and services provider, with its headquarters in Limerick, Ireland, as well as an office in Paris and sales offices in the US and UK. Irishman Brian McInerney had been running the business in France and recognised the benefits of locating the headquarters in Ireland. [Read the case study] |
The weatherman forecasts growth |
 | Nowcasting International specialises in providing high-level marine weather forecasting for professional users in passenger ferries, coast guards or oil and gas exploration companies. [Read the Case Study] |
Animated Language Learning -ALL |
 | Animated Language Learning is a revolutionary new approach to language learning. They are dedicated to making the lives of children with learning differences flourish in today’s society through the use of advanced audiovisual technologies. Enda and Val Dodd who are the founders moved from California to Galway to startup their business. They received funding from Enterprise-Ireland and are also working with the research team in Galway University. [View the case study on YouTube] |