Spark Venture Funding in the Media

  • Silicon Republic - Moby: 'E-bike service Moby turns to crowdfunding to help with €2m raise' (25-11-2025) Click here to read
  • Business Post: 'AuriGen raises €1.2m in crowdfunding campaign' (12-11-2025) Click here to read
  • Business Post: 'Spark CrowdFunding targets €27m in investments for 2025' (16-02-2025) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'Mayo biotech Ovagen raises €2m and plans to hire 60' (29-10-2024) Click here to read
  • Sunday Times: 'Spark fired up by football and medtech' (28-07-2024) Click here to read
  • Business Post: 'UCC cell therapy firm embarks on €1.1 million crowdfunding campaign' (19-07-2024) Click here to read
  • RTE: 'ProVascTec launches equity crowdfunding campaign' (17-07-2024) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'Altach Biomedical raises €1.2m for cartilage injury treatment' (22-05-2024) Click here to read
  • Business Post: 'Moby raises additional €2.85m from investors as it looks to scale' (31-01-2024) Click here to read
  • Irish Post: 'Irish rugby player backs cyber security start-up as it launches €900k crowdfunding campaign' (29-06-2023) Click here to read
  • RTE: 'Binarii Labs launches €900,000 crowdfunding campaign' (29-06-2023) Click here to read
  • Business Plus: 'Binarii Labs Launches €900k Crowdfunding Campaign' (29-06-2023) Click here to read
  • Think Business: 'Gigable raises almost €500k of €800k crowdfunding target' (04-05-2023) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Gigable targets €800,000 crowd funding round' (04-05-2023) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Locker raises more than €1m in crowd funding round' (21-04-2023) Click here to read
  • Irish Independent: 'Moby Bikes raises €4m for Central Europe push' (07-04-2023) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'Galway’s AuriGen Medical crowdfunds €3.2m in three weeks' (16-12-2022) Click here to read
  • RTE News: 'AuriGen Medical crowdfunds nearly €3m in three weeks' (14-12-2022) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'For RedZinc founder Donal Morris, perseverance paid off' (25-11-2022) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: ' AuriGen Medical to raise €750,000 to crowdfund clinical trials' (25-11-2022) Click here to read
  • Business Plus: 'AuriGen Medical Seeks €750,000 From Crowdfund Investors' (25-11-2022) Click here to read
  • Business Post: 'Crowdfunding: the quick way to raise revenue for your business' (27-08-2022) Click here to read
  • The Irish Times: 'Wellola Raises €1m in Funding as Patient Portal Aims to Grow its Business' (23-05-2022) Click here to read
  • The Economist: 'Sensors that scavenge their power are all the rage' (01-04-2022) Click here to read
  • Irish Examiner: 'Kerry Firm Seeks Funding for its Tracking Device' (22-02-2022) Click here to read
  • RTÉ Radio 1 - Morning Ireland: 'Will Crowdfunding Rules Help Small New Businesses?' (09-02-2022) Click here to read
  • The Irish Times Business: 'Crowdfunding - will Central Bank oversight help or hinder sector?' (28-01-2022) Click here to read
  • Irish Tech News Podcast: 'Why Equity Crowdfunding is on the Rise, with Christopher Burge, Spark Crowdfunding' (09-12-2021) Click here to read
  • Irish Tech News: 'Spark Crowdfunding Records Huge Growth in Activity' (26-11-2021) Click here to read
  • Sunday Business Post: 'Does it pay to invest via EIIS? Just ask BusterBox investors' (21-11-2021) Click here to read
  • Sunday Business Post: 'Spark Crowdfunding records huge growth in activity' (21-11-2021) Click here to read
  • The Journal: 'Opinion: The World Should Not Fall Into its Old Ableist Habits as Covid Re-Openings Continue' (07-11-2021) Click here to read
  • Sunday Times: 'I Built an App to Access All Areas' (07-11-2021) Click here to read
  • Fuzion Communications: 'Irish Startup Access Earth Launches Investment Campaign with Spark Crowdfunding' (14-10-2021) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'Irish companies raise €6m total on Spark Crowdfunding in eight months' (14-09-2021) Click here to read
  • RTÉ: 'Spark Crowdfunding reports record growth in activity' (14-09-2021) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Crowdfunded investments more than double due to Covid-propelled savings' (14-09-2021) Click here to read
  • Business Post: 'Start-up of the month: RedZinc' (29-08-2021) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Medtech company RedZinc aims to raise €300,000 in crowdfunding to accelerate growth' (17-08-2021) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'RedZinc launches crowdfunding campaign for its wearable camera tech' (17-08-2021) Click here to read
  • RTÉ: 'RedZinc's medtech allows video streaming in hospitals' (17-08-2021) Click here to read
  • EuroNews: 'Opportunities on the horizon' (06-08-2021) Click here to read
  • The Currency: 'FitPink - "We’re two years ahead of where we’d hope to be before the pandemic hit"' (14-07-2021) Click here to read
  • Business Plus: 'EIIS Tax Break Propels Crowdfunding Growth' (01-07-2021) Click here to read
  • Sunday Independent: 'Investors back Athleisure trend to run and run' (13-06-2021) Click here to read
  • Podcast: 'Scaling Your Business - Apple' (31-05-2021) Click here to read
  • Podcast: 'Scaling Your Business - Spotify' (31-05-2021) Click here to read
  • Galway Advertiser: 'Social impact fintech Pipit looks to crowdfund global expansion' (20-05-2021) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Pipit embraces crowdfunding ahead of Series A investment' (07-05-2021) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Zipp Mobility looks to raise €1m in new crowdfunding campaign' (27-04-2021) Click here to read
  • Irish Examiner: 'Irish start-up revolutionising clinical trials crowdfunds €1m in a week' (05-02-2021) Click here to read
  • Think Business: 'Leading Ireland's crowdfunding charge: Spark's Chris Burge' (05-01-2021) Click here to read
  • Podcast: 'Irish Business Builders' (30-12-2020) Click here to read
  • Think Business: 'Ways to Finance Your Start-up in Ireland' (28-12-2020) Click here to read
  • Podcast: 'The Entrepreneur Experiment' (15-12-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Electric bike start-up Moby raises €800,000' (03-12-2020) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'E-bike start-up Moby raises almost €800,000 in funding' (03-12-2020) Click here to read
  • RTE: 'Electric bike company Moby raises almost €800,000 through crowdfunding' (03-12-2020) Click here to read
  • Podcast: 'MoneyNeverSleeps' (13-11-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Ebike scheme Moby launches €300,000 crowdfunding plan' (22-10-2020) Click here to read
  • Think Business: 'Ireland's first electric bike-sharing scheme sets off to raise €300k' (22-10-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'New crowdfunding rules to benefit businesses and investors' (19-10-2020) Click here to read
  • RTE: 'Spark Helping Start-ups Access Investment Via CrowdFunding' (08-09-2020) Click here to read
  • Podcast: 'Dublin BIC - Ask the Investor' (03-09-2020) Click here to read
  • Business and Finance: 'Rebooting Ireland: Spark Crowdfunding reports record surge during pandemic' (20-08-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Mirror: 'Aer Lingus pilots raise over €500,000 for start-up after being grounded due to Covid-19 pandemic' (14-08-2020) Click here to read
  • RTE: 'Grounded Aer Lingus pilots raise €500k for start-up' (14-08-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Independent: 'Grounded Aer Lingus pilots raise €500k for start-up' (14-08-2020) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'Three Aer Lingus pilots use downtime to raise €528,000 for their start-up' (14-08-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Grounded Aer Lingus pilots develop fix for turnaround glitches' (14-08-2020) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'Dublin crowdfunding firm Spark sees leap in activity during pandemic' (23-07-2020) Click here to read
  • Sunday Times: 'New funding rules are helping small businesses plan for a future beyond the Covid-19 crisis' (31-05-2020) Click here to read
  • deBanked: 'Ireland’s Alternative Finance Industry and the Coronavirus' (18-05-2020) Click here to read
  • deBanked: 'How Ireland’s Spark Crowdfunding Got its Start' (05-10-2019) Click here to read
  • Business & Finance: '“Our ideal client is a start-up that has already secured funding from Enterprise Ireland and is looking to take their business to the next level.” CEO Q&A: Chris Burge, Spark Crowdfunding.' (23-07-2019) Click here to read
  • The Irish Times: 'World’s first facility converting plastic waste to wax opens in Laois' (16-07-2019) Click here to read
  • RTE: 'World's first commercial 'plastic waste to wax' plant opens' (15-07-2019) Click here to read
  • Leinster Times: 'Jobs and big investment set for new plastic recycling firm in Laois' (15-07-2019) Click here to read
  • Irish Times: 'The Power of the Crowd' (26-06-2019) Click here to read
  • Silicon Republic: 'Wellola aims to raise €100,000 via Spark Crowdfunding campaign' (20-02-2019) Click here to read
  • Irish Independent: 'Five Startups to Seek €1.4m through Ireland's First Crowdfunding Platform' (23-09-2018) Click here to read