The Irish Times

VC guy Alan Foy: Irish tech company backer is anything but starstruck

Dubliner is well used to convincing Liam Neeson, U2 and other celebrities to part with their money

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 06:00

Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund

Dublin-based VentureWave Capital to invest in Irish ‘tech for good’ companies

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 03:10

Dublin-based Blueface appoints new chief executive

Gavan Smyth to take up the role as Alan Foy steps down to focus on venture capital firm

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 16:15

Comcast acquires Irish cloud-based telco Blueface

Led by Alan Foy, Irish firm will continue to operate its Blueface brand as part of Comcast

Mon Jan 27 2020 - 05:15

Home work: why more Irish employees want to work remotely

Advances in technology are set to provide employees with greater flexibility

Fri Dec 14 2018 - 03:15

Blueface signs major deal to roll out services in 11 Asian markets

Irish tech company partners with Hong Kong-based HGC for new service

Thu Aug 23 2018 - 03:45

Your business this week: results, indicators and meetings

Thursday’s Future Scope event set to attract 1,200 attendees and 120 speakers

Mon May 28 2018 - 18:33

Investec M&A Tracker records €1.3bn worth of deals in first quarter

Report notes total of nine ‘in-market’ transactions involving domestic buyouts

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 02:59

Talk of 5G dominates mobile world congress

The future and how technology would shape it was the main topic at Barcelona get-together

Thu Mar 01 2018 - 04:35

The key sectors

Healthcare, food and agri, financial services and the industrial sectors led the way for Irish M&A in 2017

Thu Jan 25 2018 - 06:00

Blair wades into Brexit as world of finance takes stock

Business Week: Property bounce, EU finance reforms, and Irish companies expanding

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00

Blueface and Star2Star in $500m merger to create global telecoms group

Dublin will remain EMEA HQ for new entity which will employ 500 people

Wed Jan 03 2018 - 09:18

The sky is the limit for cloud telephony company Blueface

EY Entrepreneur of the Year award finalist: Alan Foy of Blueface

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 06:30

Wild Geese: Feargal Brady, co-founder, Blueface

Wealth of talent in Italy made it a good recruiting ground for telephony company

Fri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00

Tech tools: Blueface/SumUp Card Reader

From free

Thu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00

Perfect pitch for would-be entrepreneurs

Competition strengthens participants’ understanding of how to successfully develop and pitch business plans to potential investors

Mon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00