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Enterprise Ireland to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the impact of Irish companies abroad with over 50 international business events
With Irish companies scaling internationally at an accelerated pace, this St. Patrick’s Day Enterprise Ireland is marking the enormous impact of Irish companies across the globe, with a series of over 50 overseas business events.
Enterprise Ireland clients achieved exports of €32.1bn in 2022, up 19% on the previous year and the highest on record for the agency, with client companies establishing 415 new overseas presences in the same year.
Ireland House at SXSW
At SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas, Enterprise Ireland showcased the best of Ireland’s trailblazing companies in film, technology, future mobility, and the commercial creative sector, at Ireland House at SXSW.
Enterprise Ireland client companies at the event, include the Giant Company who are merging artistry and cutting-edge technology to deliver the world’s tallest moving statue to Manna who are undertaking the world’s largest drone delivery trial and Imvizar, the “Netflix for AR”, who are launching the world’s first no-code AR storytelling platform.
Accelerating investment in the US
Irish companies accelerating investment in the U.S. include:
- Climeaction, an Irish climate action solutions provider, is expanding its operations to the United States, establishing a permanent base in Boston with a team of 10 people. This expansion reflects the company's significant growth and will enable Climeaction to continue to support key multinational clients in the U.S. manufacturing industry including Analog Devices, Abbott, Garrett Motion, and Aryzta.
- Output Sports, an Irish sports technology company, launched a V2 product in late 2022, which has led to significant U.S. growth with over 300 new clients onboarded, including flagship clients in the NFL, WNSL, MLB, NHL and NBA. Output Sports is now doubling down on its U.S. focus to accelerate their mission of making elite level sports-science simple and scalable. Output Sports recently established a new office in Boston, Massachusetts and co-founder and CEO, Dr. Martin O'Reilly has relocated from Ireland to Boston to further build Output's U.S. growth team with 5 new U.S. hires to date.
- Sportskey, an innovative Irish SportsTech enterprise, announced its new U.S. Midwest presence, based in Chicago. SportsKey develops easy to use sports facility management, scheduling, and online booking software providing clients with increased revenue and key usage insights. SportsKey works with sports facilities in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and U.S. to transform the way they manage their facilities including key MLS professional soccer club, Chicago Fire.
- Version 1, a leader in digital transformation, today announced it will be focusing on the US market in 2024, building on its operations currently centered around capital markets and financial services. This comes in response to growing demand from its global base of strategic customers, many of which are located in the US such as CitiGroup, AON, JP Morgan Chase and Co., to deliver major business transformation programs through digital, data and cloud solutions, next generation managed services and specialist AI collaboration. The company already has a team in place in New York, and has recently appointed Nicholas McFadden as Regional Director, USA. Plans are in place to open a new office in the area later this year and drive recruitment for a variety of roles, including key senior positions.
- SWOOP, in partnership with Sage and The BOSS network unveiled a new training and mentorship program, Pathways to Success, designed to support Black women entrepreneurs in Atlanta. Additionally, Swoop has formed a partnership with D1 Sports Training Franchise Group. The partnership will provide training for lower school and college athletes. Headquartered in Nashville, this training provides access to finance for their franchisees to assist the growth of D1 across the U.S.
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