Dublin, Galway, Letterkenny, Limerick, 30th June 2022: An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD and IDA Ireland today announced the creation of 241 jobs in Dublin, Galway, Letterkenny and Limerick across 8 high growth companies from Europe and the US.
The investments are supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
Making today’s announcement An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD said “This is brilliant news. 241 jobs spread across eight companies in Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Letterkenny and in a range of sectors. It’s a testament to our highly-qualified and talented workforce. I’m really impressed with the high growth potential of these companies and wish them every success as they continue to grow their business here in Ireland.”
Commenting on the announcement, Martin Shanahan CEO, IDA Ireland said “I am delighted to welcome these new companies to Ireland. I particularly welcome the locational spread of these investments which shows that the technology offering, availability of talent and attractive work life balance in the regions resonates with overseas investors.”
“Our value proposition and our agile and adaptable business environment remains attractive to high growth companies. These companies choose Ireland as the location from which to serve and grow their customer base due to Ireland’s established track record as a tech hub in Europe. IDA Ireland continues to compete strongly for every investment won for Ireland. I wish all of these companies well and look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with each of them,” added Martin Shanahan.
The new jobs will be spread across the technology and business service sectors with a range of activities such as Sales and Marketing, Software Development, engineering, customer success and Tech Support.
Workato (50 jobs) the leading enterprise automation platform, plans to ramp up hiring at its Dublin office in Ireland after a year of record momentum, which included launching its first European data centre in Germany in May 2021, raising over $420 million in total funding to date with a $5.7 billion valuation last November, and recently being named to the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 List. The Irish base opened last September and has hired 10 people since opening the Dublin office at the WeWork building. The new office will result in the creation of 50 jobs over the next 3+ years approximately, with predominantly sales, marketing and engineering staff.
bluecrux (50 jobs) a leading provider of process and technology solutions in planning, operations, and transformation, announces it is to create about 50 jobs in Ireland by 2025. This further consolidates bluecrux’ global expansion plans. In May 2021, bluecrux opened their first office in Ireland (Galway), followed by a second one in Dublin in March 2022. Given the global nature of their clients and their programs and deep domain expertise in leading companies in the US, Europe and Asia, this global expansion aligns with the focus to service and support client program delivery across Ireland and the UK region.
GeistM (40 jobs) the New York based marketing technology (MarTech) company, which provides performance marketing services to global clients, today announced that it has established its EU HQ in Dublin which will be responsible for managing all clients originating outside of the USA. The company plans to grow to 40 employees by 2024 across creative, client management, engineering, business development, and marketing services activities.
Travizory Border Security SA (30) a Swiss technology company facilitating seamless, secure digital border-crossing experiences for governments and travellers, has opened a development centre in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Travizory plan to add 30 staff in Ireland by 2024 to support their rapidly growing business. Travizory was founded by senior executives from across the air transport industry. With specialists in AI and machine learning, biometrics, mobile, border security and border management - Travizory’s team leverages decades of experience in border security to tackle ever-evolving border threats using cutting-edge technology.
Evolv AI (25 jobs) an Experience Optimization solutions provider that helps brands deliver optimised and personalised customer experiences in real time, today announced it is making Ireland the focal point for its European team and plans to grow to 25 employees in the next two years. The company already has key team members in Dublin and Limerick and sees Ireland as an optimal market to hire and retain top talent. Evolv AI is hiring for positions in Sales, Marketing, Expert Services, Client Success Management, and Engineering, Research and Development. The company has been rapidly growing its clients in EMEA with Ireland offering a great environment to continue to serve them. The company opened its official European headquarters in Dublin last year with its global headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Hader Solutions (18 jobs) a Swiss company in the manufacturing of medical devices, has recently opened their first distribution centre in Dublin, aiming to hire 18 people during the next 3 years. Hader has contributed to numerous medical, dental, and orthopaedic solutions that are currently used all around the world. The office in Dublin will be focused on the distribution of their products to Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Refapp (15 jobs) a cloud-based reference checking solution company, has announced the establishment of an EMEA sales hub in Dublin. The company will create up to 15 roles over three years across inside sales, business development and marketing. Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, Refapp is a web-based solution that gives the user full control of the reference process in recruiting.
Censys, (13 jobs) the leading provider of continuous attack surface management, launched operations in Ireland which will become the new headquarters for its international expansion. The new location will act as the cornerstone of Censys’ European entity as it continues to grow internationally. Censys will double its size in Ireland every six months and will hire an additional 13 employees by 2024.
Please see below individual press releases from participating companies in today’s announcement.
$5.7bn-valued Workato to hire 50 at its Dublin Office
Dublin, 30th June 2022 - Workato, the leading enterprise automation platform, plans to ramp up hiring at its Dublin office in Ireland after a year of record momentum, which included launching its first European data centre in Germany in May 2021, raising over $420 million in total funding to date with a $5.7 billion valuation last November, and recently being named to the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 List.
The Irish base opened last September and has hired 10 people since opening the Dublin office at the WeWork building. The new office will result in the creation of 50 jobs over the next 3+ years approximately, with predominantly sales, marketing and engineering staff. Their focus will be to support Workato’s current customers in the region and the business expansion in the European commercial and enterprise segments.
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in California, United States, Workato supports customers throughout EMEA with operations currently in Spain, UK, Germany, France, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands and Italy.
Workato’s current customer base comprises companies from the tech, financial services and fintech, transport and logistics, ecommerce and retail industries. Customers include Nokia, FreeNow, Adevinta and Web Summit. As part of the company’s mission to improve the way enterprises work, Workato is also forming new strategic partnerships with local organisations such as Softcat in Ireland.
This expansion is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
Robert Ekstrom, EMEA GM and VP Sales at Workato commented: “Ireland is fast becoming a leading global technology hub and with Workato’s aim to help organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance, it allows us to support businesses in a new region. Not only this is an exciting opportunity to scale Workato’s operations, but to be partnering collaboratively with IDA Ireland. We look forward to continuing and building on this partnership.”
To learn more about Workato and the future of automation, please visit www.workato.com.
About Workato
The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 11,000 of the world's top brands, including Broadcom, Intuit, and Box. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Workato is backed by Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit workato.com or connect with us on social media:
- Blog: https://www.workato.com/the-connector/
- Business Systems Community: https://systematic.workato.com/
- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/workato
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workato
Bluecrux expands Irish talent hub, by creating 50 jobs by 2025
Dublin (Ireland), 30th June - bluecrux, a leading provider of process & technology solutions in planning, operations, and transformation, announces plans to create about 50 jobs in Ireland by 2025. This further consolidates bluecrux’ global expansion plans.
In May 2021, bluecrux opened their first office in Ireland (Galway), followed by a second one in Dublin in March 2022. Given the global nature of their clients and their programs and deep domain expertise in leading companies in the US, Europe and Asia, this global expansion aligns with the focus to service and support client program delivery across Ireland and the UK region.
This is in recognition of the region’s unique characteristics as a highly concentrated cluster for both our strategic talent planning and the growth plans across our key industries (life sciences, manufacturing, CPG, and food and beverages). Recognized by Gartner as a leader in our industry for both our service and technology solutions bluecrux maintains a leadership position through rigorous and persistent business focus on customer intimacy and delivering superior customer value. Based on these plans they are planning to have a team of 50+ employees in Ireland by 2025.
“Currently we have a team of 11, but we expect to employ over 50 by the end of 2025 in our Galway and Dublin operations”, says Aaron O’Brien, Managing Director of bluecrux Ireland. “In 2022, 15 new jobs will be taken up across a range of roles in management, commercial, software engineering, consulting and delivery, QA & Customer Success Management.”
Koen Jaspers, co-founder and CEO of bluecrux adds: “Ireland is a strategic talent hub to support the demand for our services and solutions that require highly educated and expert talent. Given the complex nature of the services and solutions we provide and the global landscape of the companies we partner with, Ireland provides critical and strategic access to a rich talent pool of professionals to support the growth of both our consulting practice and our SaaS solutions business for which we need exceptional software engineering and development talent.”
Next to Belgium, the Netherlands and New Jersey (US), Ireland is the fourth hub bluecrux operates from globally. By recruiting the best talent for our consulting and engineering teams in Ireland, our new hires will further enhance the foundation from which to accelerate bluecrux’ global expansion.
About bluecrux
Bluecrux builds tomorrow’s value chains for a better future. In times of massive swings in business conditions and large leaps in technology, they help companies make the transition to a digital business.
They satisfy the need for digital transformation by offering premium advisory services to rethink business operating models, by building resilience in supply chains with their digital twin technology LOP.ai., and by digitalizing organizations’ resource planning and scheduling processes with their cloud software, BINOCS.
Their comprehensive ecosystem of process and technology solutions is focused on planning, operations, and transformation. Well-curated and digitally enabled, it allows their teams to join up the many dots in the value chain. Linking strategy and operations, people and technology, process and change. By doing so, they reinvent progress with and for companies and their customers.
Their client portfolio includes some of the world’s largest companies such as Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Roche, Bridgestone, AkzoNobel, Beiersdorf, Kingfisher and many more. Their desire to work closely with them is also reflected in their global presence, with offices in both Europe and the US.
Learn more on www.bluecrux.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
US MarTech company GeistM to establish EU HQ in Dublin
30 June 2022 – GeistM, the New York based marketing technology (MarTech) company, which provides performance marketing services to global clients, today announced that it has established its EU HQ in Dublin which will be responsible for managing all clients originating outside of the USA. The company plans to grow to 40 employees by 2024 across creative, client management, engineering, business development, and marketing services activities.
GeistM has built an operating system for advertising (OSAD)™ that offers clients the elements of the marketing mix that they need by providing distinct, modular solutions and deploys them to maximize the performance of the marketing spend. GeistM's model is powering the new vanguard of businesses, including fast growing direct-to-consumer brands that are leaders in their categories as well as Fortune 500 companies which have a commitment to transform their approach to marketing.
Speaking about the announcement Kevin Fortuna, Founder and CEO of GeistM said “Ireland is the ideal location for GeistM's second office given the proximity to large advertising partners like Facebook and Google, the depth of talent on the sales, marketing and engineering sides, and access to the single currency European market where most of our business is based.”
About the company
GeistM is a Content MarTech platform built for marketers by marketers. We deliver best-in-class insights that make it possible for our clients to make the right investment decisions. Our market-leading, patent-protected proprietary technology, Blackfire,™ enables GeistM to power everything from the first impression to profitable conversions at scale. We enable leading brands to Tell Their Story and generate profitable customer acquisition. GeistM delivers the best way to achieve key performance indicator (KPI) goals at all layers of the funnel, regardless of whether KPIs are connected to branding, awareness, testing, or straight-up acquisition. Art and science; people, process and technology: these are the cornerstones upon which we have built GeistM. And we rise only if our clients rise with us.
For more information visit our website at - https://geistm.com
Swiss tech company, Travizory, announces the opening of a Branch in Ireland with a development centre in Letterkenny
30 June 2022 - Travizory Border Security SA, a Swiss technology company facilitating seamless, secure digital border-crossing experiences for governments and travellers, has opened a development centre in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Travizory plan to add 30 staff in Ireland by 2024 to support their rapidly growing business.
Travizory was founded by senior executives from across the air transport industry. With specialists in AI and machine learning, biometrics, mobile, border security and border management - Travizory’s team leverages decades of experience in border security to tackle ever-evolving border threats using cutting-edge technology.
Travizory has opened an office in CoLab within the Atlantic Technological University campus, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Recruitment is already underway and a core team has been established. The company is now looking to grow the team and is interested in hearing from talented and motivated people in software devops, cloud computing, cybersecurity and machine learning. The company is also interested in deepening ties with the excellent universities in Ireland and providing opportunities for both students and graduates.
A market-leader in border security solutions, Travizory’s innovative SaaS approach and commercial model are helping to redefine the sector. Travizory’s solutions enable governments to digitize their borders, making them safer and more secure from terrorism and transnational crime, while also delivering a world-class travel experience that exceeds UN and ICAO standards.
Barry McLaughlin , who leads the Letterkenny Development Centre, said:
“Travizory is delighted to see how quickly we have been able to develop a fully-fledged operation out of our offices in Donegal. A true testament to our local Irish talent, we’ve been able to build a world-class team over the past year, and together we are pushing the limits of border security technology and completely redefining the travel experience. By creating these new roles, we hope to find new innovators who we can nurture, support and grow along with the company. This is a really exciting time for us, and we’re looking forward to continued investment and growth in Ireland, and around the world.”
For more information, visit: travizory.com
For job opportunities, email: hr@travizory.com. Current open roles can be viewed here.
Evolv AI Makes Ireland Its European Headquarters
Dublin, 30th June 2022 - Evolv AI, an Experience Optimization solutions provider that helps brands deliver optimised and personalised customer experiences in real time, today announced it is making Ireland the focal point for its European team and plans to grow to 25 employees in the next two years. The company already has key team members in Dublin and Limerick and sees Ireland as an optimal market to hire and retain top talent.
Evolv AI is hiring for positions in Sales, Marketing, Expert Services, Client Success Management and Engineering, Research and Development. The company has been rapidly growing its clients in EMEA with Ireland offering a great environment to continue to serve them. The company opened its official European headquarters in Dublin last year with its global headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Evolv AI CEO and Co-Founder Michael Scharff said “Our company is built on innovating how brands deliver better customer experiences using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Our success is based on hiring talented people who can delight our clients and provide the intellectual capital to continue to enhance our platform and services. The calibre of people we found in Ireland is second to none and a main reason for our continued growth with key European companies.”
Brían MacMahon, the Vice President of Services in EMEA said “We are lucky to count as clients some of the leading brands in Europe and across the world. These clients have high standards and demand the best. The team we hired in Ireland has been exemplary and we expect to continue to be able to find new team members who can help us stay a market leader and deliver unparalleled value to our clients for years to come.”
About Evolv AI:
Evolv AI gives content creators the confidence to delight customers at every touchpoint. The Evolv AI Experience Optimisation Solution uses a proprietary artificial intelligence platform and methodology to automatically discover, personalise, and serve progressively better journeys by continuously adapting to live user behaviour. The resulting insights are acted on in real time to deliver optimised and personalised customer experiences that accelerate desired outcomes on any digital channel. We are trusted by companies across the globe including Verizon, NBC Universal, Three Ireland, Virgin Media UK, AS Watson and Fender to name but a few. Find out more at evolv.ai.
Hader Solutions establishes distribution centre in Dublin
30th June 2022 - Hader Solutions, a Swiss company with almost 60 years of experience in the manufacturing of medical devices, has recently opened their first distribution centre in Dublin, aiming to hire 18 people during the next 3 years.
Hader was founded in 1963 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and has contributed to numerous medical, dental, and orthopaedic solutions that are currently used all around the world. The office in Dublin will be focused on the distribution of their products to Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
“We decided to establish in Ireland to benefit from the stable economy and easy access to business within Europe, and more importantly, access to a high-qualified labour force, not only in the medical devices sector, but also in sales and administration. Our Irish team will include salespersons, engineers, administrative and technical personnel, and team leaders, to drive operations while working closely with our Swiss-based team” said François Huguelet, Hader Solutions CEO.
Hader Solutions will operate from their brand-new office in Swords, Co. Dublin. “We are very happy to have chosen Swords for our offices, the proximity to residential and commercial areas and the easy connection with city centre will benefit current and future colleagues” said Moises Herrera, product Manager based in Ireland.
For information about job opportunities, please visit www.hader.eu
Refapp announces new EMEA sales hub for Dublin
Dublin 30th June 2022 - Refapp, a cloud-based reference checking solution company, has announced the establishment of an EMEA sales hub in Dublin. The company will create up to 15 roles over three years across inside sales, business development and marketing.
Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, Refapp is a web-based solution that gives the user full control of the reference process in recruiting. It automates the reference checking process through a digital solution that supports accuracy and security to enable a better experience for recruiters, candidates, and referees.
The cloud-based software has been used by over 8,500 users.
Every year, more than 400,000 reference checks are made through Refapp. Since establishing, the company has grown to employ 40 people in Sweden, Norway, Finland and now Ireland.
Ireland will be the primary Sales Hub for EMEA and the company is expecting to conduct direct selling, as well as marketing activities, in each region to grow market share. Dublin was chosen due to the country’s wealth of talent and its proximity of European customers. The Irish site will be led by Daniel Johnsson, EMEA regional lead and the company recently moved into new office space at Fitzwilliam Street Upper in Dublin City Centre.
Commenting on Refapp’s Irish investment, Emira Blomberg, Chief Strategy Officer said, “With our new EMEA sales hub in Dublin, we are taking the next step in our strategic growth plan. We are on a mission to make it easier to conduct effective and secure reference checks, as well as improving the performance of that particular step in the recruitment process. Having a talent acquisition process that is at the forefront of the latest developments is a way in which we can deliver that all-important competitive advantage to a company. As a whole, the war for talent calls for recruitment processes that are efficient, accurate, fair and transparent - technology is central to that aspect! We have already seen a strong interest for our solution in EMEA, and with the establishment of this sales and marketing hub, we will be able to broaden our outreach and messaging. We are very excited about the first response we have received when approaching the EMEA market, thanks to the new office in Dublin. It really will be key for bringing our solution to the market.”
For job openings please go to - https://www.refapp.com/career
Censys Launches European Headquarters in Ireland
The new headquarters follows the company’s recent expansion into the European customer and partner networks
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 30, 2022- Today, Censys, the leading provider of continuous attack surface management, launched operations in Ireland which will become the new headquarters for its international expansion.
James DeBragga, Censys’ Chief Marketing Officer and International Managing Director, stated: “Our office in Ireland is a commitment to our partners and customers that we will continue to expand and enhance our global footprint. The Dublin HQ will serve as the primary location for EMEA new hires and will be supported by Censys team members in the U.S. and Europe as we continue to serve and grow our international base.”
The new location will act as the cornerstone of Censys’ European entity as it continues to grow internationally. Censys will double its size in Ireland every six months and will hire an additional 13 employees by 2024. Supported by a sales-efficiency growth model and outside investments, Censys plans to expand hiring across sales, customer support, business development and engineering roles in Europe over the next two to five years. Censys already hired its first team member in Ireland to lead the business development and customer success operations for the region.
The opening of the Ireland office is the next step for Censys following its recent announcement into the European customer and partner network in April 2022. In this new phase of Censys’ global plan, the company will continue to empower enterprises with the tools and insights to effectively manage their attack surface without compromising the business's speed.