Paul Byrnes

1 month ago | advertiser.ie | Paul Byrnes

InterTradeIreland’s 2025 Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition is now open for entries. This prestigious investor readiness competition is the only all-island initiative offering an equity free cash prize. It provides early-stage businesses with a unique opportunity to showcase their potential to investors and investment funds across the island of Ireland.

1 month ago | siliconrepublic.com | Paul Byrnes |Suhasini Srinivasaragavan |Margaret Hearty

A new Deeptech category has been added this year, reflecting the ‘evolving landscape of business innovation,’ InterTradeIreland said. InterTradeIreland, the all-island economic development agency, has opened entries for this year’s start-up competition. The Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition provides early-stage businesses with the opportunity to showcase their potential to investors and investment funds across the island of Ireland.

1 month ago | businessplus.ie | Paul Byrnes |Cormac Cahill

InterTradeIreland’s 2025 Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition is now open for entries. This investor readiness competition is the only all-island initiative offering an equity free cash prize.  It provides early-stage businesses with a unique opportunity to showcase their potential to investors and investment funds across the island of Ireland. In 2025, the competition has been expanded to include three new categories: Business to Consumer (B2C), Business to Business (B2B), and Deeptech.

Jan 27, 2025 | leaderunion.com | Paul Byrnes

Earl Allen Wernsman, son of the late Everett and Eleanor Marie Johnson Wernsman, was born November 4, 1935, in Marion County, Illinois. He died peacefully in his home on Thursday, January 16, 2025. Dr. Wernsman received his primary education in Marion County schools and enrolled in the University of Illinois in 1954, where he received BS and MS degrees in agronomy. He attended Purdue University and was granted a Doctor of Philosophy degree in agronomy and plant genetics in 1963.

Jan 27, 2025 | leaderunion.com | Paul Byrnes

Doris Katherine Metzger, the daughter of the late George Dennis Metzger and Erma Ione Funk, was born on September 6, 1937, in Fayette County Illinois near the village of Shobonier. She died on October 20, 2024 at her home in Raleigh, NC. After her family left the family farm, Doris attended primary and secondary schools in Vandalia. Upon graduation from Vandalia Community High School, she attended the Barnes-Jewish Nursing School in St. Louis and received her registered nursing license in 1958.