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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
20 January 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Tech company Boxever is to hire 100 new staff, more than doubling its number of employees in Dublin.
The new roles are for data scientists and software engineers.
The job expansion follows a $12m boost in venture capital from Polaris Partners and Frontline Ventures, as well as debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank.
Boxever says it provides data science and omni-channel personalization solutions for clients including Aer Lingus and Emirates.
Sources
20 January 2016: Silicon Republic.com
20 January 2016: RTE
20 January 2016: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Boxever, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 86219, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86219.
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