Ireland’s top start-ups for attracting and retaining talent

Irish workflow automation player Tines has been named the top start-up for 2024 for attracting and retaining staff, according to LinkedIn.

LinkedIn’s 2024 Top Startups list for Ireland, which recognises the top 10 most sought-after start-ups to work for in the country, is based on analysis of insights gleaned from LinkedIn’s 3m members in Ireland across four pillars: employee growth; job interest; engagement with the company and its employees; and the attraction of top talent.

The list, which recognises the top 10 most sought-after startups to work for in the country, is based on analysis of insights gleaned from LinkedIn’s three million members in Ireland across four pillars: employee growth; job interest; engagement with the company and its employees; and the attraction of top talent.

Founded by Eoin Hinchy and Thomas Kinsella in 2018, Tines allows teams to automate repetitive, manual workloads without needing to know how to code. The startup raised $50m in funding in a Series B round extension earlier this year, bringing its total investment to $146.2m to date.

LinkedIn’s 2024 Top Start-ups list for Ireland

Tines featured prominently on the 2023 list, ranking in second place, but takes the top spot this year. Other firms that made it into the top 10 are Manna Drone Delivery and the EV charging company, ePower. LinkedIn’s full 2024 Irish Top Start-ups list is made up of the following companies:

1. Tines – a no-code workflow automation firm 
2. Wayflyer – an eCommerce financing company helping to accelerate growth with fast and flexible funding
3. Outmin – a real-time accounting platform for SMEs automating everyday accounting with AI
4. Circit – a fintech that automates audit confirmations and verify transactions at source
5. &Open – a gifting platform that makes it easier for brands to send carefully-selected gifts to customers to boost loyalty
6. Manna Drone Delivery – a business-to-customer drone delivery company
7. ePower – an EV charging and solar power company
8. Deciphex – a leading provider of digital pathology and AI-powered services for clinical and non-clinical pathology
9. XOCEAN – an ocean data company that uses Uncrewed Surface Vessels to provide a range of services such as mapping the seabed to environmental monitoring
10. Alchemy – an circular tech company aiming to reduce carbon emissions and tackle the growing problem of e-waste

“Our LinkedIn Top Start-ups list is aimed at highlighting the Irish companies laying the foundations for future innovation in the Irish economy and making sure professionals and stakeholders know what startups they should be paying attention to,” said Polly Dennison, news editor at LinkedIn News.

“This year’s list is dominated by tech firms, underscoring the vibrant start-up scene in Ireland and illustrating how Irish companies are helping to reinvent the world. Whether it’s takeaways being delivered to your doorstep by Manna Drone Delivery or Outmin automating everyday accounting with AI, we should recognise the ways that Irish innovation is fundamentally changing how we go about our everyday lives.

“This innovation is not going unnoticed as the level of interest in and number of job applications to the top 10 startups goes to show. Irish professionals are naturally drawn to these companies on the rise and attracting the brightest talent in the country will naturally fuel their future success.”

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