Jul 09, 2014

Digital Hub Development Agency Welcomes New Companies to The Digital Hub

Six digital media enterprises joined in second quarter of 2014

 Digital Hub Logo

Six growing digital companies have joined the enterprise cluster at Dublin’s Digital Hub in the second quarter of 2014. This brings the total of new arrivals at The Digital Hub to 14 since the start of the year.

 

The new companies, three of which are from outside the Republic of Ireland, collectively employ 17 people at present and are expected to create 28 additional high-skilled jobs before the end of the year.

 

The new companies are:

    • Creative Nation, an Irish Multi-Channel Network (MCN) on the YouTube platform, established in North Dublin.   Since they were established in early 2014, they have aggregated over four billion views annually across 300,000 videos uploaded by more than 2,500 YouTube content creators, making them the number one MCN in Ireland and placing them in the top five in Europe.
    • Fractus Learning, an Irish company working with educators around the globe to share ideas and promote cutting-edge technology skills, tools and resources for the classroom.
    • Athena Media, an Irish award-winning transmedia production company led by Helen Shaw, one of the country’s most experienced media professionals. The company makes broadcast and online content and provides digital media services including online consultancy, web development, research and training. They have also recently expanded to MediaCityUK in Manchester. The company was founded ten years ago in The Digital Depot, and after a brief sojourn in Adelaide Chambers, marked their birthday with a return to the new offices at Townhouse Twenty2 in The Digital Hub.
    • SiteImprove, is a Danish company set up in 2003, with offices in London, Minneapolis and Denmark and operating in 9 countries. Siteimprove provides web governance solutions, helping more than 1800 organisations to manage and maintain their websites through intuitive SaaS based web services, quality assurance, accessibility, web analytics, search-engine optimisation, and response – all in one tool.
    • Megatransfert Technologies Limited, which provides a global micropayment solution, ‘YouPass’, and is the leading French company specialising in Financial Technology (or ‘fintech’).
    • Nice Corporate Solutions, the Irish arm of an Italian company that aims to help organisations manage digital brands worldwide by providing tailored and cost-effective for online brand protection.

 

The latest additions bring the total number of companies now operating at The Digital Hub to 75.

Commenting today (09.07.14), Ruth Flynn, Client Services Manager at The Digital Hub, said: “We were delighted to welcome six new companies in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total of new companies joining the Hub since the start of this year to 14.

“There are now almost 900 people working on The Digital Hub’s campus in a variety of highly-skilled roles across a wide range of digital media and technology companies. The decision by these companies to locate here is a testament to the success and ongoing development of the Digital Hub project, which continues to evolve and go from strength to strength.”

Nick Grantham, founder of Fractus Learning, commented on why he chose to locate his business at The Digital Hub, having worked there with a previous employer: “In the past, my experience was mainly with fairly sterile office environments, so the buzz of the Hub definitely struck me immediately,” he said.

“The character of the area, the diverse mix of companies and amazing things that small and growing teams were creating was pretty mind-blowing and inspiring for me.

“Five years later, when looking to base my own company somewhere, this buzz, characterful location, and creative atmosphere was a huge motivator in choosing The Digital Hub as an office location. Running on such a small scale, all of the qualities that drew me here initially have proven even more important as we try to grow.”

ENDS

Contact: Martina Quinn / Emily Brennan, DHR Communications, Tel: 01-4200580 / 087-6522033 / 086-1658629

Notes to Editors:

About The Digital Hub

Based in Dublin city centre, The Digital Hub is an international centre of excellence for growing digital enterprises.  It is currently home to over 70 scaling digital companies, employing almost 900 people.  Since the project’s inception, 170 companies have progressed through the enterprise cluster at The Digital Hub, including some now well-established names such as Distilled Media Group (Daft.ie), Havok, Houghton Mifflin (Riverdeep), Amazon, Gala Networks Europe and Kavaleer.  The Digital Hub Development Agency is the Irish state agency that manages The Digital Hub.  Further information is available at: www.thedigitalhub.com.

Further information about the latest companies to join The Digital Hub:

Creative Nation is an Irish Multi-Channel Network (MCN) on the YouTube platform, established in north Dublin in 2014. They aggregate over 4 Billion views annually across 300,000 videos uploaded by more than 2,500 YouTube content creators (channels) which puts them as the #1 MCN in Ireland and in the Top 5 in Europe. They currently employ two staff members and have 3 additional staff based in the UK and another 3 in the US. They aim to employ 12 highly skilled additional staff (talent managers and digital media advertising salespersons with good IT skills, sales/communications and customer relations) to work from the Hub office in the next six months.

Fractus Learning is an Irish company working with educators around the globe to share ideas and promote cutting edge technology skills, tools and resources for the classroom. We focus on how technology can improve the learning experience, pedagogical outcomes and make education a joy for students, parents and teachers. Publishing articles, insights and online courses created specifically for educators, our goal is to motivate, excite and enhance the teaching skill set with the use of technology. With expert contributors from around the world, Fractus Learning is making sure educators are always on the cutting edge. They currently employ one member of staff at The Digital Hub, and expect to add a further two to three staff members (in learning design and technical writing) over the next six months.

Athena Media is an award-winning transmedia production company led by Helen Shaw, one of Ireland’s most experienced media professionals. The company makes broadcast and online content and provides digital media services including online consultancy, web development, research and training. They have recently expanded to MediaCityUK in Manchester and have secured funding through the BAI for television and radio projects. Athena Media was founded ten years ago in The Digital Depot, and after a brief sojourn in Adelaide Chambers, marked their birthday with a return to the new offices at Townhouse Twenty2 in The Digital Hub. They currently employ ten members of staff.

Site Improve is a Danish company set up in 2003, with offices in London, Minneapolis and Denmark and operating in 9 countries. Siteimprove provides web governance solutions, helping more than 1800 organisations to manage and maintain their websites through intuitive SaaS based web services, quality assurance, accessibility, web analytics, search-engine optimisation, and response – all in one tool. They currently employ one member of staff in The Digital Hub and hope to add one more person within the next 3 to 6 months.

Megatransfert Technologies Limited, is the leading French company specialising in Financial Technology or ‘fintech’ and provides a global micropayment solution, ‘YouPass’. Megatransfert offers customers the possibility of making cumulative payments on various partner platforms (including PayPal, Amazon) by topping up an e-wallet, called YouWallet. By dialling a Premium Rate number from their phone, they can top up their YouWallet, which acts as a substitute credit card. They currently employ two staff members in Dublin, with an additional 7 employees joining in September. In the coming six months they expect to employ a total of 12 members of staff, in IT and community management roles.

Nice Corporate Solutions (Intl) Limited (NICE) is the Irish arm of the 18 year old Italian company, NICE S.r.l., and aims to empower organisations to efficiently manage digital brands worldwide by providing tailored and cost-effective solutions on a global scale offering an extensive range of services for enterprise needs in online brand protection. This includes digital brand management, digital brand legal services, and online marketing and web presence management. They currently employ one member of staff and expect two additional staff to join the Dublin team within the next six months, with roles in international marketing and operations.