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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.09 - Other information technology and computer service activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 January 2022
Employment effect (start)
13 January 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Irish-owned digital food-ordering platform Flipdish is to create around 200 jobs in Ireland in 2022. This is part of a wider expansion to hire 700 people worlwide this year. The new roles will include software architects, data scientists, engineers, and product designers.
The company has achieved a valuation of 1.25 billion euros and is the new Irish unicorn (a private start-up worth over 1 billion dollars), after about 100 million dollars of investments led by Tencent. Flipdish provides restaurants technology for online ordering for pickup and delivery; the technology also allows customers to order and pay at their table, among other uses.
Flipdish currently operates in 25 countries, including France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, the UK and the US. It was founded in 2015.
Eurofound (2022), Flipdish, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 106343, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106343.
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