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Another Innovative Start-Up Chooses Dublin for Expansion
Ireland has won new business from MessageBird, an Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform provider, which has committed to expand its European operations with a new office in Dublin.
Led
by former Salesforce and Oracle executive, Roberto Marzo, the new
office will employ up to 50 new positions over the next two years. The
company currently has 250 employees, across its offices in Amsterdam,
San Francisco, London, Hamburg, Sydney, Shanghai, and Singapore. Its
choice to establish a large base in Dublin, therefore, is a significant
commitment for the firm. "Dublin's thriving tech
start-up scene, and its highly skilled labour pool, make it an ideal
location for MessageBird to further spread its wings in Europe." Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, said: "I am delighted to welcome MessageBird." "This is a reflection of our
attractiveness for companies in the ICT sector. We have the skills and
talent pool available to enable the company to grow and to embed their
operations in Ireland." "International companies
continue to be attracted to Ireland due to the ease of access to a
talented workforce. Dublin is an internationally recognised technology
hub where companies, including those like MessageBird, which are scaling
their global operations at a rapid pace, can set up quickly and
efficiently as they serve their expanding customer base
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The Dublin office is MessageBird's 4th office in Europe, and its 8th outpost worldwide.
Marzo said:
"Businesses
across Europe are looking to access cloud communications technology to
create brand-building customer experiences for their customers. As our
enterprise customer base across Europe has more than doubled in the last
18 months, we're excited to add additional resources in Dublin to meet
this growing demand."
Founded in 2011,
MessageBird is the Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform that
enables developers and enterprises to easily connect with customers in
virtually any corner of the planet via a growing number of channels from
voice interactions to SMS, WhatsApp, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, Line,
Telegram, and more.
Mary Buckley, IDA Ireland's Executive Director, said:
More companies are
choosing Ireland as a base for operations due to its strong workforce,
its leading reputation as a hub for excellence in technology, and
top-class onshore tax regime.
Key to unlocking access to these
tax reliefs and all the opportunities Ireland has to offer is
establishing physical operations in Ireland. In particular, recent
international tax reforms, which are being implemented globally, seek to
ensure that a company's access to a country's tax regime must align
with real economic substance in a territory.WHYSMART MBS?