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Start-Up
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                                  Competitive Start Fund

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Contents

Foreword - Julie Sinnamon, CEO, Enterprise Ireland                    4

Start-Up Activity in 2019                                             6

High Potential Start-Ups                                              8

Competitive Start Fund                                              39

New Frontiers                                                        51

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Foreword
     Julie Sinnamon,
     Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Ireland

     Today we celebrate the founders behind the Start-Up Class of 2019.

     A strong start-up economy is absolutely vital to the future of Ireland. Start-ups
     are a powerful driver of economic growth, new talent and innovation. In Enterprise
     Ireland we are committed to helping founders to start and grow their business
     internationally. These founders are our future business leaders, and their businesses
     the lifeblood of our economy.

     I wish to commend the 2019 founders for their achievements to date in establishing
     their new businesses, recruiting their teams and securing the necessary investment
     to bring their ideas to fruition.

     We see the determination and resilience required to get these companies up and
     running. It requires courage and perseverance, never missing an opportunity to
     network, to connect with someone who can make a difference to your business,
     turning problems into challenges, building a team that will support and challenge
     you along the way.

     In 2019 we approved 91 High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) investments and 36
     Competitive Start Fund (CSF) investments. Enterprise Ireland invested €24m to help
     these companies achieve their international growth ambitions, 42% of which were
     located outside of Dublin.

     Within the Start-Up class of 2019:

     •   38 female led start-up companies were approved investment

     •   13 HPSUs were successfully commercialised in partnership with
         our 3rd level research institutions

     •   16 additional HPSUs received follow-on investment funding as
         their business scaled

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Innovation is the key differentiator for Irish companies in competing and winning
in global markets. As we convene here today at Start-Up Showcase, we can see
first-hand the outstanding companies and founders who are making their mark –
game changers with the potential to dominate in niche sectors globally.

Enterprise Ireland will continue to support these innovative start-ups that have
the potential to disrupt and transform how markets and businesses work. We
look forward to continuing, to help them achieve their full global ambition,
accelerating their growth through Enterprise Ireland’s potent formula of funding,
network and expertise.

 Julie Sinnamon
 Chief Executive Officer
 Enterprise Ireland

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Start-Up Activity 2019

      €24m                         91
       Total Enterprise        High Potential
     Ireland investment          Start-Ups
         in start-ups           supported

                                  36                   38
                             New Competitive          Female led
                             Start Funds (CSFs)        Start-Ups
                                                  (19 HPSU + 19 CSF)

             13                                        16
        High Potential                                 Follow on
       Start-Ups from                                investments
     third level research

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Regional Spread of 2019
Start-Up Activity

            Northern
          and Western
        Regional Assembly

          18       9
         HPSU     CSF

                                    Eastern and
                                  Midland Regional
                                     Assembly

                                   67 23
                                   HPSU     CSF

                     Southern
                     Regional
                     Assembly

                    6       4
                   HPSU     CSF

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High Potential Start-Ups

    +AddJust                               Flexiwage

    Active Nutrition Solutions             FoodMarble

    Allsorter.com                          Frankli

    Andrson                                Geowox

    anyExcuse Ltd                          Gigable

    AudioSourceRE                          Glimpse

    Beauty Buddy                           Handy Foods Innovation

    BleeperBike                            Head Diagnostics Ltd

    Blockaviation                          HidraMed Solutions

    Buymedia                               HiTech Health Ltd

    Cali Cali Foods                        HR Duo

    CALT Dynamics                          ICS Medical Devices

    Carrick Theraputics                    ISO Pods Ltd

    Change Donations                       JAD Marketing

    CloudKPI                               K9Connectables

    ConstructionBOS                        KitchTech

    CrannMed Limited                       Latch Medical Limited

    CreditLogic                            LiveCosts.com

    Cyber Risk International               Loughbarn Farms

    DKSU4Securitas                         Magnus Monitors

    Dr. Coy’s Health Foods Ltd

    EdgeTier

    Empeal

    Eppione

    Equal 1 Laboratories Ireland Limited

    Exit Entry

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Manna Drones Ltd                                   Unitek.AI

mBryonics Ltd                                      Universal Education Tech.

MedModus                                           UrbanVolt

Mobility Mojo                                      UtilityAR

My Money Jar                                       Vela Games

Nexalus                                            VERSONO Medical Ltd

Noa                                                VideoSherpa

Odyssey Validation Consultants Ltd                 VorTech Water Solutions Ltd

OneProjects                                        VRAI

Output Sports                                      VROMO

Passive Sills                                      Wellola

Peroptyx                                           Xerotech

Pestle & Mortar Ltd                                ZiggyTec

PlanDomino

PlasmaBound Ltd

Premind AI

Ramius t/a Reali

Robotify

Selio Medical

Snapfix

SoluxR

Spotlight Oral Care

TeachKloud

The CX Academy

TrialView

Trustap

* A number of HPSU funded companies are not listed in the directory on their request

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High Potential Start-Ups

                           +AddJust
                           +AddJust captures live data on construction      Contact Details
                           contracts to give more control, clarity
                                                                            Pádraig Neylon
                           and certainty to clients than ever before.
                           +AddJust has developed a slick way of            T: +353 (0)87 976 5226
                           managing contracts which also reduces the
                                                                            E: padraig@addjust.ie
                           financial and legal exposure of the client
                           during their construction contract.              W: www.addjust.io

                           Active Nutrition Solutions
                           Active Nutrition Solutions is a turnkey          Contact Details
                           manufacturer bringing to market the next
                                                                            Chris Hoodless
                           generation of functional foods to the
                           active nutrition sector. Managing every          T: +353 (0)86 0141 553
                           step of the product lifecycle from Concept
                                                                            E: chris@activenutritionsolutions.com
                           Feasibility through pilot scale and full scale
                           manufacturing of revolutionary high protein,     W: www.activenutritionsolutions.com
                           low sugar indulgent nutrition products.

                           Allsorter.com™
                           Allsorter.com™ digitises static business         Contact Details
                           processes across recruitment and HR
                                                                            Declan Murphy
                           industries. Its disruptive SaaS AI-engineered
                           platform allows recruiters to save significant   T: +353 (0)86 804 4188
                           time on candidate-to-market processing. With
                                                                            E: dmurphy@allsorter.com
                           fast auto-formatting, branded CV templates
                           and key skill optimisation, global customers     W: www.allsorter.com
                           are saving 7 hours per employee per week.

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Andrson
Andrson is the award-winning digital music        Contact Details
platform redefining how the music industry
                                                  Zach Miller-Frankel
discovers talent. Using predictive analytics,
ML and audio AI, it links unsigned artists to     T: +353 (0)85 165 9453
executives. Taking a ‘music first, tech second’
                                                  E: zach@andrson.com
approach, Andrson is poised to be the global
leader in digital A&R.                            W: www.andrson.com

anyExcuse Ltd
anyExcuse is a 360° digital payment, sampling     Contact Details
and loyalty platform. It enables consumers
                                                  Padraig Shanley
to buy and receive digital gift cards, offers,
products and rewards through the anyExcuse        T: +353 (0)86 804 5588
mobile wallet. The company’s Mastercard
                                                  E: padraig@anyexcuse.com
partnership, launching in 2020, is set to
revolutionise the industry. Partner brands        W: www.anyexcuse.com
include Heineken and Diageo.

AudioSourceRE
AudioSourceRE develops innovative audio           Contact Details
demixing software that can literally ‘separate
                                                  John O’Connell
sound’ by reverse engineering music and audio
back into individual instruments, vocals and      T: +353 (0)86 242 9945
layers without the need for original multitrack
                                                  E: john@audiosourcere.com
recordings – a long-term ‘Holy Grail’ problem
for the recording, broadcast, film and digital    W: www.audiosourcere.com
music sectors.

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                                                                                              Beauty Buddy
                           Beauty Buddy
                           The Beauty Buddy is a data analytics company         Contact Details
                           dedicated to the beauty and cosmetic
                                                                                Wendy Slattery
                           industry, providing real-time insights and
                           actionable data to global brands and retailers.      T: +353 (0)87 905 0888
                           Data is gathered directly from consumers’
                                                                                E: wendy@thebeautybuddy.com
                           social interactions through a product
                           review app designed specifically for                 W: www.thebeautybuddy.com
                           beauty consumers.

                           BleeperBike
                           BleeperBike provides urban mobility solutions        Contact Details
                           using an internet of things (IoT) platform. In
                                                                                Hugh Cooney
                           2018, it launched Ireland’s first stationless bike
                           scheme in Dublin city centre.                        T: +353 (0)86 888 1990

                                                                                E: hugh@bleeperbike.com

                                                                                W: www.bleeperbike.com

                           Blockaviation
                           Blockaviation is creating the world’s first          Contact Details
                           global registry for aircraft records.
                                                                                Simon Mullaney

                                                                                T: +353 (0)83 839 4290

                                                                                E: simon@blockaviation.com

                                                                                W: www.blockaviation.com

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Buymedia
Buymedia is building a community of                   Contact Details
advertising superheroes. It helps SMEs grow
                                                      Fergal O’Connor
through more effective advertising. The
world’s first online platform that helps SME          T: +353 (0)87 245 0064
advertisers to plan, purchase, manage and
                                                      E: fergal@buymediahq.com
monitor their advertising across all media,
both traditional and digital. Increasing              W: www.buymediahq.com
advertising return on investment.

Cali Cali Foods                                                                PANTONE 152   PANTONE 490   PANTONE 150   PANTONE 9060

Cali Cali is a platform brand currently               Contact Details
competing in both healthy crisps and ready-
                                                      Niall McGrath
to-pour sauces. California-inspired tasting
products (‘foods of the world flavours’) and with     T: +353 (0)86 937 2706
California-style health benefits (low cal, low fat,
                                                      E: niall@calicalifoods.com
non-GMO, no artificial ingredients) made using
wholefood natural ingredients.                        W: www.calicalifoods.com

CALT Dynamics
CALT Dynamics is a technology generation              Contact Details
company. It creates decentralising
                                                      Ross Lawless
technologies such as 3D printing processes
and virtual reality suites. The company creates       T: +353 (0)1 201 5448
IP which is then available for manufacturers
                                                      E: info@caltdynamics.com
to license. It also offers Ireland’s best online
manufacturing service, CustomParts.ie.                W: www.caltdynamics.com

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                           Carrick Theraputics
                           Carrick Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical           Contact Details
                           company transforming cancer treatments
                                                                                 Tim Pearson
                           and the lives of cancer patients by targeting
                           the molecular pathways that drive the most            T: +353 (0)716 3620
                           aggressive and resistant forms of cancer.
                                                                                 E: hello@carricktherapeutics.com

                                                                                 W: www.carricktherapeutics.com

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                           Change Donations
                           Change Donations is modernising the                   Contact Details
                           fundraising process for nonprofits and
                                                                                 Lizzy Hayashida
                           connecting everyday philanthropists to
                           the causes they care about most. Donors               T: +353 (0)89 707 8762
                           link their debit cards and automatically
                                                                                 E: lizzy@changedonations.com
                           begin to round up their purchases to the
                           nearest euro, donating the roundups to                W: www.changedonations.com
                           their selected cause(s).

                           CloudKPI viation
                           CloudKPI’s unique analytics engine delivers one       Contact Details
                           set of accurate data, in one ‘place of truth’, from
                                                                                 Brenda Jordan
                           across the siloed data within the organisation
                           (revenue, sales, product, financial, HR),             T: +353 (0)86 382 0668
                           delivering metrics, trends and deep insights to
                                                                                 E: brenda.jordan@cloudkpi.com
                           spur good decision-making. Its initial targeted
                           industy is SaaS.                                      W: www.cloudkpi.com

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ConstructionBOS
ConstructionBOS is a complete customer           Contact Details
relationship management (CRM) solution
                                                 Craig Mulcahy
specifically designed for the construction
industry. ConstructionBOS automatically          T: +353 (0)83 154 3010
updates construction projects and roles from
                                                 E: craig@constructionbos.com
leading construction data providers to help
manage a sales team and pipeline.                W: www.constructionbos.com

CrannMed Limited
CrannMed was established to serve the            Contact Details
unmet need in the rapidly growing particle
                                                 Shelly Moloney
embolisation market. The company’s vision
is to create a full range of embolisation        T: +353 (0)85 165 1075
technologies, including therapy and delivery
                                                 E: shelly.moloney@crannmed.com
for treatment of the prostate, liver and knee.
                                                 W: www.crannmed.com

CreditLogic
CreditLogic is a digital lending platform        Contact Details
enabling mortgage providers to revolutionise
                                                 Eddie Dillon
they way they issue new loans to consumers.
The B2B software platform leverages open         T: +353 (0)87 051 5024
banking, data analytics and AI to provide
                                                 E: eddie.dillon@creditlogic.io
automation, workflow and smart processes to
bank channels, mortgage brokers and lenders.     W: www.creditlogic.io

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                           Cyber Risk International
                           Cyber Risk International believes the answer       Contact Details
                           to the cyber challenge is leadership. It
                                                                              Nathalia Pinesi Faillage
                           provides a portfolio of services to enable and
                           empower leadership within organisations so         T: +353 (0)1 905 3260
                           they can understand, mitigate and manage
                                                                              E: nathalia@cri.ie
                           cyber risk.
                                                                              W: www.cyberriskinternational.com

                           DKSU4Securitas
                           4Securitas is a leading edge cybersecurity
                           provider. Its core product, ACSIA, can be
                           woven into your workflow for top down to
                           network edge and allows security teams to          Contact Details
                           focus efforts only on the alerts that could lead
                                                                              Donal Kerr
                           to compromises. ACSIA combines fullstack
                           intrusion detection, vulnerability exploitation,   T: +353 (0)85 720 4124
                           asset profiling, alerting and risk metrics - all
                                                                              E: donal@4securitas.com
                           in real time. User friendly and quick to deploy,
                           ACSIA can be set up in minutes. Perfect for        W: www.4securitas.com
                           cloud installations such as Amazon, Web
                           Services, Azure, Google Cloud as well as
                           on-premise servers.

                           Dr. Coy’s Health Foods Ltd
                           Dr. Coy’s is passionate about positive eating      Contact Details
                           and a healthy lifestyle. Based on the research
                                                                              Alison Stroh
                           of award-winning oncologist, Dr Johannes
                           Coy, it offers an innovative, patented             T: +353 (0)1 287 1074
                           ‘Nutritional Chocolate’ range with certified
                                                                              E: info@drcoys.ie
                           health benefits.
                                                                              W: www.drcoys.ie

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EdgeTier
EdgeTier builds technology that improves the      Contact Details
efficiency of customer service centres. The
                                                  Shane Lynn
‘Arthur’ system uses artificial intelligence to
assist human agents while simultaneously          T: +353 (0)85 912 4833
improving customer experience and providing
                                                  E: info@edgetier.com
unprecedented data access to administrators.
EdgeTier raised seed funding in 2018 and is       W: www.edgetier.com
now scaling the business internationally.

Empeal
Empeal provides a SaaS and analytics              Contact Details
platform as a health risk management tool for
                                                  Sohini De
insurance clients, global organisations and
their employees. It gathers medical, nutrition,   T: +353 (0)87 994 5928
lifestyle, behaviour and personal goals data,
                                                  E: sohini.de@empeal.com
uses unique algorithms to link them and deliver
gamified programmes for prevention and            W: www.empeal.com
management of chronic conditions.

Eppione
Eppione is an integrated HR and employee          Contact Details
benefits platform, licensed and regulated by
                                                  David Kindlon
the Central Bank of Ireland and the Financial
Conduct Authority in the UK. Operating as         T: +353 (0)86 825 3096
an insurance broker and employee benefits
                                                  E: david.kindlon@eppione.com
consultancy with a global reach.
                                                  W: www.eppione.com

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                           Equal 1 Laboratories
                           Ireland Limited
                           Equal 1 has developed a disruptive, scalable    Contact Details
                           and cost-effective quantum computing
                                                                           Jason Lynch
                           technology, based on a commercially
                           available silicon semiconductor process.        T: +353 (0)87 121 3676
                           At its core is an Equal 1-designed quantum
                                                                           E: jason.lynch@equal1.com
                           processing unit which is a complex mixed
                           signal system-on-chip operating at 4 Kelvin     W: www.equal1.com
                           with over 100 million transistors.

                           Exit Entry
                           Exit Entry is an online community that truly    Contact Details
                           connects businesses, students and colleges.
                                                                           Lewize Crothers
                           It helps improve their customers’ business
                           performance by reducing costs and growing       T: +353 (0)86 107 8596
                           profits through attracting, selecting and
                                                                           E: lewize@exitentry.com
                           assessing human capital. It achieves this by
                           applying science to improve hiring decisions.   W: www.exitentry.com

                           Flexiwage
                           Flexiwage empowers employees to have their      Contact Details
                           wage, their way and throughout the month
                                                                           Anthony Cronin

                                                                           T: +353 (0)86 414 9454

                                                                           E: acronin@flexiwage.com

                                                                           W: www.flexiwage.com

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FoodMarble
FoodMarble has developed a first-of-its-kind        Contact Details
personal digestive tracker. Based on validated
                                                    Aonghus Shortt
clinical technology, this tiny breath test device
and app can be used to help people work out         T: +353 (0)86 158 4969
what foods are most compatible with their
                                                    E: aonghus@foodmarble.com
unique digestive system.
                                                    W: www.foodmarble.com

Frankli
Frankli is a people-centric HR technology           Contact Details
platform that helps businesses manage
                                                    Noel Dykes
and improve employee performance and
engagement. The early intervention software         T: +353 (0)83 809 7333
achieves this through a suite of consistent,
                                                    E: noel@frankli.io
measurable and impactful tools that empowers
employees and creates and embeds ideal              W: www.frankli.io
company cultures.

Geowox
Geowox provides automated property                  Contact Details
valuations for mortgage providers.
                                                    Stefano Francavilla

                                                    T: +353 (0)87 461 5278

                                                    E: stefano.francavilla@geowox.com

                                                    W: www.geowox.com

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                           Gigable
                           Gigable puts businesses and freelance               Contact Details
                           workers together for short-term, independent
                                                                               John Ryan
                           work. The platform is designed to be the
                           model for contract work of all kinds, based         T: +353 (0)87 979 1818
                           on a foundation of independence, choice and
                                                                               E: john@gigable.com
                           transparency. The platform’s core functions
                           are matching, chat, payments and ratings.           W: www.gigable.com

                           Glimpse
                           Glimpse is an audience analysis platform            Contact Details
                           that captures and surveys demographic,
                                                                               Shane O’Sullivan
                           movement and crowd information at a large
                           scale in the real world. Using advanced image       T: +353 (0)85 119 8040
                           processing, the platform provides real-time
                                                                               E: shane@glimpse.ie
                           actionable insights within the retail and media
                           industries.                                         W: www.glimpse.ie

                           Handy Foods Innovation
                           Strong Roots produces a range of plant based        Contact Details
                           frozen products. The company is intent on
                                                                               Sean Murphy
                           revolutionising the frozen food category with
                           exotic plant-based products that also include       T: +353 (0)87 655 2081
                           broccoli and purple carrot bites, cauliflower
                                                                               E: s.murphy@strongroots.com
                           hash browns, pumpkin-and-spinach burgers, and
                           mixed-roots vegetable fries. Listings with most     W: www.strongroots.com
                           of the multiple retailers in Ireland and the UK,
                           and are in the process of establishing in the US,
                           having launched to approx. 3000 stores.

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Head Diagnostics Ltd
Head Diagnostics is in the process of               Contact Details
developing a hand-held medical device
                                                    David van Zuydam
for instantly diagnosing brain impairment,
including concussion and stroke.                    T: +353 (0)86 682 3242

                                                    E: dvz@headdiagnostics.com

                                                    W: www.headdiagnostics.com

HidraMed Solutions
HidraMed Solutions is developing adhesive-free      Contact Details
and easy-to-use wound dressings for people
                                                    Suzanne Moloney
living with chronic wounds. Initially serving the
hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) market, HidraMed      T: +353 (0)87 322 0509
strives to make a meaningful improvement
                                                    E: suzanne@hidramedsolutions.com
to the quality of life of HS and other chronic
wound patients alike.                               W: www.hidramedsolutions.com

HiTech Health Ltd
HiTech Health supports biopharmaceutical            Contact Details
companies by enabling them to launch and
                                                    Brian Harrison
supply products in the shortest possible
timeframe. Partnering with HiTech Health can        T:+353 (0)1 963 1489
save your company money by using its cross-
                                                    E: bharrison@hitech-health.com
functional experts and therefore avoiding the
need to hire internal resources.                    W: www.hitech-health.com

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High Potential Start-Ups

                           HR Duo
                           HR Duo is the future of HR for SMEs. It has        Contact Details
                           built a technology platform that allows it to
                                                                              Jerome Forde
                           deliver enterprise-level HR services at scale to
                           businesses. It has automated multiple routine      T: +353 (0)1 211 8800
                           HR practices so that it can focus on more
                                                                              E: jerome.forde@hrduo.com
                           challenging people issues.
                                                                              W: www.hrduo.com

                           ICS Medical Devices
                           ICS Medical Devices provides contract              Contact Details
                           design, prototype and manufacturing services
                                                                              Seamus Fahey
                           supporting the medical device industry,
                           with a keen focus on innovative and niche          T: +353 (0)87 934 4421
                           next-generation products. Based in Galway,
                                                                              Es.fahey@icsmedicaldevices.com
                           sector-leading engineering expertise coupled
                           with class-leading technology positions ICS to     W: www.icsmedicaldevices.com
                           successfully support its customers.

                           ISO Pods Ltd
                           ISO Pods Ltd provides mobile clean rooms and       Contact Details
                           laboratories for pharmaceutical, medical device
                                                                              Brendan Dolan
                           and food industries, from large organisations to
                           the small start-up and R&D organisations. These    T: +353 (0)86 189 3511
                           units are fully self contained with HVAC, MAL,
                                                                              E: b.dolan@isopod.ie
                           PAL, etc. only requiring a three-phase power for
                           full operation.                                    W: www.isopod.ie

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JAD Marketing
UCompare.ie is Ireland’s first independent            Contact Details
online insurance comparison engine dedicated
                                                      Dinesh Dahiya
to make insurance easy, affordable and hassle-
free. Its aim is to bring all of the best insurance   T: +353 (0)87 987 6509
policies in Ireland together for users to make
                                                      E: dineshd@ucompare.ie
well-informed decisions through its clear and
easy-to-use website. Ucompare is authorised           W: www.ucompare.ie
by Central Bank of Ireland as an insurance
intermediary and has passporting right to sell
in European Union countries.

K9Connectables
K9Connectables are unique interactive dog             Contact Details
toys that challenge your dog to think and use all
                                                      James McIlvenna
of its senses. These innovative enrichment toys
and treats will keep your dog busy for hours!         T: +353 (0)86 409 5622

                                                      E: james@k9connectables.com

                                                      W: www.k9connectables.com

KitchTech
KitchTech is the affordable, paperless HACCP          Contact Details
solution. Our goal is to eliminate paper
                                                      David Moran
from commercial kitchens and to simplify
complying with food safety legislation.               T: +353 (0)83 009 0661

                                                      E: David@kitchtech.ie

                                                      W: www.kitchtech.ie

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                           Latch Medical Limited
                           Latch Medical is developing a platform              Contact Details
                           microneedle technology. Its drug delivery
                                                                               Ronan Byrne
                           solutions offer a new generation of
                           microneedle-based patches optimised for             T: +353 (0)1 716 3770
                           consistent skin penetration and adhesive-free
                                                                               E: ronan.byrne@latch-medical.com
                           attachment. This opens up important new
                           delivery pathways for drugs, biologics and          W: www.pharmalatch.com
                           vaccines delivering against patient and
                           global challenges.

                           LiveCosts.com
                           LiveCosts.com increases a construction              Contact Details
                           company’s profits by exposing and tracking
                                                                               Ciaran Brennan
                           their project costs in real time.
                                                                               T: +353 (0)87 643 4091

                                                                               E: ciaran@livecosts.com

                                                                               W: www.livecosts.com

                           Loughbarn Farms
                           Clintons Crisps, producer of Irish hand-cooked      Contact Details
                           artisan crisps. Using potatoes grown on a
                                                                               Damian O’Connor
                           seventh-generation family farm. Cooked in
                           100% rapeseed oil and finished with scintillating   T: +353 (0)86 384 8705
                           flavours to make the perfect crisp. All Clintons
                                                                               E: damian@clintonsartisancrisps.com
                           products are allergen-free, suitable for
                           vegetarians and vegans.                             W: www.clintonsartisancrisps.com

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Magnus Monitors
Magnus, the world’s first truly wireless, radar-    Contact Details
based level monitoring solution. Its unique,
                                                    Shankar Ganesh Jayagopi
advanced, fully managed service allows you
to be proactive with your clients, generating       T: +353 (0)83 368 3220
better customer service levels and loyalty,
                                                    E: shankar@magnusmonitors.com
more than 30% increase in logistical efficiency
and a quicker ROI.                                  W: www.magnusmonitors.com

Manna Drones Ltd
Manna Drones is making 3-minute food delivery       Contact Details
a reality. Using custom-developed aerospace
                                                    Bobby Healy
grade drones, Manna delivers directly from
restaurants and centralised kitchens to             T: +353 (1) 716 3700
consumer’s homes. We fly at 80m and a speed
                                                    E: bobby@manna.aero
of over 80kph - delivering within a 2km radius in
under 3 minutes.​                                   W: www.manna.aero

mBryonics Ltd
mBryonics is a photonics company creating           Contact Details
the technology solutions for the next era
                                                    John Mackey
of satellite and wireless communications
networks. It is changing the world one              T: +353 (0)91 374 884
photon at a time.
                                                    E: john@mbryonics.com

                                                    W: www.mbryonics.com

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High Potential Start-Ups

                           MedModus
                           MedModus is a healthcare analytics and            Contact Details
                           decision support solutions company. Its
                                                                             Deaglan MagFhloinn
                           product portfolio includes MedModus BI
                           platform, fCast Waiting List Decision Support,    T: +353 (0)1 443 4135
                           MedModus Rostering and MedModus
                                                                             E: deaglan@medmodus.com
                           Academy. The company’s mission is to deliver
                           measurable performance improvement                W: www.medmodus.com
                           for healthcare organisations through the
                           deployment of its solutions.

                           Mobility Mojo
                           Mobility Mojo has developed the world’s first     Contact Details
                           self-audit toolkit for hotel accessibility. Its
                                                                             Noelle Daly
                           unique digital solution helps hotels evaluate
                           their own level of accessibility and advertise    T: +353 (0)87 232 6705
                           these features directly on their website in a
                                                                             E: noelle@mobilitymojo.com
                           standardised way within a matter of hours.
                                                                             W: www.mobilitymojo.com

                           My Money Jar
                           My Money Jar is a financial wellbeing app for     Contact Details
                           millennials, like Headspace for your money.
                                                                             Jonathan Staunton
                           It helps users reduce their financial stress
                           and live more within their means by               T: +353 (0)87 997 8106
                           combining innovative budgeting and saving
                                                                             E: jonathan@mymoneyjar.com
                           tools, behavioural psychology and digital
                           banking services.                                 W: www.mymoneyjar.com

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High Potential Start-Ups
Nexalus
Nexalus is a scientific and engineering          Contact Details
company focused on the capture and
                                                 Kenneth O’Mahony
redeployment of thermal energy from heat-
producing electronics. NEXALUS develop           T: +353 (0)86 834 0097
innovative solutions that enable enhanced
                                                 E: kenneth.omahony@nexalus.com
performance, reduced costs and ultimately
lower environmental impact through the           W: www.nexalus.com
reduction of CO2 emissions.

Noa
Noa helps you understand the news with           Contact Details
spoken-word audio articles from publishers
                                                 Gareth Hickey
such as The Financial Times, The New York
Times, The Irish Times, and more. Listening      T: +353 (0)86 075 6840
to Noa’s hand-picked, topic-specific playlists
                                                 E: gareth.hickey@noanews.ie
allows you to go from A to Z on the subjects
that matter most, in minutes.                    W: www.newsoveraudio.com

Odyssey Validation
Consultants Ltd
Odyssey VC is a company that specialises in      Contact Details
compliant digital transformation in the cloud
                                                 Oisín Curran
for regulated companies. Its sectors are life
sciences companies, software as a service        T: +353 (0)86 845 9995
companies building compliant solutions for
                                                 E: currano@odysseyvc.com
life sciences vertical and IoT connected
health companies.                                W: www.odysseyvc.com

                                                                 Start-Up Showcase 2020   27
High Potential Start-Ups

                           OneProjects
                           Despite technological advances, ablation         Contact Details
                           for the millions of patients suffering with
                                                                            Fionn Lahart
                           AFib is only successful in half of patients.
                           OneProjects is driving the new wave of           T: +353 (0)87 900 8941
                           disruptive cardiac imaging innovation to make
                                                                            E: fionn.lahart@one-projects.com
                           safe and effective treatment accessible to the
                           growing number of patients worldwide.            W: www.one-projects.com

                           Output Sports
                           Using wearable sensors, advanced signal          Contact Details
                           processing and machine-learning techniques,
                                                                            Darragh Whelan
                           Output has developed an end-to-end solution
                           that can test, track and unlock the potential    T: +353 (0)1 716 3700
                           of athletic performance data. This brings
                                                                            E: hello@outputsports.com
                           unprecedented portability, practicality and
                           efficiency to improving athletic performance.    W: www.outputsports.com

                           Passive Sills
                           Passive Sills is an Irish company. It produces   Contact Details
                           super-lightweight and thermally efficient
                                                                            Patrick Beausang
                           windowsills and mouldings. These windowsills
                           eliminate cold bridging, allowing builders and   T: +353 (0)21 201 9056
                           developers to achieve NZEB, Near Zero Energy
                                                                            E: info@passivesills.com
                           Building Regulation, which became law on 1
                           November 2019.                                   W: www.passivesills.com

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High Potential Start-Ups
Peroptyx
Peroptyx helps global technology brands            Contact Details
improve the online experience of content and
                                                   Paul McBride
services for their local consumers. Peroptyx
solutions help improve the quality of country-     T: +353 (0)87 365 1005
specific machine learning data, resulting in
                                                   E: pmcbride@peroptyx.com
a more locally relevant online experience for
consumers on any device in any location.           W: www.peroptyx.eu

Pestle & Mortar Ltd
Pestle & Mortar is a skincare brand which offers   Contact Details
simple solutions for beautiful skin. We believe
                                                   Sonia Deasy
that everyone is beautiful, and our mission is
to enhance and protect that natural beauty.        T: +353 (0)87 220 7142
We harness the power of science and nature
                                                   E: sonia@pestleandmortar.com
to develop effective, simple formulations.
                                                   W: www.pestleandmortar.com

PlanDomino
PlanDomino is a productivity tool designed for     Contact Details
the laboratory market. It boosts productivity
                                                   Greg Heaslip
by up to 50% by employing an AI-based
automated scheduler and a workflow                 T: +353 (0)86 833 8875
and resource management tool. It aligns
                                                   E: greg.heaslip@plandomino.com
laboratories with manufacturing and supply
chain through smart integrations and user          W: www.plandomino.com
interfaces.

                                                                   Start-Up Showcase 2020   29
High Potential Start-Ups

                           PlasmaBound Ltd
                           UCD spin-out formed in 2017, member of               Contact Details
                           ESA-BIC, PlasmaBound brings a novel, deep-
                                                                                Alan Barry
                           IP technology to auto/transport, space and
                           consumer electronics assembly industries.            T: +353 (0)86 604 1802
                           Controlled polymer ablation offers a simpler,
                                                                                E: alan.barry@plasmabound.com
                           cleaner and more reliable process for the at-
                           line bonding of high-strength composites, in         W: www.plasmabound.com
                           high-volume operations.

                           Premind AI
                           Premind AI delivers deep tech solutions              Contact Details
                           to understand financial markets’ inherent
                                                                                Burak Ozkan
                           reaction to news information. In doing so, it
                           generates medium-horizon market predictions          T: +44 746 447 7399
                           that far exceed the current solutions available.
                                                                                E: burak@premind.ai
                           Premind’s language-agnostic platform allows
                           professional investors to outperform global          W: www.premind.ai
                           markets across all asset classes.

                           Ramius t/a Reali
                           Realli is a property portal for new home schemes     Contact Details
                           across Ireland. Realli is your place to search for
                                                                                Hugo Mahony
                           and discover your dream home.
                                                                                T: +353 (0)83 422 8125

                                                                                E: hugo@realli.ie

                                                                                W: www.realli.ie

30                         Start-Up Showcase 2020
High Potential Start-Ups
Robotify
Learn how to code by controlling physically      Contact Details
accurate robots through an in-browser physics
                                                 Adam Dalton
simulator and extremely complex, engaging
3D environments. Robotify is building the        T: +353 (0)86 052 1786
next phase of in-browser robotics simulation
                                                 E: adam@robotify.com
for industry 4.0 with the Robotify robotics
enablement platform.                             W: www.robotify.com

Selio Medical
Selio Medical is developing a platform           Contact Details
technology to prevent life-threatening
                                                 Colm McGarvey
complications associated with lung cancer
diagnosis and treatment. A pneumothorax          T: +353 (0)1 896 4834
occurs in one-third of all lung access
                                                 E: colm.mcgarvey@seliomedical.com
procedures. The Selio System will eliminate
this dangerous complication, thereby             W: www.seliomedical.com
improving patient quality of care and
significantly reducing healthcare costs.

Snapfix
Snapfix is a hotel property management           Contact Details
application that moves a significant number of
                                                 Fergus McLoughlin
hotel processes (maintenance, housekeeping,
fire safety checks, security checks, toilet      T: +353 (0)87 285 0085
checks, food safety checks and more) to the
                                                 E: fergus@snapfix.net
mobile phone, using photographs and near
field communication as the conduits – simply     W: www.snapfix.net
and inexpensively.

                                                                 Start-Up Showcase 2020   31
High Potential Start-Ups

                           SoluxR
                           SoluxR is the world’s first company to              Contact Details
                           augment and automate risk, governance and
                                                                               Peadar Duffy
                           strategy management methodologies using
                           natural language processing, text mining            T: +353 (0)1 910 4095
                           and AI.
                                                                               E: peadar.duffy@soluxr.com

                                                                               W: www.soluxr.com

                           Spotlight Oral Care
                           Spotlight Oral Care is an oral care company         Contact Details
                           created by dentists and sisters Lisa and
                           Vanessa Creaven. Supplying the European             Lisa Creaven
                           and US market.                                      T: +353 (0)86 313 1774

                                                                               E: lisa@spotlightoralcare.com

                                                                               W: www.spotlightoralcare.com

                           TeachKloud
                           The TeachKloud Early Years Management System        Contact Details
                           is a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS)
                                                                               Wendy Oke
                           solution. Accessible using internet browsers from
                           any location, it enables educators to streamline    T: +353 (0)85 788 8906
                           all aspects related to managing their business,
                                                                               E: wendy@teachkloud.com
                           comply with regulations and communicate with
                           parents.                                            W: www.teachkloud.com

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High Potential Start-Ups
The CX Academy
The CX Academy provides online certification,       Contact Details
enabling learners to deliver CX excellence.
                                                    Julian Douglas
The courses give companies a wide and
comprehensive understanding of all aspects of       T: +353 (0)1 881 8844
the discipline. It ensures that learners have the
                                                    E: julian@thecxacademy.org
knowledge, skills and tools to apply learnings
in their organisation immediately.                  W: www.thecxacademy.org

TrialView
TrialView is a secure platform that allows          Contact Details
lawyers to prepare and present documents
                                                    Stephen Dowling
in Court. Designed by litigators, it is a cloud
based system that digitizes the trial process       T: +353 (0)87 917 8916
and allows legal practitioners to manage
                                                    E: stephendowling@trialview.com
documentary evidence with incredible
efficiency.                                         W: www.trialview.com

Trustap
Trustap is a transaction platform specifically      Contact Details
designed to protect buyers and sellers from
                                                    Conor Lyden
being scammed when they are transacting
online, or in person, with strangers.               T: +353 (0)86 159 8558

                                                    E: conorlyden@trustap.com

                                                    W: www.trustap.com

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High Potential Start-Ups

                           Unitek.AI
                           Unitek.AI automates complex and time-                   Contact Details
                           consuming processes while reducing costs
                                                                                   Martin Brown
                           and risks.
                                                                                   T: +353 (0)86 409 0386

                                                                                   E: martin.brown@unitek.ai

                                                                                   W: www.unitek.ai

                           Universal Education Tech.
                           Universal Education is an education service             Contact Details
                           outsourcing (ESO) company that specialises
                                                                                   Peter Ross
                           in assisting large private education facilities to
                           reduce their costs by outsourcing classroom             T: +001 646 270 7038
                           teaching to a network of remote educators.
                                                                                   E: pross@ue-learn.com
                           It has cultivated an extensive candidate
                           database of over 400 qualified educators and            W: www.ue-learn.com
                           built a proprietary platform which includes an
                           immersive online classroom environment.

                           UrbanVolt
                           No more greenwashing. Investors, customers              Contact Details
                           and staff are now demanding that companies
                                                                                   Aidan O’Connor
                           take action to become sustainable. UrbanVolt
                           takes industrial buildings off the grid. It retrofits   T: +353 (0)1 699 3340
                           buildings with energy-efficient infrastructure
                                                                                   E: graham@urbanvolt.com
                           (lighting, HVAC, solar) on a true ‘fee for service’
                           off-balance sheet model.                                W: www.urbanvolt.com

34                         Start-Up Showcase 2020
High Potential Start-Ups
UtilityAR
UtilityAR builds augmented reality software       Contact Details
for industry to help workers get their jobs
                                                  Patrick Liddy
done.
                                                  T: +353 (0)87 960 1725

                                                  E: enquiries@utilityar.com

                                                  W: www.utilityar.com

Vela Games
Vela Games is an independent software             Contact Details
development studio creating original IP
                                                  Travis George
and engaging, cooperative games that put
players first. Based in Dublin and made up of     T: +353 (0)85 710 3209
an international team of industry veterans, it
                                                  E: tgeorge@vela.games
is developing the company’s first genre-
defining multiplayer project for enthusiast       W: www.vela.games
gamers.

VERSONO Medical Ltd
VERSONO Medical is a medical device               Contact Details
company commercialising a disruptive
                                                  Finbar Dolan
vascular device technology platform to
address a well-understood need and limiting       T: +353 (0)87 234 0588
factor in the growth of endovascular surgery.
                                                  E: finbar.dolan@versono.life
It will displace conventional technology in the
endovascular treatment of complex lesions in      W: www.versono.life
the peripheral vasculature.

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High Potential Start-Ups

                           VideoSherpa
                           VideoSherpa is a guided content creation           Contact Details
                           platform for businesses, enabling them to
                                                                              Anna Downes
                           leverage the power of video marketing by
                           easily creating high-quality, original video       T: +353 (0)87 252 8160
                           content in-house. Step-by-step filming
                                                                              E: hello@videosherpa.com
                           workflows, cloud-based editors, a digital
                           asset library and direct publishing tools          W: www.videosherpa.com
                           streamline content creation and delivery.

                           VorTech Water Solutions Ltd
                           VorTech Water Solutions, a spin-out from           Contact Details
                           NUI Galway, specialises in providing energy-
                                                                              Sean Mulligan
                           efficient water and wastewater products and
                           solutions, together with high-value services       T: +353 (0)87 275 3189
                           such as computational fluid dynamics and
                                                                              E: sean.mulligan@vortechws.com
                           process modelling, to maximise treatment
                           performance at the lowest energy input.            W: www.vortechws.com

                           VRAI
                           VRAI has developed a cutting-edge AI-powered       Contact Details
                           VR simulation platform called HEAT. VRAI is
                                                                              Pat O’Connor
                           working with leading global companies such as
                           Samsung, Pfizer and IAG, as well as with large     T: +353 (0)87 343 4485
                           organisations such as the United Nations and the
                                                                              E: pat@vrai.ie
                           Irish Defence Forces, to help save lives.
                                                                              W: www.vrai.ie

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High Potential Start-Ups
VROMO
VROMO provides state-of-the art software          Contact Details
to help restaurants run the most efficient
                                                  Alan Hickey
delivery operation possible while ensuring
that their customers enjoy exceptional brand      T: +353 (0)87 661 2211
experience. It is confident that its product is
                                                  E: alan@vromo.io
superior to any alternative on the market in
terms of features, data and value.                W: www.vromo.io

Wellola
Wellola’s cost-saving patient portal              Contact Details
revolutionises how clinics and hospitals care
                                                  Sonia Neary
for and communicate with their patients.
Online or app-based (Wellola Communicare),        T: +353 (0)87 248 5844
it is available as a SaaS or own-branded
                                                  E: sonia@wellola.com
enterprise level product. Features include
scheduling, secure video, form filing,            W: www.wellola.com
messaging, invoicing and payment facilities.

Xerotech
Xerotech designs and manufactures next-           Contact Details
generation thermally managed lithium-ion
                                                  Barry Flannery
battery systems for automotive, industrial,
marine and aerospace applications.                T: +353 (0)91 394 806
Xerotherm® liquid thermal management
                                                  E: info@xerotech.com
system offers an order of magnitude
improvement over current state-of-the-art         W: www.xerotech.com
in cylindrical-cell-based pack temperature
control enabling fast-charging, longer
lifetimes and higher sustained power.

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High Potential Start-Ups

                           ZiggyTec
                           ZiggyTec specialises in using IoT technology   Contact Details
                           to get live utility data (electricity, gas,
                                                                          Peter Murphy
                           water, heat, cooling etc.) from commercial
                           buildings to a cloud platform. This dataset    T: +353 (0)87 687 6022
                           is central to sustainability reporting
                                                                          E: peter@ziggytec.com
                           obligations. An added feature is the ‘Live
                           Carbon Footprint’ module.                      W: www.ziggytec.com

38                         Start-Up Showcase 2020
Competitive Start Fund

anewmum                                            The Wedding Wizard

Avtrain                                            tribetactics

Beta Inventions Ltd / WallPee                      Tympany Medical

Bonafi Limited                                     We Monitor Concrete

Capri Medical                                      YourEcosystem

Counting Carbon Now Ltd t/a Evocco                 Zipp Mobility

EquiTrace

FeelTect Limited

Frequency

Hippo Educational Technologies Ltd

Hygiene Audits

ITUS Secure Technologies

KO Kombucha

LegitFit Ltd

Masqt

Micron Agritech

MyClinic365

No Place Like

Octovid Ltd

PeachyLean Ltd

Peer Educational Technologies

Porter & Nash

Pro-Learning Solutions

Soothing Solutions Ltd

Squid

STYL.wrap

* A number of CSF funded companies are not listed in the directory on their request

                                                                         Start-Up Showcase 2020   39
anewmum
                         anewmum is an innovative Irish company             Contact Details
                         which has developed a range of comfort and
                                                                            Marian Kennedy
                         hygienic products that assist new mothers’
                         recovery after childbirth. The company’s           T: +353 (0)86 351 3408
                         products help the sensitive areas after birth
                                                                            E: marian@anewmum.com
                         by supporting and promoting the healing,
                         and by cooling and soothing the postpartum         W: www.anewmum.com
                         needs of a new mother.
Competitive Start Fund

                         Avtrain
                         Avtrain certifies drone pilots and operators       Contact Details
                         for all fixed wing, hybrid, single and multi-
                                                                            Julie Garland
                         rotor drones up to 75 kg. It is a registered
                         training facility approved by the Irish Aviation   T: +353 (0)86 275 3336
                         Authority. Under EU regulations, it will be
                                                                            E: julie.garland@avtrain.ie
                         providing online and blended training and
                         certification Europe-wide.                         W: www.avtrain.ie

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                         Beta Inventions Ltd / WallPee
                         Beta Inventions Ltd has developed a                Contact Details
                         technology to eliminate liquid waste (urine).
                                                                            Magda Rzepkowska
                         The first product, WallPee, is a waste-free
                         portable urinal. Beta Inventions aims to solve     T: +353 (0)87 193 7101
                         the global limitations of portable sanitation
                                                                            E: magdarzepkowska888@gmail.com
                         in male-dominated industries in non-fixed
                         locations – outdoor events, construction,          W: www.wallpeeurinal.ie
                         shipyards and military.

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bonafi
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Bonafi Limited
Bonafi is a SaaS regtech company targeting    Contact Details
the pharma industry. By applying automation
                                              Katarina Antill
to a very manual space, Bonafi helps
companies manage their customers and          T: +353 (0)86 100 3854
suppliers, reducing the risk and time taken
                                              E: katarina@bonafi.ie
to perform these validations. This leads to
reduced patient risk and corporate risk.      W: www.bonafi.ie

                                                                                         Competitive Start Fund
Capri Medical
Capri Medical designs and develops            Contact Details
implantable electronic devices for the
treatment of various diseases.                Fergal Ward

                                              T: +353 (0)87 969 3966

                                              E: fergal@capri-medical.com

                                              W: www.capri-medical.com

Counting Carbon Now Ltd
t/a Evocco
Evocco empowers consumers to make more        Contact Details
sustainable food choices by tracking the
                                              Ahmad Mu’azzam
climate impact of their food purchases. For
food brands, Evocco is a data insights tool   T: +353 (0)87 665 1593
to help them adapt to changing consumer
                                              E: a.muazzam@evocco.com
preferences in order to thrive in the new
sustainability era.                           W: www.evocco.com

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EquiTrace
                         EquiTrace is the revolutionary animal tracing    Contact Details
                         app, the go-to solution for critical industry
                                                                          Jennifer Corley
                         problems, including those arising from Brexit.
                         EquiTrace offers completely verifiable live      T: +353 (0)87 994 1570
                         data tailored to the needs of major equine
                                                                          E: jen@equitrace.app
                         sectors. The app is in successful commercial
                         use since its November launch.                   W: www.equitrace.app
Competitive Start Fund

                         FeelTect Limited
                         FeelTect has developed Tight Alright – a         Contact Details
                         connected-health, pressure-sensing device
                                                                          Andrew Cameron
                         that enables consistent delivery of gold-
                         standard compression therapy, dramatically       T: +353 (0)87 184 0912
                         improving healing times and reducing
                                                                          E: andrew.cameron@feeltect.com
                         treatment costs of venous leg ulcers, which
                         affect 2.2 million people in the USA and         W: www.feeltect.com
                         Europe each year.

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                         Frequency
                         Frequency is an internet-based communication     Contact Details
                         platform for airline operations – transforming
                                                                          Justin Perry
                         the delay and disruption management process.
                         Centred on the flight crew, operations and       T: +353 (0)85 141 6855
                         maintenance control. Delivering always-on,
                                                                          E: justin@flyfrequency.com
                         always optimum communication, improving
                         the turnaround and departure times of delayed    W: www.flyfrequency.com
                         flights by an average of 5 minutes.

42                       Start-Up Showcase 2020
Hippo Educational
Technologies Ltd
Hippo Educational Technologies monitors          Contact Details
and improves the linguistic proficiency of
                                                 Niamh Kelly
non-English speakers in universities and
corporations. By combining real-time data        T: +353 (0)83 803 5651
analytics with machine learning and AI, Hippo
                                                 E: niamh@hippoedtech.com
allows companies to pro-actively support
international people’s language needs to         W: www.hippoedtech.com
reduce churn and financial losses.

                                                                                           Competitive Start Fund
Hygiene Audits
Hygiene Audits is a unique healthcare quality    Contact Details
improvement management platform. Its
                                                 Glenda Hahn
professional nurse-led solution offers digital
oversight around hygiene practices with          T: +353 (0)87 417 2011
automated workflows for the whole healthcare
                                                 E: glenda@hygieneaudits.ie
team, enabling care environments to manage
infection prevention, measure compliance and     W: www.hygieneaudits.ie
improve patient safety at point of care.

ITUS Secure Technologies
Cybrisc is a B2B SaaS solution which             Contact Details
provides the cyber (re)insurance industry
                                                 Dr Clare Ryan
with quantitative insights into cyber risk
management among SMEs, leading to more           T: +353 (0)74 911 7034
accurate premium pricing and cost savings for
                                                 E: clare@itus-tech.com
SMEs. ‘Cybrisc – the equivalent of telematics
in cyber’.                                       W: www.itus-tech.com

                                                                  Start-Up Showcase 2020   43
KO Kombucha
                         KO Kombucha is a raw fermented tea                 Contact Details
                         handmade in Co. Offaly using a traditional
                                                                            Tracy Armstrong
                         brewing method to create an authentic
                         functional beverage. As a natural probiotic it     T: +353 (0)89 601 1926
                         serves as a health alternative to sugary soft
                                                                            E: tracy@kokombucha.com
                         drinks and alcohol and is available in three
                         flavours; original, strawberry and blueberry.      W: www.kokombucha.com
Competitive Start Fund

                         LegitFit Ltd
                         LegitFit Ltd helps fitness entrepreneurs to        Contact Details
                         start and grow their business through its
                                                                            Ryan O’Neill
                         online platform. The company specialises
                         in user experience and is hugely committed         T: +353 (0)83 182 1218
                         to making bookings, payments and
                                                                            E: ryan@legitfit.com
                         communication more seamless in the
                         fitness industry.                                  W: www.legitfit.com

                         Masqt
                         Masqt believes privacy is a human right; we are    Contact Details
                         troubled by the progressive loss of control of
                                                                            Sean Barni
                         our personal data. In this environment of online
                         and offline risks, we make sophisticated privacy   T: +353 (0)76 888 8243
                         practices safe and easy for everyone. Masqt is
                                                                            E: 48jz94@masqt.com
                         your digital shield.
                                                                            W: www.masqt.com

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Micron Agritech
With parasite test results for animals taking      Contact Details
days for a lab to process, farmers decide
                                                   Daniel Izquierdo
to constantly dose their animals instead of
testing, thus wasting money on unnecessary         T: +353 (0)89 201 8345
medication. Tástáil, Micron Agritech’s
                                                   E: daniel@micronagritech.com
revolutionary parasite testing kit, allows
farmers to test their animals instantly and        W: www.micronagritech.com
on site.

                                                                                            Competitive Start Fund
MyClinic365
MyClinic365 is a patient relationship              Contact Details
management platform for doctors and allied
health professionals. It makes your clinic work    Laura Malone
smarter not harder by removing the burden and      T: +353 (0)87 990 1108
frustration of administrative tasks. MyClinic365
allows you to communicate and collaborate          E: laura@myclinic365.com
effectively with your patients.                    W: www.myclinic365.com

No Place Like
No Place Like creates augmented reality            Contact Details
experiences for the homeware industry.
                                                   Allen Wixted
Currently in use with some of Ireland’s largest
homeware retailers, such as Meadows &              T: +353 (0)83 461 1338
Byrne, its content enables shoppers to see
                                                   E: allen@noplacelike.co
items in their home before buying them.
                                                   W: www.noplacelike.co

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Octovid Ltd
                         Octovid is an intelligent video marketing            Contact Details
                         software which gives brands the ability
                                                                              Ray Mongey
                         to personalise any video on their website
                         with dynamic content. Address individual             T: +353 (0)85 205 4668
                         customers by name, location, time and
                                                                              E: ray@octovid.com
                         purchase history directly within the video
                         to increase brand loyalty and sales.                 W: www.octovid.com
Competitive Start Fund

                         PeachyLean Ltd
                         PeachyLean is an award-winning online                Contact Details
                         company designing supportive active wear
                                                                              Sharon Keegan
                         and shapewear garments for women. Winners
                         of the SFA Emerging New Business award               T: +353 (0)83 311 0252
                         in 2019. PeachyLean has been endorsed by
                                                                              E: shar@peachylean.com
                         celebrities all across the world and featured in
                         British Vogue February 2020.                         W: www.peachylean.com

                         Peer Educational Technologies
                         Peer is an edtech product. It gives students         Contact Details
                         with dyslexia an all-in-one platform which
                                                                              Graham Brocklebank
                         offers tailor-made tools that address their unique
                         needs. Giving the user a consistent learning         T: +353 (0)87 138 4955
                         environment, reducing stress and anxiety,
                                                                              E: info@peer.ie
                         allowing the user to focus on content and
                         comprehension, and promoting independent             W: www.peer.ie
                         learning.

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Porter & Nash
Porter & Nash is an Irish company created by       Contact Details
professional chefs who designed a plant-
                                                   Gavin Cassidy
based gravy and sauce range, with no fat, low
salt and low sugar made with roasted root          T: +353 (0)87 223 0146
vegetables and Irish sea kelp to help elevate
                                                   E: gavin@porterandnash.ie
home-cooked dishes to restaurant standard.
                                                   W: www.porterandnash.com

                                                                                            Competitive Start Fund
Pro-Learning Solutions
Tax Learning Solutions designs online learning     Contact Details
tools for students of professional exams
                                                   Deirdre Lyons
(subjects such as law, tax and accountancy).
It combines tech and education psychology to       T: +353 (0)85 147 2987
make study more active and effective. Failure
                                                   E: deelyons2004@gmail.com
rates in such exams are as high as 50% – it aims
to change this.                                    W: www.taxlearningsolutions.com

Soothing Solutions Ltd
Soothing Solutions manufactures products to        Contact Details
promote comfort to young children when they
are unwell. The company focuses on product         Sinead Crowther
innovation and offers clever concepts to help      T: +353 (0)89 425 4939
solve common problems that parents face
when their young children become ill and are       E: sinead@soothingsolutions.ie
seeking to give them relief.                       W: www.soothingsolutions.ie

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Squid
                         Squid empowers retailers to deliver an              Contact Details
                         engaging digital loyalty experience with real
                                                                             Katie Farrell
                         benefits for both business and consumer.
                         It provides an installation-free solution that      T: +353 (0)86 864 7227
                         allows consumers to discover local businesses
                                                                             E: katie@squidrewards.com
                         and simply tap to collect loyalty stamps in-
                         store via its mobile app.                           W: www.squidloyalty.ie

                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Competitive Start Fund

                                                                                               
                         STYL.wrap
                         STYL.wrap has developed a smart, easy-to-           Contact Details
                         use sizing solution for fashion retailers. Using
                                                                             Shana Chu
                         artificial intelligence, its data-driven solution
                         reduces the cost, volume and environmental          T: +353 (0)83 003 1231
                         impact of returns by providing instant fit
                                                                             E: shanac@stylwrap.com
                         recommendations to online shoppers,
                         reducing the need to order multiple sizes.          W: www.stylwrap.com

                         The Wedding Wizard
                         The Wedding Wizard platform modernises the          Contact Details
                         wedding planning process for couples, their
                                                                             Kayleigh Breen
                         guests and suppliers alike. We offer a suite of
                         tools that will make planning and managing          T: +353 (0)89 416 0623
                         weddings easier than ever before.
                                                                             E: kayleigh@theweddingwizard.ie

                                                                             W: www.theweddingwizard.ie

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tribetactics
tribetactics helps companies turn one hour     Contact Details
of their time into a month of content.
                                               Kareem Mostafa

                                               T: +353 (0)86 024 7143

                                               E: kareem@tribetactics.com

                                               W: www.tribetactics.com

                                                                                        Competitive Start Fund
Tympany Medical
Tympany Medical is an NUIG spin-out            Contact Details
founded by BioInnovate Ireland alumni Dr
                                               Elizabeth McGloughlin
Liz McGloughlin and Rory O’Callaghan. The
company is designing and developing the next   T: +353 (0)87 760 1651
generation of sterile, panoramic endoscopes
                                               E: elizabeth@tympanymedical.com
for ENT and beyond.
                                               W: www.tympanymedical.com

We Monitor Concrete
We Monitor Concrete provides a solution        Contact Details
to measuring the strength of freshly poured
                                               Cormac Haverty
concrete in structural builds – such as
office building, shopping centres, bridges     T: ‘+353 (0)86 172 6654
and hospitals. Our cloud platform and next
                                               E: cormac@wemonitorconcrete.com
generation sensor technologies provide three
major benefits to the construction industry;   W: www.wemonitorconcrete.com
Reducing construction times of structural
builds, improving quality and reducing the
CO2 emissions.

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YourEcosystem
                         YourEcosystem is a software platform,            Contact Details
                         empowering commercial organisations,
                                                                          Fin Murphy
                         academic institutions and physical locations
                         to generate and nurture entrepreneurial          T: +353 (0)83 057 5857
                         ecosystems. Entrepreneurs identify and
                                                                          E: fin@thestartup.com
                         complete a guided series of next best actions
                         which expedites successful introductions to      W: www.yourecosystem.com
                         vetted mentors, curated products, trusted
                         service providers and proven investors.
Competitive Start Fund

                         Zipp Mobility
                         Zipp is a dockless e-scooter rental company      Contact Details
                         launching in Dublin and beyond in 2020. Zipp
                                                                          Charlie Gleeson
                         provides a quick and convenient way for
                         people to travel to and from public transport    T: +353 (0)85 157 2206
                         links without the burden of their own vehicle.
                                                                          E: charlie.gleeson@zippmobility.com

                                                                          W: www.zippmobility.com

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New Frontiers

BaseWorx

ClubSpot

HonestyHub Limited

Hotel Desk Direct

Lintil.com

Machado Men’s Grooming

NetRev

Nua Fertility Ireland Ltd

Ovis AgTech

Stackolater Ltd

Teorainn Nua

ticcbox

Uccello Marketing EU Ltd

Vitropics Ltd

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BaseWorx
                The only end-to-end management solution            Contact Details
                for flexible workspaces. The BaseWorx
                                                                   Graham Clarke
                comprehensive suite of tools seamlessly
                handles payments, meeting rooms and events.        T: +353 (0)87 911 1145
                It also fosters collaboration and community
                                                                   E: graham@baseworx.co
                through its private social network and
                messenger. Everything required to manage           W: www.baseworx.ie
                a venue from one place.

                ClubSpot
                ClubSpot is an online club management              Contact Details
                platform. Connecting to members through
                                                                   John Hyland
                a white labelled app, ClubSpot can help
                clubs reduce the administration burden on          T: +353 (0)87 109 1523
                volunteers, increase member engagement and
                                                                   E: johnhyland@ottsoftwaresolutions.com
                increase their sustainable recurring revenue
                streams.                                           W: www.ottsoftwaresolutions.com
New Frontiers

                HonestyHub Limited
                HonestyHub is a web platform empowering            Contact Details
                homebuyers to break down the traditional seller-
                                                                   Colm Casey
                side biases and control in the process of buying
                a home. Its platform upends centuries-old          T: +353 (0)87 752 9313
                processes around how property is sold, without
                                                                   E: colm@honestyhub.com
                disrupting the estate agency business model.
                                                                   W: www.honestyhub.com

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