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Start-Up
Showcase
2021

                                    New Frontiers

       #GlobalAmbition
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Contents

Foreword - Julie Sinnamon, CEO, Enterprise Ireland                    4

Start-Up Activity in 2020                                             6

High Potential Start-Ups                                              8

Competitive Start Fund                                              35

New Frontiers                                                       49

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Foreword
     Julie Sinnamon,
     Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Ireland

     I am delighted to present the HPSU Class of 2020, a
     resilient innovative group of entrepreneurs who despite the
     challenges of the past year did not allow themselves to be
     daunted by what was ahead of them, but who pressed on
     with their teams determined to fulfill their global ambition.
     In 2020 we invested in 125 new start-ups.
     To our inspiring founders, I have seen your development from concept to
     investment and I have no doubt you will become part of the ever-growing
     number of internationally focused Irish businesses that are increasing Irish
     exports and jobs. You are vital to accelerate our post Covid economic
     recovery.

     I am also delighted to acknowledge our colleagues from the wider business
     community - Investors, VCs, finance partners, LEOs, BICs and our MNC
     partners. It is hugely encouraging to see the level of collaboration and
     engagement across the Irish ecosystem. Making Ireland a great location
     to start and scale a business is a key pillar of ‘The Formula for Success’,
     Enterprise Ireland’s Action Plan to develop HPSUs.

     We have invested heavily in building a portfolio of HPSUs over the past
     decade. In 2020, Enterprise Ireland invested more than €48m in new start-
     ups and in sustaining and growing 150 HPSU companies from previous
     years to come through the Covid pandemic better and stronger. This is
     the highest level of funding that Enterprise Ireland has awarded to young
     companies bolstered by the Sustaining Enterprise Fund and Innovative Aid.

     A strong start-up economy is vital to the future of Ireland and while
     we were focusing on adapting to a future of greater digitalisation and
     automation, Covid has massively accelerated the speed of this change.

     Now more than ever before we need to be innovative and carve out even
     more niches in international markets where business will once again thrive.
     Tackling climate change is a priority and opportunities will be there for the
     taking by innovative and agile companies. Irish start-ups have proven their

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resilience in rising to the immense challenges during this unprecedented
year and I have every confidence that by continuing to work smarter
together we will meet these challenges head on and will make Ireland a
leading digital green economy led by fast-scaling innovative businesses
across all regions of Ireland.

I wish the class of 2020 every success and we look forward to continuing
to support these companies as they scale internationally.

     Julie Sinnamon
     Chief Executive Officer
     Enterprise Ireland

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Start-Up Activity 2020

      €48m                        80
       Total Enterprise        High Potential
     Ireland investment          Start-Ups
         in Start-Ups           supported

                                  45                   38
                             New Competitive          Women-led
                             Start Funds (CSFs)   Start-Ups (19 HPSU
                                                       + 19 CSF)

             12                                        44
        High Potential                                 Follow on
       Start-Ups from                                investments
     third level research

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Regional Spread of 2020
Start-Up Activity

            Northern
          and Western
        Regional Assembly

          17 12
         HPSU     CSF

                                    Eastern and
                                  Midland Regional
                                     Assembly

                                   53 19
                                   HPSU     CSF

                     Southern
                     Regional
                     Assembly

                   10       14
                   HPSU     CSF

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High Potential Start-Ups

    AbacusLabs Limited                  Frequency

    Acutrace                            genconnectU

    AKKURE Genomics                     GoMappED Limited

    All Real Nutrition                  GuardYoo

    Altada Technology Solutions         HaloSOS

    Altum Analytics                     HT Materials Ireland Ltd

    Antikytera e-technologies limited   Iamus Technologies Limited

    Atturos                             Impact Gumshields

    BioSimulytics Limited               Initiative Ireland

    Borrisoleigh Bottling Ltd           Institute of International
                                        Retail Limited
    Bounce Insights
                                        Interplay Platform Limited
    Boundless
                                        Kids Speech Labs
    Branca Bunus Limited
                                        Loanitt
    Brickfield Education Labs
                                        Luna Connect
    Bundledocs
                                        MEG
    CaliberAI
                                        Micron Agritech
    ClubSpot
                                        Motoklik
    Content Llama Ltd
                                        Novus Diagnostics
    Custran
                                        OceanR
    Danu Sports Limited
                                        onlineapplication
    Dataships Limited
                                        Palliare
    Dublin Vinyl
                                        patientMpower
    DX Compliance
                                        Performetry
    Examfly
                                        PlantQuest
    Fiid
                                        QPQ Limited
    Finca Skin Organics

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Recroot

RemedyBio

Renewal Diary

Ronspot Ltd

ROVE

Safecility

SelfSense Technologies

Senoptica Technologies

Shorla Pharma

Silicon Kingdom Holdings Ltd (SKH)

Sliabh Liag Distillers

Spire Software Solutions LTD

Splink Ltd

SQUID

The Corporate Governance Institute

The Naked Collective Limited

Thriftify

Trinzo

TripAdmit

Tympany Medical

UnifyOrdering

Venari Medical

Voxxify

VT IoT

Yatta

Zipp Mobility

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

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High Potential Start-Ups

                            Acutrace
                            Acutrace is a software and systems               Contact Details
                            integration company measuring energy
                            consumption in commercial and industrial         Aidan McDonnell
                            buildings. The company’s Energy
                                                                             E: aidan@acutrace.com
                            Measurement System helps businesses
                            to reduce their energy costs, meet their         W: www.acutrace.com
                            sustainability, CSR and ESG targets and
                            comply with internal and external energy
                            and carbon reporting requirements.

                            AKKURE Genomics
                            AKKURE is a patient-centric digital              Contact Details
                            platform that uses AI to match patients’
                            clinical and genomic data with the               Oran Rigby
                            most relevant clinical trials. AKKURE’s
                                                                             E: o.rigby@akkure.com
                            platform enhances patient recruitment
                            and retention, optimizing trial success,         W: www.Akkure.com
                            fused with a more precise telemedicine
                            network that personalizes patient access
                            and rewards.

                            All Real Nutrition
                            All Real Nutrition is a premium sports           Contact Details
                            nutrition and lifestyle brand that believes in
                            sustainability, using only natural ingredients   Ross McDowell
                            and enjoying time in the outdoors. The
                                                                             E: ross@eatallreal.com
                            company manufactures its products
                            in-house in Co. Kerry and uses local             W: www.eatallreal.com
                            ingredients where possible (i.e. milk protein
                            from Co. Kerry).

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Altada Technology
Solutions
Altada provides AI solutions to companies     Contact Details
with large, unstructured data sets.
Companies need to incorporate next            Allan F Beechinor
generation disruptive solutions in data
                                              E: allan@altada.com
management that can bring both business
and operational value. Being able to          W: www.altada.com
harness data effectively drives competitive
advantage for Altada clients.

Altum Analytics
Altum Analytics was founded by experts        Contact Details
with a mission to help organizations
transform their customer relations            Dmitry Korzhik
processes including sales, marketing,
                                              E: d@altumanalytics.com
customer success, and support, using a
data-driven approach.

We are proud to be a Pledge 1% company
that supports education.

Antikytera e-technologies
Ltd
Founded in 2017 as a technology company       Contact Details
providing AR solutions for a new level of
remote collaboration, Antikytera is now       Kristian Karazissis
valued at more than €15m and growing.
                                              E: info@antikytera.com
Over the next five years, the company
plans to become the global leader in this     W: www.antikytera.com
market.

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                            Atturos
                            Atturos develops advanced diagnostic            Contact Details
                            tests.
                                                                            Stephen Pennington

                                                                            E: stephen.pennington@atturos.com

                                                                            W: www.atturos.com

                            BioSimulytics Ltd
                            BioSimulytics has developed a unique            Contact Details
                            software platform using Artificial
                            Intelligence (AI) and supercomputing to         Peter Doyle
                            accurately predict the energy force-fields
                                                                            E: pdoyle@biosimulytics.com
                            and crystal structures of new molecules,
                            which can play a key role in the digitisation   W: www.biosimulytics.com
                            of next-generation drug development in the
                            pharma/biotech sector.

                            Borrisoleigh Bottling Ltd
                            Borrisoleigh Bottling is a bottled water        Contact Details
                            business, delivering water from an
                            award-winning source, in a way that is          Dermot Honan
                            sustainable to the environment using
                                                                            E: dermot@bblco.ie
                            innovative packaging solutions (carton,
                            box, glass, RPET) that are single-use-plastic   W: www.bblco.ie
                            alternatives. The company has highly
                            experienced staff and a 6000+ Sq-metre
                            production-ready facility.

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Bounce Insights
Bounce provides a consumer data and             Contact Details
insights platform that connects consumer
brands with their target audiences so they      Charlie Butler
can ask questions and receive answers on
                                                E: admin@bounceinsights.com
demand. The platform provides the fast
results, quality respondents and easy-to-       W: www.bounceinsights.com
use interface needed for brands to run an
insights-driven business.

Boundless
Boundless is the international employment       Contact Details
platform for remote teams. It takes the hard
work out of international people ops by         Dee Coakley
allowing companies to compliantly employ
                                                E: info@boundlesshq.com
people wherever they are, and to get set up
to handle payroll and tax filings in minutes.   W: www.boundlesshq.com

Branca Bunús Ltd
Branca Bunús is dedicated to developing         Contact Details
and commercializing gene therapy
products for patients suffering from genetic    Dr Hongyun Tai
disorders. The company develops polymer-
                                                E: hongyun.t@brancabunus.com
based gene therapy transformative
medicines and will become a leader in           W: www.brancabunus.com
the development of non-viral based gene
therapy products to treat debilitating
genetic disorders.

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                            Brickfield Education Labs
                            Brickfield provides an integrated               Contact Details
                            compliance platform for Moodle-based
                            Learning Management Systems to build            Gavin Henrick
                            a more effective and inclusive learning
                                                                            E: gavin@brickfield.ie
                            delivery by improving the accessibility
                            and usability of the course materials. The      W: www.brickfield.ie
                            platform helps organisations Find, Fix and
                            Futureproof their learning content in their
                            Moodle LMS.

                            Bundledocs
                            Bundledocs market-leading cloud software        Contact Details
                            is the ultimate tool for today’s paperless
                            lawyer. Now sold in over 30 countries           Brian Kenneally
                            worldwide, its cloud-first document
                                                                            E: info@bundledocs.com
                            bundling, delivery and collaboration
                            software is used by governments, legal and      W: www.bundledocs.com
                            professional services to save time, cut costs
                            and maximise in-house efficiencies.

                            CaliberAI
                            CaliberAI is a provider of digital              Contact Details
                            publishing solutions designed to help
                            solve the problems of defamatory and            Neil Brady
                            harmful content. Built by a unique team
                                                                            E: nbrady@caliberai.net
                            of experienced editors, linguists and
                            engineers, CaliberAI’s tools are optimised      W: www.caliberai.net
                            for a new era of accountability in digital
                            technology. #DiligentPublishing

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ClubSpot
ClubSpot provides bespoke club                   Contact Details
management and digital ticketing solutions
to sports and social clubs. It helps clubs to    John Hyland
increase fan engagement and create new
                                                 E: johnhyland@clubspot.app
revenue streams.
                                                 W: www.clubspot.app

Content Llama Ltd
The Content Llama platform connects              Contact Details
global retailers with a single supply of fast,
accurate, eTail-ready product content for        Karina Kelly
their eCommerce stores. Replacing manual
                                                 E: karina.kelly@contentllama.com
systems that are no longer fit for purpose.
Clients include Lifestyle Sports, Aer Rianta     W: www.contentllama.com
(The Loop- Ireland, New Zealand, Canada)
and Moosejaw (Walmart).

Custran
Custran is a cloud-based SaaS business           Contact Details
enabling customers to make customs
declarations to ROS in Ireland and HMRC          Kieran Gleeson
in the UK all on the same platform. Brexit
                                                 E: info@custran.com
means declarations. The platform is
designed to help first time users make their     W: www.custran.com
customs declarations as simply as possible.

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                            Danu Sports Limited
                            Danu Sports has developed an innovative       Contact Details
                            pair of smart socks and analytical software
                            that revolutionize injury and performance     Oisín Lennon
                            management in sports and medicine.
                                                                          E: olennon@danusports.com
                            Removing the restriction of lab-based
                            analysis to provide coaches and athletes      W: www.danusports.com
                            with smart, accurate analysis, in any
                            environment, at any time.

                            Dataships Ltd
                            Dataships is an Irish and US-based            Contact Details
                            technology company that specializes in
                            GDPR and data privacy. Dataships has          Ryan McErlane
                            built a unique software (SaaS) product that
                                                                          E: ryan@dataships.io
                            automates the key aspects of GDPR that
                            companies need to display publicly on their   W: www.dataships.io
                            websites.

                            Dublin Vinyl
                            Dublin Vinyl is a music manufacturing,        Contact Details
                            distribution and marketing company
                            working with some of the best international   Hugh Scully
                            record labels and independent artists.
                                                                          E: press@dublinvinyl.com
                            We manufactured our first vinyl record in
                            January 2018 and now provide full direct-     W: www.dublinvinyl.com
                            to-consumer services to the music industry
                            through our international network.

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DX Compliance
DX Compliance protects banks and                 Contact Details
fintechs against multi-billion dollar fines by
changing the way anti-money laundering           Simon Dix
compliance is done.
                                                 E: simon.dix@dxcompliance.com

                                                 W: www.dxcompliance.com

Examfly
Examfly designs interactive online tools to      Contact Details
make study for professional exams quicker
and more painless.                               Deirdre Lyons

                                                 E: deirdre@examfly.com

                                                 W: www.examfly.com

Fiid
Making plant-based food for busy living.         Contact Details
                                                 Shane Ryan

                                                 E: aloha@eatfiid.com

                                                 W: www.eatfiid.com

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                            Finca Skin Organics Ltd
                            Finca Skin Organics Ltd manufactures and       Contact Details
                            sells skin care products to treat rosacea,
                            a sensitive facial skin condition. Since       Finola Fegan
                            establishing the business, two flagship
                                                                           E: hello@rosacea.ie
                            products utilising organic, all natural
                            ingredients have been developed for            W: www.rosacea.ie
                            treatment of type 1 and type 2 forms of
                            rosacea and are available online.

                            Frequency
                            Frequency is an innovative internet based      Contact Details
                            communication and collaboration system
                            for aviation. Frequency allows the right       Justin Perry
                            people to have the right information at
                                                                           E: justin@flyfrequency.com
                            the right time within an airline improving
                            decision making, reducing delays and           W: www.flyfrequency.com
                            reducing costs.

                                                                         gen connect u           live to learn.

                            genconnectU
                            genconnectU is a global learning platform      Contact Details
                            for women.
                                                                           Nancy Spears

                                                                           E: nancy@genconnect.com

                                                                           W: www.genconnectU.com

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GoMappED Ltd
GoMappED provides affordable, high-             Contact Details
quality English courses online to school-
going students in both cities and rural parts   Yuxin Wang
of China. The company has developed an
                                                E: info@gomapped.com
innovative virtual classroom platform for
a better learning experience and effective
training management.

GuardYoo
GuardYoo’s platform, Compromise                 Contact Details
Assessment is a new paradigm for cyber
professionals to consider. Compromise           Darren Sexton
Assessment is currently the missing link
                                                E: dsexton@GuardYoo.com
that connects other cyber models (SIEM,
Vulnerability Assessment, Pen-Testing) into     W: www.GuardYoo.com
one logical sequence within a well thought-
out cyber strategy.

HaloSOS
Over 4 million US hotel rooms must have         Contact Details
a staff safety solution deployed to comply
with current legislation, union demands         Fiona Moloney
and brand mandates. HaloSOS keeps staff
                                                E: fiona@halosos.com
safe in personal and mass crisis incidents
with an intuitive, voice-activated indoor       W: www.halosos.com
and outdoor locating platform.

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                            HT Materials Ireland Ltd
                            As a research-driven company, HT               Contact Details
                            Materials Science has developed Maxwell
                            2020®, a patented, heat transfer nanofluid     Denis Kearney
                            that reduces energy demand in closed-
                                                                           E: info@htmaterialsscience.com
                            loop hydronic systems by up to 25%. It
                            delivers environmental and economic            W: www.htmaterialsscience.com
                            benefits by mainstreaming energy-reducing
                            technologies within heating and cooling
                            systems.

                            Iamus Technologies Ltd
                            Iamus Technologies is an agricultural          Contact Details
                            technology company that uses machine
                            learning to turn visual, environmental and     Shane Kiernan
                            biometric bird and farm information into
                                                                           E: shane@iamus.ai
                            actionable data for poultry producers.
                                                                           W: www.iamus.ai

                            Initiative Ireland
                            Initiative Ireland is an Impact Finance        Contact Details
                            specialist. It works with its Impact
                            Investor community to co-fund property         Padraig W. Rushe
                            development loans across Ireland, helping
                                                                           E: Team@InitiativeIreland.ie
                            to tackle the housing crisis and address
                            environmental challenges. Together, they       W: www.initiativeireland.ie
                            finance the construction of energy-efficient
                            social housing and affordable housing
                            projects nationwide.

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Institute of
International Retail
The Institute of International Retail delivers   Contact Details
online retail training primarily for Travel
Retail and Duty-Free Industry. The business      Derek Hughes
has some of the largest Travel Retail
                                                 E: director@iiretail.com
businesses and airports as its clients. The
training is all elearning and the courses are    W: www.180.ie/international-institute-of-
accredited by CPD in London.                     retail/

Interplay Platform Ltd
Interplay empowers digital creative teams        Contact Details
to work together, seamlessly, wherever
they are.                                        Michael Fitzgerald

                                                 E: michael@interplayapp.com

                                                 W: www.interplayapp.com

Kids Speech Labs
Kids Speech Labs is delivering the next          Contact Details
generation of data-driven solutions for
early childhood development. Its remote          Shona D’Arcy
monitoring technology moves the early
                                                 E: shona.darcy@kidsspeechlabs.com
stages of managing speech and language
development into the home, empowering            W: www.kidsspeechlabs.com
parents and supporting large-scale
screening of children to ensure no child
falls behind.

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                            Loanitt
                            Loanitt is an innovative new fintech            Contact Details
                            provider with two pillars: Credit
                            Intermediary and Technology Provider.           John Duggan
                            The company provides technology-based
                                                                            E: johnduggan@loanitt.ie
                            solutions to improve the credit application
                            process for the consumer and financial          W: www.loanitt.ie
                            institutions.

                                                                                  luna connect
                                                                                  intelligent digital lending software

                            Luna Connect
                            Luna Connect is an intelligent digital          Contact Details
                            lending platform that enables traditional
                            lenders to leverage data, APIs and Artificial   Brian D’Arcy
                            Intelligence to efficiently grow their loan
                                                                            E: brian@lunaconnect.io
                            books online, reduce operational costs
                            and risk through automation, and provide        W: www.lunaconnect.io
                            a faster, more transparent user experience
                            for borrowers.

                            MEG
                            MEG is a digital quality management             Contact Details
                            system for healthcare. Its suite of
                            powerful mobile and cloud-based tools           Kerrill Thornhill
                            enables providers to manage their
                                                                            E: info@megit.com
                            quality, audit, patient safety, risk and
                            compliance processes across multiple            W: www.megit.com
                            sites, consolidating data into a centralised
                            platform.

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Micron Agritech
Micron Agritech implements cutting-edge       Contact Details
technologies to bring lab diagnostic tools
to the farm. Micron is currently developing   Daniel Izquierdo Hijazi
a rapid onsite parasite testing kit for
                                              E: hello@micronagritech.com
animals.
                                              W: www.micronagritech.com

Motoklik
Motoklik has developed Motorsport tech        Contact Details
using AI to improve performance and
safety. The diverse team is focused on        Jens Köpke
sales in mainland Europe and the USA with
                                              E: jens@motoklik.com
product launch planned for March 2021.
                                              W: www.motoklik.com

Novus Diagnostics
Novus Diagnostics is an award-winning         Contact Details
SME developing rapid infection
diagnostic solutions based on its             Kellie Adamson
proprietary microfluidic and sensor
                                              E: hello@septec.ie
expertise. Its core product, SepTec, is a
novel, patent pending, low-cost, rapid        W: www.septec.ie
infection diagnostic solution for blood
stream infection and associated sepsis
management.

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                            OceanR
                            OceanR is a specialist in the design           Contact Details
                            and supply of eco-friendly apparel and
                            products. The company partners with            Tom Cotter
                            luxury resorts, private islands, superyachts
                                                                           E: tom@oceanr.co
                            and sailing clubs worldwide to help them
                            achieve their sustainability goals.            W: www.oceanr.co

                            OnlineApplication
                            OnlineApplication is a fintech firm making     Contact Details
                            mortgages and insurance easier, faster and
                            better for everybody through the use of        Karl Deeter
                            technology. Its system gets an application
                                                                           E: kd@onlineapplication.ie
                            done in just 7 minutes and then ties in with
                            brokers and lenders to create an end-to-       W: www.onlineapplication.ie
                            end solution.

                            Palliare
                            Palliare is dedicated to advancing the         Contact Details
                            state-of-the-art in smoke evacuation and
                            insufflation technologies for laparoscopic,    Caroline O’Dea
                            endoluminal, endoscopic, colorectal and
                                                                           E: codea@palliare.com
                            robotic surgery.
                                                                           W: www.palliare.com

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patientMpower
patientMpower (pMp), founded in 2015,           Contact Details
is a digital healthcare company based
in Dublin, Ireland. As an experienced           Eamonn Costello
provider of remote monitoring solutions for
                                                E: eamonn@patientmpower.com
patients living with chronic lung conditions,
pMp’s patient-facing app with connected         W: www.patientmpower.com
bluetooth devices, shares data with
researchers and clinicians in real time.

Performetry
Pre-COVID statistics show that 85% of           Contact Details
employees are actively disengaged at
work, costing $300B+ annually due to the        Denys Grabchak
resulting productivity loss (increasingly
                                                E: founders@performetry.ai
more urgent with COVID). Performetry
solves this problem by plugging into            W: www.performetry.ai
internal communication processes and
providing real-time sentiment data with
actionable recommendations.

PlantQuest
PlantQuest is a signal-free navigation tool     Contact Details
that gives a Google Maps-type experience
to large industrial facilities. It combines     Gerard Carton
this feature with industry-specific
                                                E: ger@plantquest.io
workflows to give clients a unique solution
to everyday problems. Key industries            W: www.plantquest.io
include: pharmaceutical, datacentre,
semiconductor, oil & gas and building
management.

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                            QPQ Ltd
                            QPQ holds the keys to digitalization and          Contact Details
                            is developing the fundamental layers on
                            which new transactional infrastructure can        Greg Chew
                            be built, creating the internet of economic
                                                                              E: gchew@qpq.io
                            exchange and unlocking the digital,
                            programmable economy of the future.               W: www.qpq.io

                            Recroot
                            Recroot offers a video hiring tool for            Contact Details
                            hospitality groups, chains and franchises
                            that hire large volumes of hourly staff.          Cian Farrell

                                                                              E: cian@getrecroot.com

                                                                              W: www.getrecroot.com

                            RemedyBio
                            RemedyBio’s core patented technology              Contact Details
                            is a mass-scale, single-cell analysis and
                            retrieval ‘nanoreactor’ technology, with the      Colm Galligan
                            ability to analyze millions of individual cells
                                                                              E: cgalligan@remedybiologics.com
                            in parallel, and retrieve individual cells of
                            interest, enabling novel biological insights      W: www.remedybiologics.com
                            and game-changing therapeutics discovery,
                            diagnostics and disease characterization
                            tools.

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Renewal Diary
Renewal Diary is a global application that      Contact Details
enables consumers, small businesses and
members of associations to make smarter         Cormac Horan
decisions at renewal time.
                                                E: cormac@renewaldiary.com

                                                W: www.renewaldiary.com

Ronspot Ltd
Ronspot (the flexible office - simplified) is   Contact Details
a clever integrated app solution to solve
office parking and hot desk management          Michael Furey
problems. It makes office parking and desk
                                                E: mike@ronspotflexwork.com
management fair, easy, stress-free and
compliant with social distancing.               W: www.ronspotflexwork.com

ROVE
ROVE is a booking platform for incredible       Contact Details
travel experiences, offering more than
250,000 travel activities in over 800           Brian Kearney
destinations around the world and available
                                                E: brian@rove.ie
as a direct-to-consumer application and via
travel industry partners. Supply is carefully   W: www.rove.ie
selected and monitored to guarantee top
quality activities to a global consumer
audience. ROVE monetizes by charging a
commission from suppliers on every sale.

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High Potential Start-Ups

                            Safecility
                            Safecility™ has taken tedious manual tasks       Contact Details
                            and automated them. Its first Safecility™
                            sensor lets building managers automate           Cian O’Flaherty
                            their weekly emergency lighting testing.
                                                                             E: cian@safecility.com
                            The company works with Housing
                            Associations, Councils and large site            W: www.safecility.com
                            managers throughout Ireland and the UK.

                            SelfSense Technologies
                            1 billion+ patients globally suffer from tooth   Contact Details
                            grinding, a potentially highly destructive
                            condition to oral health. SelfSense’s            Padraig McAuliffe
                            technology, SmartSplint, gives dentists
                                                                             E: info@selfsense.ie
                            actionable, clinically relevant data to
                            guide their management of tooth grinding         W: www.selfsense.ie
                            patients. This data reduces the risk of
                            clinical complications and improves case
                            acceptance and patient engagement.

                            Senoptica Technologies
                            Senoptica Technologies offers a novel food       Contact Details
                            packaging sensor technology.
                                                                             Brendan Rice

                                                                             E: brendan.rice@senoptica.com

                                                                             W: www.senoptica.com

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High Potential Start-Ups
Shorla Pharma
Shorla Pharma is a speciality                 Contact Details
pharmaceutical company developing and
commercializing innovative oncology drugs     Sharon Cunningham
for women’s and paediatric cancers.
                                              E: sharon.cunningham@shorlapharma.com

                                              W: www.shorlapharma.com

Silicon Kingdom Holdings
Ltd (SKH)
Silicon Kingdom Holdings is building a        Contact Details
novel, scalable passive direct air capture
system for collecting CO2 from ambient        Pól Ó Móráin
air. The characteristics and flexibility of
                                              E: info@siliconkingdomholdings.com
the MechanicalTree™ combine to provide
the most energy efficient and versatile       W: www.mechanicaltrees.com
carbon capture technology globally - a
significant breakthrough for climate change
mitigation.

Sliabh Liag Distillers
Sliabh Liag Distillers has taken the first    Contact Details
steps to reclaim the distilling heritage
of Donegal with the launch of The Silkie      James Keith
Whiskeys, An Dúlamán Gin and Assaranca
                                              E: james.keith@sliabhliagdistillers.com
Vodka. Construction has commenced on its
second distillery at Ardara.                  W: www.sliabhliagdistillers.com

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High Potential Start-Ups

                            Spire Software Solutions LTD
                            Spire is a critical incident management         Contact Details
                            system, built In modules to ultimately
                            expand across the insurance claims              Ken Morgan
                            handling sector initially targeting roadside
                                                                            E: ken.morgan@spiresoftware.io
                            assistance with Module 1.
                                                                            W: www.spiresoftware.io

                            Splink Ltd
                            Splink is a simple, secure and efficient        Contact Details
                            way for businesses to collect payment. Its
                            flexible payment solution allows businesses     Tom O’Donohoe
                            to choose from its feature-rich suite of
                                                                            E: support@mysplink.com
                            ‘Add-Ons’ to create a custom payment
                            solution that fits their business needs and     W: www.splink.io
                            budget.

                            SQUID
                            SQUID empowers retailers to deliver an          Contact Details
                            engaging digital loyalty experience without
                            any expensive technology integrations.          Katie Farrell
                            SQUID app users can discover local
                                                                            E: hello@squidloyalty.ie
                            businesses and connect to the people
                            behind them, and simply tap to collect          W: www.squidloyalty.ie
                            loyalty stamps contactlessly in participating
                            businesses.

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High Potential Start-Ups
The Corporate Governance
Institute
The Corporate Governance Institute helps        Contact Details
both existing and aspiring boardroom
directors to further develop their career as    Anthony Quigley
a board director with industry-approved
                                                E: info@thecorporategovernanceinstitute.com
certifications and membership. It helps
directors to acquire the mindset, practical     W: www.thecorporategovernanceinstitute.com
skills, experience and confidence that make
great board directors so valuable.

The Naked Collective Ltd
The Naked Collective is an Irish carbon         Contact Details
neutral start-up committed to creating
healthy, natural, and functional drinks in a    Catherina Butler
sustainable way. Powered by plants, people
                                                E: cat@tncdrinks.com
and purpose, the company’s Mude and
So.Beer drinks are unique and innovative        W: www.thenakedcollective.com
in how they deliver health benefits through
SuperLiquid and Immunoboost technology.

Thriftify
Thriftify is the online charity shop. Working   Contact Details
with over 90% of Ireland’s charity retailers,
the platform connects charities with            Rónán Ó Dálaigh
consumers who care. As the interest in
                                                E: info@thriftify.ie
sustainable products grows, Thriftify is
scaling to capture a growing consumer           W: www.thriftify.ie
demand.

                                                                  Start-Up Showcase 2021      31
High Potential Start-Ups

                            Trinzo
                            Trinzo provides global compliance,              Contact Details
                            remediation and project management
                            services to the Medical Device,                 Liam Turley
                            Pharmaceutical and Bio-pharmaceutical
                                                                            E: liamturley@trinzo.com
                            industries. Trinzo utilises their experience,
                            industry leading methodologies and              W: www.trinzo.com
                            expertise to provide a customised strategy
                            to meet project needs for clients.

                            TripAdmit
                            TripAdmit provides tour and activity            Contact Details
                            providers with the tools to manage every
                            aspect of their online sales and distribution   John Maguire
                            in one place. Its flexible and powerful
                                                                            E: john.maguire@tripadmit.com
                            booking software provides an end-to-end
                            online sales and distribution solutions         W: www.tripadmit.com
                            globally.

                            Tympany Medical
                            Tympany Medical is an award-winning             Contact Details
                            ENT company established in 2018 by Dr.
                            Liz McGloughlin and Rory O’Callaghan.           Elizabeth McGloughlin
                            The OtoVU endoscope will revolutionize
                                                                            E: elizabeth@tympanymedical.com
                            endoscopic surgery, allowing surgeons to
                            use a two-handed surgical technique, ‘look      W: www.tympanymedical.com
                            around’ inside body cavities and clean the
                            lens in situ.

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High Potential Start-Ups
UnifyOrdering
UnifyOrdering is re-imagining how               Contact Details
buyers and suppliers meet, connect and
do business in the wholesale food and           Barry McNerney
hospitality industries. It saves both parties
                                                E: hello@unifyordering.com
time and money, reduces their carbon
footprint and provides them with previously     W: www.unifyordering.com
unavailable information and control.

Venari Medical
Venari Medical is a medical device start-       Contact Details
up developing novel medical devices for
vascular disease. It has pioneered the          Stephen Cox
development of an unprecedented catheter
                                                E: stephen@venarimedical.com
device that utilises the body’s natural
healing mechanism for the treatment of          W: www.venarimedical.com
chronic venous disease and venous leg
ulcers.

Voxxify
Voxxify helps IT leaders to better              Contact Details
understand how employees feel about
the technology they use at work. Voxxify        Steve Fleming
systematically gathers, segments and
                                                E: steve@voxxify.com
prioritizes employee feedback for any size
company in days, compared with many             W: www.voxxify.com
months for existing solutions, so IT can act
quickly and decisively.

                                                                Start-Up Showcase 2021   33
High Potential Start-Ups

                            VT IoT
                            VT, the IoT innovation company, provides        Contact Details
                            connected solutions to make assets work
                            smarter. It builds end-to-end, device-          Mark Bannon
                            to-cloud IoT solutions that provide its
                                                                            E: mark.bannon@vt-iot.com
                            partners with visibility, transparency
                            and understanding over their assets to          W: www.vt-iot.com
                            create new revenue streams, reduce costs
                            and significantly improve operational
                            efficiencies.

                            Yatta
                            Yatta helps humans think and feel better        Contact Details
                            about money! The company is on a mission
                            to help you navigate the complexities           Alan Quinlan
                            of financial decision-making. Money is
                                                                            E: alan.quinlan@yatta.ai
                            complex, but whether you have a lot or a
                            little, Yatta believes everyone has the right   W: www.yatta.ai
                            to financial health.

                            Zipp Mobility
                            Zipp is an Irish e-scooter sharing company      Contact Details
                            based in NovaUCD. Zipp currently operates
                            in three cities across the UK and employs       Charlie Gleeson
                            20 people. With new e-scooter legislation
                                                                            E: info@zippmobility.com
                            set to be passed in Ireland early this
                            year, Zipp plans to roll their service out      W: www.zippmobility.com
                            nationwide.

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Competitive Start Fund

Amalytics                                          PluAlto

Anseris IQ Ltd                                     Positive Carbon

Automated Regulatory Monitoring                    RideShair Ltd

AVOW Ltd                                           Rogue

Bambooth Ltd.                                      RYPT

Banba                                              Sensibin Limited

BEE Arona                                          Smart Reactors Service Ltd

BelowHorizon                                       StongBó Agritech LTD

Bewell Healthy Products Limited                    Stratos Medical

Bumpey                                             Tekrapod Ltd

Buyerpix                                           The PR Training Academy Ltd

Cloda                                              The Third Arm

Codebridge Limited                                 waytoB

Colourtec

DataLayers

Equideq

EV Energy

Fifty Shades Greener

IlluminAi Tech

My Gut Solution

OpinionX

Orb Media

Outlier Games

Perkforce

Peroxigen Limited

Planet Hologram Studios ltd

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

                                                                        Start-Up
                                                                        Start-Up Showcase
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                                                                                          2021   35
amalytics
                          amalytics uses data analytics to help         Contact Details
                          Amazon sellers start and grow a profitable
                          business.                                     Steven Mulligan

                                                                        E: contact@catsnatcher.com

                                                                        W: www.catsnatcher.com
Competitive Start Fund

                          Anseris IQ Ltd
                          Anseris IQ provides data analytics for        Contact Details
                          power utilities, making the distribution
                          of electricity greener, cheaper and more      Mike McCormack
                          reliable.
                                                                        E: mike.a.mccormack@anserisiq.com

                                                                        W: www.anserisiq.com

                          Automated Regulatory
                          Monitoring
                          ARM eliminates the need to rely on manual     Contact Details
                          samples to monitor compliance and quality
                          assurance for lenders by providing a simple   Ignacio Colis
                          and reliable AI platform that reaches 100%
                                                                        E: icolis@armonitoring.co.uk
                          of the portfolio daily.
                                                                        W: www.armonitoring.co.uk

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AVOW Ltd
Informed consent is fundamental to             Contact Details
surgery. Consent can be time-consuming
and inconsistent. AVOW is a platform that      Jane O’Sullivan
enables medical professionals to send
                                               E: osullij5@tcd.ie
procedure-specific multimedia content
to patients’ phones/emails. Patients click     W: www.avow.ie
the link and securely watch the video.
The medical professional can check
whether the video has been watched and
understood.

                                                                                          Competitive Start Fund
Bambooth Ltd.
Bambooth® is an Irish sustainable              Contact Details
toothbrush brand offering a premium,
plastic-free alternative to a manual plastic   Niamh Mc Gill
toothbrush. Bambooth® is the world’s
                                               E: niamh@bambooth.com
first and only bamboo toothbrush with
the accreditation of the Oral Health           W: www.bambooth.com
Foundation- an independent panel of dental
experts.

Banba
Banba is an app that allows customers to       Contact Details
order food and drinks directly from their
phone, obliterating queues and wait times      Dave Alton
at venues the world over. Banba enables
                                               E: dave@banba-app.com
mobile and contactless ordering, which the
company believes will be an integral part of   W: www.banba-app.com
the venue of the future.

                                                                 Start-Up Showcase 2021   37
BEE Arona
                          ARONA is an Irish premium solid perfume        Contact Details
                          brand. The company uses organic beeswax
                          and pure natural essential oils. Its perfume   Nora Irwin
                          comes in three modern fragrances: Delicate
                                                                         E: nora@aronanaturalfragrance.ie
                          Rose, Calming Lavender and Fresh Citrus.
                          Suitable for people on the go. Arona -         W: www.aronanaturalfragrance.ie
                          making perfect scents.
Competitive Start Fund

                          BelowHorizon
                          BelowHorizon uses AI and spoken dialog         Contact Details
                          technology to create tailored multiplatform
                          and multimodal language learning solutions     Emer Gilmartin
                          for organisations and individuals. The
                                                                         E: info@milla.ie
                          company's language learning agent MILLA
                          guides learners through well-researched,       W: www.milla.ie
                          context-integrated, task-based listening,
                          reading and structure activities, and
                          provides vital pronunciation and spoken
                          interaction practice.

                          Bewell Healthy Products Ltd
                          AI based radiology whose customers             Contact Details
                          include private and public hospitals and
                          aid organizations globally. Bewell Healthy     Debjani Roy Choudhury
                          Products provides automated detection of
                                                                         E: debjanic2000@gmail.com
                          TB and cancer from chest x-rays and ADHD
                          and Alzheimers from brain imaging (work
                          in progress).

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Bumpey
Bumpey creates simple, fast SaaS solutions    Contact Details
for SMEs and entertainment venues to
manage online ordering and queues. The        Joe Cleary
company was created out of the need for
                                              E: hello@bumpey.com
businesses to be able to offer customers
a convenient, innovative eCommerce            W: www.bumpey.com
alternative to 'at the till' transactions,
without an app.

                                                                                      Competitive Start Fund
Buyerpix
Buyerpix is an Intelligent Dropbox for        Contact Details
fashion buyers, with Instagram style image
capture and excel style budgeting. Buyerpix   Niamh Byrne
digitises the wholesale buying process by
                                              E: info@buyerpix.com
creating a set of tools which buyers and
suppliers can use to enhance and improve      W: www.buyerpix.com
overall buying and product sell through.

Cloda
Cloda is a B2B automated sales platform       Contact Details
for conversational commerce. The platform
allows businesses to sell directly to         Mark Waldron
consumers automatically via messaging
                                              E: contact@cloda.io
apps (such as WhatsApp) through the use
of machine learning and natural language      W: www.cloda.io
processing.

                                                             Start-Up Showcase 2021   39
Codebridge Ltd
                          Codebridge is a Waterford-based Artificial    Contact Details
                          Intelligence research and development
                          company, working on changing fintech          Arnold Adomaitis
                          and regtech industries with AI for business
                                                                        E: info@codebridge.io
                          solutions, focusing mainly on client
                          onboarding and other AML and KYC              W: https://overseer.io/
                          sectors.
Competitive Start Fund

                          ColourTec
                          ColourTec offers a low maintenance,           Contact Details
                          100% recyclable, affordable, lightweight
                          metal alternative to timber fence panels,     Breda Kelliher
                          concrete H posts and concrete base panels.
                                                                        E: colourtec25@gmail.com
                          The company’s innovative manufacturing
                          process, using Formlock roll form
                          technology and Tox jointed H-posts, makes
                          its system stronger and lighter than other
                          products on the market.

                          DataLayers
                          DataLayers builds embeddable investment       Contact Details
                          and financial solutions for companies
                          to raise capital and incentivize their        Conor Brady
                          stakeholders, all the while offering access
                                                                        E: conormbrady@gmail.com
                          to high return asset classes for investors.

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Equideq
Equideq is an exciting and revolutionary       Contact Details
financial services platform that allows
anyone, anywhere to purchase and trade         Michael Young
micro shares in bloodstock.
                                               E: info@equideq.com

                                               W: www.equideq.com

                                                                                        Competitive Start Fund
EV Energy
EV Energy provides a software platform         Contact Details
to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers,
dealers, EV charger suppliers, energy          Raj Lyons Chohan
providers and charger installers, allowing
                                               E: raj@evenergy.ie
them to enhance their customer services.
This combined approach gives consumers a       W: www.evenergy.ie
seamless transition to Electric Mobility.

Fifty Shades Greener
Fifty Shades Greener is a leading              Contact Details
educational company that teaches
businesses and people how to measure,          Raquel Noboa
monitor and reduce their carbon emissions,
                                               E: info@fiftyshadesgreener.ie
from stabilizing their current environmental
impact to reducing this impact by              W: www.fiftyshadesgreener.ie
embedding small actions into their daily
routines.

                                                               Start-Up Showcase 2021   41
IlluminAi Tech
                          IlluminAi Tech is developing smart             Contact Details
                          lighting solutions, integrating human-
                          centric lighting technology with artificial    Morteza Matkan
                          intelligence. IlluminAi Tech aims to deliver
                                                                         E: morteza.matkan@gmail.com
                          the right type of light and visualisation
                          based on individual user needs and             W: www.illuminaitech.com
                          activity, to support wellness and cognitive
                          performance.
Competitive Start Fund

                          My Gut Solution
                          My Gut Solution helps you to improve your      Contact Details
                          irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by giving
                          you a ‘Dietitian in Your Pocket’.              Aoife Hanna

                                                                         E: aoife@mygutsolution.com

                          OpinionX
                          OpinionX is a user research platform that      Contact Details
                          helps product and UX teams to discover
                          their users’ unmet needs, motivations,         Daniel Kyne
                          values and pain points. The company has
                                                                         E: daniel@opinionx.co
                          built a research product that puts the
                          richness of a focus group into a dynamic       W: www.opinionx.co
                          and scalable next-generation survey tool.

42                       Start-Up Showcase 2021
Orb Media
Orb Media creates immersive brand              Contact Details
experiences that drive next-gen
e-commerce, brand awareness and new            Ciara Sheahan
revenue. Its invitational experiences work
                                               E: ciara@orbmedia.ie
on all devices, compelling consumer
engagement. The company tracks and             W: www.orbmedia.ie
measures consumer interaction, building a
data bank based on immersive consumer
behaviour.

                                                                                          Competitive Start Fund
Outlier Games
Independent video game studio developing       Contact Details
co-op gaming experiences for PC and
consoles. The first release will be ‘This      Paul Froggatt
Means Warp’, a multiplayer spaceship
                                               E: info@outlier.games
management game arriving in 2021.
                                               W: www.ThisMeansWarp.com

Perkforce
Perkforce helps employers to leverage          Contact Details
corporate benefits and perks to delight
and engage employees, while reinforcing        Albert Williams
a positive company culture. Support your
                                               E: info@perkforce.com
office and remote workers and give them a
voice for the benefits and perks they value.   W: www.perkforce.com
Perkforce listens and helps you take action.

                                                                 Start-Up Showcase 2021   43
Peroxigen Ltd
                          Peroxigen makes a powerful sanitiser            Contact Details
                          from water. It generates Ozone (03), one
                          of the most powerful oxidising agents, in       Owen Leonard
                          water, with nothing added. Multiple uses,
                                                                          E: info@peroxigen.com
                          anywhere clean safe water is required.
                          Environmentally sustainable, Ozone rapidly      W: www.peroxigen.com
                          decays to Oxygen. Uses include Covid-19,
                          agriculture, horticulture, water treatment,
                          laundry, leisure.
Competitive Start Fund

                          Planet Hologram Studios Ltd
                          Planet Hologram Studios is a 3D hologram        Contact Details
                          production studio, designing and creating
                          XR immersive technology experiences that        Aisling Hurley MSc.
                          are visible to the naked eye by merging
                                                                          E: info@planethologramstudios.com
                          online tech with reality. It’s VR but without
                          the glasses. The company serves sectors         W: www.planethologramstudios.com
                          including education, luxury, retail, art,
                          business, culture and heritage.

                          PluAlto
                          PluAlto’s enterprise SaaS solutions             Contact Details
                          provide HR and team leaders with a real-
                          time support tool, giving users instant         Clíona Murray
                          access to the right information specific
                                                                          E: Info@plualto.com
                          to every situation. Built with intelligent,
                          conversation-based AI and smart data            W: www.plualto.com
                          analytics, it helps organisations to respond,
                          resolve and reshape workplace cultures.

44                       Start-Up Showcase 2021
Positive Carbon
Positive Carbon provides hotels and food       Contact Details
businesses with fully automated food waste
monitoring to help cut their food waste in     Aisling Kirwan
half, saving them hundreds of thousands
                                               E: aisling@positivecarbon.org
while helping the environment.
                                               W: www.positivecarbon.org

                                                                                         Competitive Start Fund
RideShair Ltd
RideShair is a white-label, digital platform   Contact Details
that enables shared rides globally, reducing
the need for single-occupancy vehicles.        Dan Mulcahy

                                               E: daniel@rideshair.com

                                               W: www.rideshair.com

Rogue
Rogue is a smarter, slower read for women      Contact Details
by women. The subscription-only online
magazine publishes weekly, reclaiming the      Cassie Delaney
slow Sunday morning read.
                                               E: hello@roguecollective.ie

                                               W: www.roguecollective.ie

                                                                Start-Up Showcase 2021   45
RYPT
                          RYPT is a coaching platform that connects     Contact Details
                          performance coaches with their clients/
                          athletes. It simplifies the delivery of       Cormac O’Beirne
                          individualized training plans and takes the
                                                                        E: cormac@rypt.app
                          pain out of data collection. The platform
                          provides coaches with the insights they       W: www.rypt.app
                          need to optimize performance and the
                          eCommerce tools to monetize their
                          expertise.
Competitive Start Fund

                          Sensibin Ltd
                          Sensibin’s vision is to empower the           Contact Details
                          global recycling effort though the use
                          of its patent-pending, AI-powered             Nathan Misischi
                          technology. Its motto is ‘Recycling made
                                                                        E: nathan@sensibin.com
                          easy’, and the company envisages several
                          products (based on its core waste object      W: www.sensibin.com
                          classification technology) that can assist
                          the global recycling effort.

                          Smart Reactors Service Ltd
                          Smart Reactors offers a high performing,      Contact Details
                          cost-effective coating technology with
                          IP for use with 'ECMO' as an enabling         Brian Haddigan
                          technology for device manufacturers.
                                                                        E: brian@smartreactors.com
                          Spearheading the innovation is a R&D
                          company, headquartered in the IHUB,           W: www.smartreactors.com
                          GMIT, Galway, home to many innovative
                          medical device start-ups.

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Stratos Medical
Stratos Medical is developing a novel in-        Contact Details
dwelling cannula, with initial applications in
haemodialysis and phlebotomy.                    Craig Landsberg

                                                 E: craig.landsberg@gmail.com

                                                 W: www.stratosmed.com

                                                                                          Competitive Start Fund
StrongBó Agritech Ltd
StrongBó gives farmers and the beef              Contact Details
supply chain insights into the economic
and environmental efficiency of the              Micheál McInerney
production process. StrongBó in-pen
                                                 E: info@strongbo.ie
weighing validates feed input and aids the
sale of animals online. All the while, the       W: www.strongbo-agtech.com
historic animal information will promote full
transparency for the consumer.

Tekrapod Ltd
Tekrasport is dedicated to engineering           Contact Details
products that remove boundaries and
unleash potential. Tekrasport is an              John Hanley
innovation company that believes simplicity
                                                 E: John@tekrasport.com
is more difficult!
                                                 W: www.tekrasport.com

                                                                 Start-Up Showcase 2021   47
The PR Training Academy
                          Ltd
                          The PR Training Academy conducted              Contact Details
                          extensive international industry research
                          which revealed the need for a new              Ellen Gunning
                          platform. METTACOMMS will gather
                                                                         E: ellen@prtrainingonline.com
                          communications information from multiple
                          global sources, analyze it using AI, NLP       W: www.prtrainingonline.com
                          and algorithms, and produce predictive
                          estimates of impacts that the industry
                          needs.
Competitive Start Fund

                          The Third Arm
                          The Third Arm has been designed to             Contact Details
                          reduce the risk and optimize the process
                          of attaching implements to the standard        Philip Dickson
                          tractor 3-point linkage. The device provides
                                                                         E: philip@thethirdarm.com
                          the driver with full control of the lift
                          arm width from the safety of the cab via       W: www.thethirdarm.com
                          remote-control.

                          waytoB
                          waytoB is an assistive technology company      Contact Details
                          whose main product is a smartphone and
                          smartwatch app to help people with higher      Talita Holzer
                          support needs to travel independently. Its
                                                                         E: hello@waytob.com
                          technology guides users via icons on their
                          smart device, indicating where to turn,        W: www.waytob.com
                          cross the road and alight the bus.

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New Frontiers

Babogue

Beardsmith

DogNotDuck

Hiiker

Hub Planning Limited

Little Red Edu

OvisAg

PARKLiFE

Pictrackr

Prodensus

Project One Sky

SafeCare Nursing Software

Thanks Plants

UBO Service

                            Start-Up Showcase 2020   49
Babogue
                 Babogue is a consultancy and support          Contact Details
                 service for parents who are struggling with
                 their children's sleep.                       Erica Hargaden

                                                               E: info@babogue.com

                                                               W: www.babogue.com

                 Beardsmith
                 Beardsmith makes beards look and              Contact Details
                 feel great. The company’s natural and
                 masculine beard care range is handmade        Matthew Smith
                 in Kerry and features traditional soaps,
                                                               E: info@beardsmith.ie
                 shampoos, beard oils and styling waxes.
                 Available online, through subscription        W: www.beardsmith.ie
                 and at select suppliers around Ireland,
                 Beardsmith is the Irish beard care expert.
New Frontiers

                 DogNotDuck
                 For teams building websites, who have         Contact Details
                 chaotic website review processes,
                 DogNotDuck is an embedded annotations         Derek Nolan
                 tool for websites. Instead of using emails,
                                                               E: quack@dognotduck.com
                 Word/Excel documents or project
                 management software for compiling,            W: www.dognotduck.com
                 documenting and actioning feedback, users
                 can discuss issues directly on the website
                 they work on.

50              Start-Up Showcase 2021
Hiiker
Hiiker is documenting all of the world’s       Contact Details
long-distance hiking trails for its Android,
iOS, and web platforms. With more than         Paul Finlay
100k downloads, Hiiker has quickly grown
                                               E: paul@hiiker.co
to become the most popular platform in the
world for budding adventurers looking to       W: hiiker.app
explore the world on foot.

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Hub Planning
Hub Planning has developed DataHub, a          Contact Details
web-based demographic analysis platform
that transforms socio-demographic data         Maria Hall
into visual and interactive decision support
                                               E: maria@hubplanning.ie
tools. No more trawling through public
websites, navigating the Census and            W: www.hubplanning.ie
running the numbers yourself. DataHub
makes sure you have what you need at your
fingertips.
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Little Red Edu
Little Red Edu enables early learners to       Contact Details
learn and speak English through a Learn &
Play platform, using augmented reality and     Anna Carmody
Soapbox Labs speech recognition for a fun
                                               E: anna@littlerededu.com
learning experience. Lessons for children
are designed to feel like play time while      W: www.littlerededu.com
tracking their progress accurately.

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OvisAg
                 OvisAg has developed a bio technology          Contact Details
                 that monitors an animal's key bio indicators
                 in order to arcuately predict birth and        Raymond Heneghan
                 prevent dystocia from occurring.
                                                                E: raymond@ovisag.com

                                                                W: www.ovisag.com

                 PARKLiFE
                 PARKLiFE Naturally Guilt-Free Dog Treats.      Contact Details
                 Its purpose: to enrich the precious time
                 that we spend with our pets. Its vision:       Richard Marles
                 to be the most loved treat brand among
                                                                E: Richard@ParkLife.Dog
                 Millennial Pet Parents. Its mission: to get
                 PARKLiFE products within paws-reach of         W: www.PARKLiFE.dog
                 fur-babies around the world.
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                 Pictrackr
                 Pictrackr provides photographers and           Contact Details
                 videographers with a tool that tags and
                 tracks who and how their content is used,      Marek Wystepek
                 ensuring the correct license is purchased
                                                                E: marek@pictrackr.com
                 for the usage. This allows content creators
                 to maximise their earnings through             W: www.pictrackr.com
                 royalties, especially when selling via stock
                 libraries.

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Prodensus
Prodensus helps companies to revolutionize     Contact Details
how they manage procurement challenges,
reduce their costs, optimize supplier          Noel McGlynn
partnership and service by offering
                                               E: info@prodensus.com
a dynamic sourcing solution to allow
negotiation of rates to happen on a            W: www.prodensus.com
continuous basis.

Project One Sky
After successfully delivering blended and      Contact Details
Covid-ready wellbeing courses to transition
year students across Ireland, Project One      Colm Fallon
Sky is preparing to expand its product
                                               E: colm@projectonesky.com
range to include courses for all secondary
school ages as well as a wellbeing gauge       W: www.projectonesky.com
for all schools.
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SafeCare Nursing Software
SafeCare is a digital solution to paper        Contact Details
documentation for private care homes.
SafeCare is built by the nurse for the nurse   Ali-Rose Sisk
to reduce care home cost, increase care
                                               E: safecarenursingsoftware@gmail.com
quality and return time to care.
                                               W: www.safecarenursingsoftware.com

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Thanks Plants Ltd
                 Thanks Plants creates delicious vegan          Contact Details
                 meatless meats that maintain a wholesome
                 nutritional profile. Our products include      Aisling Cullen
                 Apple & Sage sausages, Sundried Tomato &
                                                                E: aisling@thanksplants.co
                 Herb sausages, Frankfurters plus a seasonal
                 Festive Roast. New product launches are        W: www.thanksplants.co
                 lined up for 2021 through retail and online
                 channels.

                 UBO Service
                 UBO Service offers an innovative new           Contact Details
                 solution for obliged entities to understand
                 who their beneficial owners are. It helps      Ben Cronin
                 businesses to transform customer journeys,
                                                                E: info@uboservice.com
                 reduce fraud and meet ongoing compliance
                 obligations. Its service enables you to        W: www.uboservice.com
                 capture legal declarations in line with your
                 compliance obligations.
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