This yr’s winners are Evogen, PolliKnow, SoloBook and UnitMode, showcasing their potential as profitable companies.
4 start-ups had been recognised for his or her work, receiving awards at this yr’s Part 2 New Frontiers programme.
A complete of 11 early-stage start-ups, primarily based within the larger South Dublin space, took half in a six-month programme funded by Enterprise Eire and delivered by IADT Media Dice in partnership with NovaUCD.
The programme culminated in a pitching session to a panel of judges at an occasion held in Dún Laoghaire, after which, it was introduced that Evogen, PolliKnow, SoloBook, and UnitMode had been this yr’s winners.
The New Frontiers programme goals to speed up early-stage companies with robust employment, progress and worldwide potential, which might contribute to job creation and financial exercise.
Evogen, a data-driven platform that works on genetic choice in dairy farming, received the One to Watch Award.
The beginning-up’s co-founder Andrew Moore mentioned he’s captivated with “reworking the genetic choice course of to assist dairy farmers thrive”, having grown up on a farm.
He mentioned the award is “just the start as Evogen focuses on aligning genetics with farm environments driving larger efficiency and profitability for dairy farms”.
PolliKnow received the Most Prone to Succeed Award. The beginning-up has developed a tool utilizing superior sensors and pc imaginative and prescient to measure the presence of untamed insect pollinators of their pure habitats.
The corporate’s co-founder Meg Brennan mentioned: “New Frontiers has been instrumental in growing PolliKnow. The programme has given us the time, area and knowledgeable assist wanted to take us to the subsequent degree on our journey.”
The Greatest Pitch Award went to SoloBook, which is growing an AI-powered, community-driven journey platform for solo travellers to have dependable info to plan and have protected adventures.
UnitMode, which is growing a advertising and marketing SaaS platform that goals to get rid of greenwashing dangers was named winner of the Most Prone to Scale Award.
Final yr’s winners included Assiduous, Snappie, Push Me and AI Decoding, which competed with 9 different early-stage start-ups.
Fergal Meegan, the CEO Assiduous, was a visitor speaker at this yr’s occasion. “New Frontiers is improbable for giving an entrepreneur time and area to determine precisely what they’re attempting to do, how, what, the place and when,” he mentioned.
The subsequent New Frontiers Programme is predicted to start in April 2025.
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