Posted by Ronan on Nov 28, 2009 in cauwill, innovation, ireland, startup, technology | 0 comments
So Ian and I went to Dublin on Thursday to give a pitch for the final of InterTradeIrelands Seedcorn competition. It went well but it took until 11pm that night to find out how well it went.
Since spinning out from the University (July this year) and running solo with Cauwill we’ve worked hard on fine tuning the technology, focusing on a vertical market and generating sales – on Thursday night at 11.05pm our effort and thought process was recognised. To use a cliche – we are over the moon – it was fantastic to stand up and pitch our business idea to VC’s and serial entrepreneurs and win the Best Emerging company of 2009.
A lot of people to thank – but Ian is top of the list, fantastic business partner and friend (I wonder could we have ever imagined being in this position today when we met over 10years ago in the ‘that’ office?). Family and friends (& soccer) have been a massive support – without I would have gone a little crazy a long time ago. Enterprise Ireland have played there part too – they were there to seed the idea in the Proof of Concept project while in UL. In particular, Mark and Gearoid have been tremendous. To all the people in the EAC – many thanks for the advice, coffee and outlet to talk about everything and anything. A big thanks to InterTradeIreland and all the judges (at the final and regional level).
Congratulations to Sophia Search who is winner from the High Growth category. Congrats to all the regional winners too – they walked away with €25,000. A very special mention to coClarity who won the Special award for best spin out or platform.
Go raibh maith agaibh.
