Armed with years of experience in the drinks industry, Stephen Dillon, founder of InnoBev Ltd., has launched Ireland’s first “Drinkubator” after identifying a gap in the market for start-up beverage brands. InnoBev is an Irish drinks innovation and development agency with a sharp focus on assisting start-up beverage brands in going from concept to shelf in a matter of 6 months!   “We specialise in creating innovative brands and helping other beverage entrepreneurs and brands by bringing ideas to life. InnoBev is one of Ireland’s leading beverage innovation services, with strong partners ..read more

Tell us what your business does? Loylap creates community loyalty systems. By means of a mobile app or a locally branded keying fob, customers can earn points from every local business with which they shop. Points can then be redeemed for free goods and services in any participating community business, irrespective of whether they have purchased there before. Loylap’s goal is to to engender a greater sense of community by engaging local businesses with local residents, and thus creating a stronger local purchasing culture. Where did the idea for your business come from? The idea stemmed from ..read more

Tell us what your business does? Brave Media is a full-service digital marketing agency. We’re based in Dublin and have been trading for just over a year. We do everything from SEO to Content Marketing. We like to think that we’re pretty sound and easy to work with. Digital marketing is our passion so we bring that to every project we take on. Where did the idea for your business come from? Dave and I worked together in a company called Red Engine, me as an SEO and Dave in more general digital marketing—though it was still called inbound marketing back then! The company folded and Dave and I ..read more

Tell us what your business does? www.equipatrip.com is an e- commerce web store stocking the best quality outdoor and travel accessories. It provides customers with all they need for where ever they are going and how they are going to get there. We aim to provide people with all they need for their journey, whether it is driving essentials, flight comfort items or gear to make roughing it in the wilderness a little less “rough”. Where did the idea for your business come from? I took inspiration from other retail sites and have noticed that more and more people are going online to buy items r ..read more

Tell us what your business does? Runlastman.com is a revolutionary new Irish website allowing clubs, teams and charities to raise funds through Last Man Standing competitions and was recently launched by Dublin GAA star Alan Brogan. Last Man Standing competitions, where entrants pick a different team (Premier League soccer, Rabo Pro 12 rugby or GAA fixtures) to win each week until only one person is left and declared the winner, are a primary fundraising tool for many club public relations and charity officers around the country. RunLastMan.com ensures clubs and charities can save time and ef ..read more

Tell us what your business does? Fund Recs provides reconciliation software to Global Fund Administrators. Our software allows these companies automate the reconciliation of Cash, Position and FX holdings on the Funds they administer. We’re providing an alternative to having this work carried out in low cost bases such as India and as an upgrade to legacy in-house systems. Where did the idea for your business come from? We were having initial success with another idea that we were working on in New Frontiers called Task Messenger but struggling to build a business model around it. Then a cou ..read more

Tell us what your business does? TableBookings is software for restaurants to take bookings online in realtime, build their customer database and take online payments. Where did the idea for your business come from? Online Restaurant bookings have been possible in the US for about 10 years already. I am an IT guy but also an ex-restaurateur and know the challenges of that industry very well. With the move to instant booking and confirmation from everything from Flights to advanced parking, I saw a gap in the market for a simple system for restaurants to be able to use. Have you always wanted ..read more

Tell us what your business does? Studio Lugh is a specialised and dedicated product photography studio producing ready to publish ‘cut-out’ photos for eCommerce merchants. Where did the idea for your business come from? I already have experience in the domain gained abroad. The Irish market is open and growing quickly. I needed to differentiate myself from all the other photographers who mostly do weddings and portraits and identified the eCommerce sector as having great potential. Have you always wanted to run your own business? Yes. I have been working freelance for 20 years now, firstly a ..read more

Tell us what your business does? We provide a web based solution for multidisciplinary teams in order care programmes for assessing patient care needs & risks. Our value proposition is: Improving quality of care by better patient focus and team collaboration. Better care programme planning and budgeting with access to patient, quality and financial related metrics. Our target markets are Acute care hospitals, Residential & Community based Care programmes Where did the idea for your business come from? Two sources: Older care programmes due to an aging population are currently consuming ..read more

Tell us what your business does? Niume is an interest-based social network that is born out of the need for a quality driven social network in which users are motivated to share high quality content and to pursue their passions. So how does Niume work? Quite simply, it is formed by a collection of communities called circles. A circle is a group of people that shares a common passion, whatever that may be. A circle becomes a natural interest-based community in which people who share an interest or passion can come together and opinion leaders are able to emerge and raise their influence based o ..read more