DataHug, an Irish firm whose technology maps the digital relationships between people in business, has won the €30,000 Dublin Web Summit Spark of Genius competition for 2010.
The young company, founded by management consultants Connor Murphy and Ray Smith within the last year, was presented with the award at the Summit following presentations from the five finalists to a panel of judges. The prize in the Spark of Genius competition, which is hosted by the law firm Maples & Calder, includes €10,000 worth of legal services from Maples & Calder, €5,000 worth of support from KPMG, €10,000 in hosting services from Dediserve, €4,000 in coaching from Aristo and €2,000 in translation services from Straker.
Connor Murphy, CEO of DataHug.com, said: “This prize offers a fantastic opportunity for DataHug to accelerate its growth and market profile. We are already live with several clients in the US, UK and Ireland and we are looking forward to launching our public beta towards the end of this year.”
DataHug also wins a partner package and speaking opportunity at next year’s Dublin Web Summit. Colm Rafferty, partner at Maples & Calder in Dublin, said that DataHug was chosen out of the five finalists because it was the one that best answered the judge’s question: “which company would you invest in?”
This year’s Dublin Web Summit, which took place on Thursday and Friday, featured Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, YouTube founder Chad Hurley and Niklas Zennstrom, founder of Skype. The summit was attended by 600 people and heard from a total of 60 Irish and international speakers.
Paddy Cosgrave, organiser of Dublin Web Summit said “Spark of Genius is our idea of giving back to the tech community in Ireland and we’re delighted to be able to offer such a fantastic prise. While Money is great, what startups are really looking for is good advice and services.
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