NDRC gears up 15 companies for Launchpad

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1 October 2012

Following an intense competition, 15 digital start-ups have been identified from a field of almost 100 applicants for the NDRC Launchpad acceleration programme. NDRC Launchpad will culminate in a year-end Liftoff competition for a follow-on investment sourced from venture capitalists and private investors.

Launchpad participants received up to €20,000 in micro-seed investment plus a structured programme of mentoring during the 12 weeks, including access to executives with experience in start-ups, multinational companies, venture capital investment and research.

Selected projects range from Web-based systems for customer analytics, inventory management and regulatory compliance to multilingual marketing, temping, fashion networking, and entertainment.

NDRC Launchpad director Gary Leyden said: "Everybody can be entrepreneurial, all you need is a clever idea and the ambition to bring it forward. What we provide is the know-how and structured approach that our Launchpad entrepreneurs will benefit from long after this programme has concluded.

"Our job is to help them to refine their product offering, research and identify their target markets, check their commercial and business projections and answer the requirements of the investment community who they will ultimately pitch to for funding. Considering the intense competition for participation in Launchpad, this is an excellent opportunity for these new businesses to move rapidly from ideas to income, creating jobs and market value in the process."

The successful applicants were: Prescience AI, Stockenvy, ZenDoc, Voucher Link, VideoScamp, Tempity, BusyMoos, Prowlster, Buzzoo, Reverbeo, Sendrr, balls.net, PowWow, Mobstats, and IGeoComms.

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