🚀 Introducing the Accelerator 2020 teams.
We’re less than two weeks away from the start of the IgniteNI Accelerator 2020.
Within the first 4 weeks these teams will be meeting over 100 investors and experienced entrepreneurs in Belfast, London, Dublin and San Francisco, including senior people at Stripe, Intercom, NextDoor and investors that have well over $100Bn of capital to invest.
This year, we’ve teams that are addressing needs in Social Impact, Construction, Energy, E-Commerce, and Entertainment, all with impressive traction already. We’re also pleased to welcome teams relocating to Northern Ireland for the programme from Dublin (Altra) and Birmingham (Shopper.com).
We saw an even higher standard of applications from graduates of our Propel Pre-Accelerator programme. This was especially impressive as many of these companies hadn’t even started a year ago.
Many of the applications this year came from referrals and we’d like to thank everyone who helped promote the programme.
There is no doubt you will hear much more from us and the these teams but for now, we’d like to introduce this year’s Accelerator teams:
Altra
Enabling healthcare managers to fill shifts with available carers.
Healthcare | Adam Keane
BookEntertainment
Marketplace connecting entertainers with customers.
Entertainment | Keith Donaghy & Denis Finnegan
CORA Technologies
Construction management platform providing real-time data insight and predictive analytics to keep large projects on-time and on-budget.
Construction | Jonathan Knight
ESTHER
Peer-to-peer charitable donation platform, connecting people who want to help directly with people who are in need.
Social Impact | Carol Rossborough & AilÃs McCaul
Obbi Solutions
Integrates compliance, HR, Health & Safety and Facility Management in the construction, healthcare and manufacturing sectors.
Management | Gareth Macklin, Clodagh Devlin & JP McCorley
payhere
Set-up recurring and one-off online payments in minutes: no coding or website building required!
FinTech | Scott Wylie & Pete Hawkins
Shopper.com
Community-driven global marketplace for online and offline voucher codes.
eCommerce | Sonu Bubna & Manoj Krishnapillai
SideQuest
Testflight for Oculus. VR content platform with a suite of tools for creating and distributing.
VR | Orla Harris & Shane Harris
TrueStock
Logistics and inventory management solution that can forecast inventory needs.
AI | John Doherty
Thank you.
We’ve high expectations for this group and excited to get stuck in. Thank you to all for your support, and a special shoutout to our speakers, mentors, alumni, and the wider startup community in Northern Ireland.
And keep in touch!
- Follow the team’s progress on Twitter (@IgniteAccelNI) and subscribe to the #Accel2020 Twitter list.
- Sign up for meetups in London on 19 March and San Francisco on 30 March.
- Apply to be mentor or investor — we are always looking for experienced founders and investors.
- Register for the Accelerator Showcase on 28 May.
- Subscribe to our Ignite NI monthly round-up for news, events and programme insights.
