This day last week Anaeko attended this years INVENT Awards at the ICC Belfast, where we acted as corporate sponsors of the ‘Business Software’ category and had the absolute pleasure of presenting the award to this years winners SEQO.
The INVENT Awards are Northern Ireland’s premier competition for innovative start-ups to showcase their business acumen and budding entrepreneurial spirit.
Organised by science and technology hub Catalyst with headline partner Bank of Ireland, the annual INVENT Awards celebrate the brightest new business ideas with the greatest commercial potential from across the region.
Ten finalists were chosen to compete for the main prize at a showcase event in the ICC Belfast, with GoPlugable taking home a prize package from the total prize fund of £52,000. Founded by Maebh Reynolds GoPlugable is dedicated to facilitating the transition to electric vehicles for first-time buyers who lack access to personal home chargers. By providing a platform to locate, reserve, and share neighbouring EV home charging points.
As sponsors of the Business Software category at this years awards, Anaeko CEO Denis Murphy had the honour of presenting this category award to SEQO, an innovative new start-up founded by Brendan Lowry and Claire McCaffrey. SEQO is a platform for managing continuity in the TV and Film Industry.
Congratulations to all the finalists that made it to the INVENT Awards:
- Greentech: Wake and Make – Energy, GoPluggable
- Health and Wellbeing: AXONNR, Little Sunflower
- Product: CycleAid, WearMatter
- Business Software: SEQO, Track
- Consumer Software: Feminatech, Learning Me
and to each to the category winners:
- Greentech: GoPlugable
- Health and Wellbeing: Little Sunflower
- Business Software: SEQO
- Product: CycleAid
- Consumer Software: Learning Me