Furthr Founders
@ GEC
17th May, 2024
Guinness Enterprise Centre
Furthr Founders @ GEC
On May 9th Furthr hosted the first in person Funding & Scaling in 4 years!
On May 17th, Furthr held another Furthr Founders @ GEC event. This exclusive networking event, specifically for entrepreneurs and founders supported by Furthr, is designed to foster a strong sense of community. founders actively engage in discussions with peers on topics relevant to their start-ups and personal journeys as entrepreneurs.
Mark Kelly, CCO of Alldus & AI Ireland, was the keynote speaker on the day. Mark is an influential voice in artificial intelligence and is known for his captivating TEDx presentations.
The attendees then joined different round tables chaired by fellow founders on the following topics:
- The importance of paying customers from the start
- Integrating AI into your Business Model
- Sustainability assessment and importance for ESG
- International D2C scaling and the importance of digital marketing
- The impact of AI, the EU Act, and the Risks for products and services
- Maximizing Enterprise Ireland’s global network of supports
- The lessons learned from bootstrapping
- Advice on securing PSSF
Finalists
Following a strong volume of applications for this year’s competition our expert panel of judges here at Furthr have selected five companies that we think have the ambition, vision and opportunity to scale to become the Furthr Festival One2Watch 2022.
• A place on the Go Furthr Programme
• Office space at Guinness Enterprise Centre
• Access to free legal consultancy with OBH Partners
• Access to the Furthr Investor network
• €5,000 cash prize
How to Apply
Applicants can either record a video or complete a written application form. Videos should be no longer than 7 minutes and written applications should not be more than 200 words per question. All entries should cover the following:
*video upload capacity is 100MB
Meet the Finalists
Data Science Institute
Founder, Grainne Barry – The Data Science Institute’s mission is to provide education and certification for data science professionals to enable them to successfully contribute their skills and knowledge to business and society as a whole.
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NoFrixion
Founder, Fergal Brady – NoFrixion provides electronic money management and payment services, or colloquially, programmable money. The services are targeted at business customers and are delivered using a variety of Internet mechanisms including a web-based API.
Pilot Path
Founder, Craig Lancaster- is on a mission to make an impact on the aviation training industry and to help solve the future global pilot shortage. We are actively breaking down the barriers of exclusion often related to flight training through providing and managing our students path from zero to first officer.
HaloCare
Founders, David Walsh, Niall Kelly & Dr. Johnny Walker. – HaloCare aims to support home carers and revolutionise the senior care sector. Core to the HaloCare offering is a range of unintrusive, contactless technologies installed in the home. The result is around the clock support system for older people, their carers, and their circle of care.
Past finalists have raised a staggering 69 million in under 5 years.
This includes:
