INVENT 2023 launches with £50k prize fund to support new wave of entrepreneurs!
Hosted with headline partner Bank of Ireland, the annual INVENT competition provides the opportunity for early-stage start-ups and entrepreneurs to showcase their innovations and proof-of-concept ideas to a panel of expert judges.
INVENT builds up to an awards event which rewards the brightest ideas from across the region that the judges deem to have the greatest potential for impact.
The awards have a total £50,000 prize fund available, with each category winner taking home £5,000 and the overall winner walking away with an additional £20,000, totalling a £25,000 top prize.
The competition has five categories which seek to address major global matters such as climate change. The categories are:
– Greentech
– Health and Wellbeing
– Product
– Business Software
– Consumer Software
Elaine Smyth, Director of Innovation Community at Catalyst said: “INVENT provides a unique opportunity for local entrepreneurs and start-ups to showcase their innovations and set the spotlight on their ideas…There are talented individuals who are bursting with great ideas and the companies that go furthest in our competition are the ones who create new and innovative ways to address real-world problems.”
Read the full story: www.invent23.co/news/invent2023-launches or apply at invent23.co
