12 Irish businesses vying for pole position in VOOM 2016 competition

Twelve Irish entrants are currently in the top 80 start-ups vying to become finalists in the overall Virgin Media Voom 2016 Pitchathon and 2 of these are in the Top 10 ranking, with the public vote still ongoing and about to close next Monday 23rd May.

The Irish entrants below have reached the top of the process from a total field of 4,894 entrants to the Virgin Media VOOM 2016 Competition.

Anyone who wants to support these and other Irish entrants should get onto www.vmbvoom.com asap to vote for their favourite candidates. By casting a vote, you can help to determine who goes through to a pitchathon which will take place over 29 hours from 1-2 June, as part of Richard Branson’s business boosting VOOM 2016 competition.

After the Pitchathon, a final shortlist of candidates will get to pitch to Richard Branson directly.

To support any of the Irish entries, simply follow these steps;

1. Visit www.vmbvoom.com
2. Press ‘Vote’, sign in and browse pitches
3. Search for ‘Ireland’, choose your entrant and vote

The Irish entries are posted under two categories which companies have applied to; Start-Up and Grow. The ‘Start-Up’ category is for fresh and exciting businesses that are still in the early stages of development. The ‘Grow’ competition is for businesses that are already recording revenues but are looking to ramp things up.

Almost 200 Irish businesses have entered the competition overall. Here are the current Top Irish entrants, with public voting still open.

Start Up category

Grow Category

Positions as of 4.45 pm 19-05-16

Gavan Smyth, VP of Virgin Media Business said:

“We’re thrilled to see so many Irish entries make it through to the leader board for VOOM 2016. There’s still time for the public to get behind the Irish entries so we’re urging people to visit the website www.vmbvoom.com and cast your vote to support Irish entrepreneurs with great ideas and businesses who are looking for a boost.”

The ultimate winners of VOOM 2016 will share a prize pot of €1.2 million with prizes including out of home marketing campaigns, broadband and telecoms packages, social media and PR support and mentoring from VOOM professional advisors and from Virgin Media.