Wayra has announced that it has selected another 9 start-up companies for business acceleration and investment in September. The start-ups were chosen from a shortlist of 15 projects by an independent judging panel following a day of competitive pitches and mentoring.
Wayra, based in Dublin’s Docklands and part of a global accelerator programme, provides early stage investment to start-ups as well as a dedicated state-of-the-art workspace, access to market leading experts and the channels-to-market necessary to accelerate commercialisation including favourable terms with leading technology suppliers. Since its launch 2 years ago, Wayra has accelerated 21 companies that, to date, have raised over €7.5m million in funding for their businesses.
David Way, Eddie Dowse and Luca Marchesotti of Beautifeye
Each of the 9 start-ups entering Wayra in September will receive financing of up to €40,000 and, in addition to a dedicated workspace, will benefit from a nine month, intensive commercial acceleration programme with access to expert mentors and favourable commercial terms with leading technology suppliers including Amazon, Google, Paypal and Microsoft.
Commenting, Wayra Director, Karl Aherne, said: “Wayra is creating an ecosystem that stimulates already highly promising, entrepreneurial initiatives. Our role is to provide the platform to help accelerate ideas and impact, ultimately with the goal of creating highly investable businesses. For the selected start-ups announced today, Wayra presents a huge opportunity to drive their business forward, leveraging the global network of Wayra accelerators, resources and customer access”.
The successful projects announced today are:
| Project | Description | Project | Description |
| Beautifuleye | Beautifuleye is an affordable image analysis that scales unlocking wordshidden in an image & turns visual content into business insights | CloudDock | CloudDock makes cloud storage services compatible. It enables, for example, Dropbox users to collaborate seamlessly with Google Drive users |
| evercam.io | Developer Platform, API and App Store for Cameras | Fund Recs | Fund Recs develops cloud based reconciliation software for the Funds Industry. It replaces prehistoric enterprise software with a SaaS business model and consumer grade applications |
| Haskoin | Haskoin is an enterprise Bitcoin platform built by technology and finance professionals | Investor Sheet | Investor Sheet takes the pain out of investor relations by automating the reporting process for startups and providing real time portfolio performance management to investors |
| Legalshine | Legalshine helps large organisations control their legal costs. It reads legal bills, turns them into data, and uses the data to eliminate waste | Restored Hearing | Scientific solutions to problems with hearing. Alleviating tinnitus & creating responsive hearing protection |
| xpreso | Xpreso solves the last mile issue with dynamic tracking, accurate arrival times, diversions and communication between customers and couriers |
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