The 2021 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition, an intensive 4-week mentoring programme for student entrepreneurs, runs from May 24th to June 18th with eleven (11) early-stage ventures and a total of 23 participants.
11 Teams will now pitch for an €18,000 prize fund on Friday, 18th June.
NovaUCD is a hub for new ventures and entrepreneurs at University College Dublin, nurturing and supporting new high-tech and knowledge-intensive companies.
NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition
See profiles below of the eleven ventures participating in the 2021 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition.
Aidvantage is developing an e-commerce platform that allows the elderly to seek specific products for their specific needs on a platform that simplifies the often arduous task of online shopping. Team members are, Ella Brennan, an undergraduate student in the UCD School of Civil Engineering and Liam Holland, an undergraduate student in the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.
ANT is developing a single software platform to allow businesses to communicate in-house and to customers through different communication platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, Twitter Messenger and Instagram Messenger. Team members are, Isobel Moloney, an undergraduate student in the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, Odhran O’Neill and Tim Skelly, undergraduate students in the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.
Bronchophone is designing a novel video bronchoscope attachment that uses a smartphone camera. As it more affordable and portable compared to traditional alternatives on the market it will make video bronchoscopes more accessible to hospitals in less developed countries. Team members are, Anna Potterton, an undergraduate student in the UCD School of Mechanical Engineering, Jemima Hurley and Sadhbh Carey, undergraduate students in the UCD School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Chikyu Composting is tackling food waste before it reaches landfill sites through a composting ecosystem solution, for both vegetable and meat products, made out of 100% natural materials with additional biodiversity elements such as bug and bee hotels. Team members are, Demetra Herdes, an undergraduate student in the UCD Sutherland School of Law and Sanghamitra Chattopadhyay Mukherjee, a postgraduate student in the UCD School of Economics.
EOFIS is developing a flashcard auto-generation app that helps individuals and businesses learn and retain information. Team members are, Tiarnach Ó Riada, an undergraduate student in the UCD School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Marysol Angeloni, a postgraduate student in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
FlowMo is developing an engineering-based product that involves the integration of fluid mechanics with generative design to create novel fluidic devices. Sophie Cassidy, a postgraduate student in the UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, is the founder of FlowMo.
Kassandra is developing an end-to-end fraud management software that can provide both effective fraud detection and can automate the fraud administration process using the latest methods of machine learning and robotic process automation. Team members are, Jhelum Nandy, Eunice Fasan and Robert Tuke, postgraduate students in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
NutriWhat is developing a professional nutrition service for corporations to improve well-being in workplaces. Elena de Marco, a PhD student in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, is the founder of NutriWhat.
Permamint is developing a reusable toothbrush with replaceable heads, made of 100% biodegradable materials, to help consumers reduce their plastic consumption in an easy, but significant way. Team members are, Florence May, a postgraduate student in the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering and Tessa May, an undergraduate student in the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law.
Tradebook is developing a social network-based platform where people can go to find reliable information on service providers (e.g. carpenters, plumbers) in their local areas. Team members are, Mark Kennedy and Vilius Kemeza, postgraduate students in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
SoundLapse is developing a technology to create audio output for timeLapse videos by isolating key sounds and capturing the ambience and soundscape of the scene. The team members are, Dylan Walsh, an undergraduate student in the UCD School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Lola Nolan, a Computer Science and Business undergraduate student in TCD.
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