My Start-up Story

As part of Local Enterprise Week

Local Enterprise Offices Galway ¦ Mayo ¦ Roscommon

Bank of Ireland Workbench,  Mainguard Street, Galway city
Tuesday 8th March 2016 ¦ 12:00-14:00

FREE Event- Register: rconneely@leo.galwaycoco.ie



Chris Murphy- BLUEDROP MEDICAL ¦ Galway
"Every 20 seconds, somewhere in the world, a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetic [foot ulcers]".
Bluedrop medical are developing a tool for detecting & preventing foot ulcers for diabetics. This will greatly reduce amputations for diabetics by ensuring early clinical intervention.

Daniel Loftus- Urban Fox ¦ Mayo
 “UrbanFox helps large retailers and brands better understand, engage and activate their customers by allowing them to send highly intelligent, dynamic and targeted messages to them on their mobile device.  UrbanFox ensures the right messaging reaches the right customer at the right time in their purchasing decision cycle by using cutting edge machine learning and behavioural analysis technology.”

Mark Bannon- VT Networks ¦ Roscommon
VT Networks is an infrastructure and solutions provider within the ‘Internet of things’ (IoT) space. Their exclusive nationwide IOT network allows millions of devices to connect to the internet at ultra-low power requirements and ultra-low cost. Based in Dublin and Athlone, it is backed by former EY Entrepreneur of the year Patrick Joy and Telecoms Entrepreneur Dara O’Mahony and RTE, amongst others.

Present on their journey, what they’ve learnt, & advice for others thinking of starting a business


Facilitated by: Barry Egan,
Director West Region,
Enterprise Ireland