Invent is an annual competition organised by Catalyst with headline partner Bank of Ireland, that recognises and rewards local innovations and proof of concept ideas that have the greatest commercial potential.
Invent is an opportunity to gain high profile exposure, to validate your idea, to unlock a quality network of influencers and to win a share of the £47,000 prize fund. If you have come up with an innovative product or solution that you are passionate about then this is the competition for you.
Applications for INVENT 2022 opening soon – please see Terms and Conditions.
Who should apply?
Apply for the programme if:
What's Included
Do you have an innovative solution to a problem?
Are you a student completing a course project that you know is the next big thing?
Have you been working on cutting edge research and now want to commercialise?
Do you have a side project and are ready to take the next step?
Now is your time to put your innovation in the spotlight!
Why apply?
By applying for Invent you will:
What's Included
Market validate your idea
Unlock a quality network of influencers
Fuel your growth
Get support with your pitch
Gain high profile exposure and recognition
Be in with a chance of winning a share of the £47,000 prize fund
Brendan Monaghan named as winner of the 2021 Innovation Founder Award
The founder of Belfast-based technology company Neueda, Brendan Monaghan, has been named as Catalyst’s Innovation Founder for 2021 by a panel of Northern Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs.
Now in its 12th year, the Bank of Ireland UK sponsored Innovation Founder award celebrates Northern Ireland’s rich history of innovation and is awarded to a person who has achieved success in founding, leading or building a celebrated local innovative business.
Following a nomination process, Brendan was unanimously chosen by a panel of past winners of the Innovation Founder award. Previous winners of the award include John Rainey MBE, James Leckey, Martin Naughton KBE, Dr William Wright CBE, Dr Peter FitzGerald CBE, Tom Eakin, Dr Hugh Cormican, Prof John Anderson, Denis Murphy and Brian Conlon.
After a career working in software businesses including CEM Systems, BIC Systems and Kainos, Brendan and his co-founder David Bole started Neueda, a company which provides consultancy, analytics, training and software development to organisations across the public sector, utilities, financial services and the capital markets. Its customer base ranges from Dublin and London to Singapore and the United States.
The company grew from a startup based in Brendan’s house in 2006 into an organisation with a workforce of over 300 people, the majority of whom are based in Belfast. In June this year it was announced that Neueda had been acquired by Dublin-based software business Version 1.
Read the full story here.
Kerry McGarvey
Programme Manager
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