This weekend, 23 start-ups and SMEs will descend on Ballymaloe, Co Cork for the 2024 edition of The Entrepreneur Experience.
Every year, the Entrepreneur Experience brings together some of Ireland’s most promising new companies.
This year, 23 start-ups and SMEs, from a broad swathe of industries – everything from tech to logistics and from hair care to coffee – will gather in Ballymaloe this weekend for the event which is organised by AxisBIC.
Across two days of events, these founders and CEOs will meet with business leaders and experts for valuable insight, advice and wisdom for growing their business and scaling both domestically and internationally.
The Currency has partnered with the Entrepreneur Experience once again this year and is joined by Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Grant Thornton, Broadlake and William Fry.
The event supports young businesses with scaling in mind and with plans to raise investment over the next 12 months. Several participants in past years have done just that with some previous companies going on to raise more than €100 million.
As final preparations are made for this weekend’s event, meet the 2024 participants in the Entrepreneur Experience.
Restore Innovation: Putting nature at the heart of offshore energy
Restore Innovation wants to help offshore energy developers think about nature-inclusive design.
The company was founded just this year and is led by Dr Sarah Cosgrove, who comes with 18 years of experience in the marine sector with a focus on marine biodiversity and offshore renewable energy.
The mission of Restore Innovation is to support the offshore energy sector in designing their projects with nature and biodiversity in mind
“Our marine planning tool tests the suitability of a solution, helping minimise both biological and economic loss upon deployment and we are now developing solutions to monitor, long-term, the positive impact of an integrated solution,” Cosgrove said.
“This service can help bolster a wind-farm planning application and de-risk the project from an environmental perspective, helping to increase a project’s social acceptability and increase the responsibility of nature sustainability.”
Taking part in the Entrepreneur Experience, Cosgrove is hoping to gain insights on growing her business from the very early stages it is currently at. Top of that agenda is devising a pricing strategy for international markets.
Cosgrove hopes to create 12 to 15 jobs in the next five years and possibly more depending on expansion internationally.
“The goal is to serve the global market and grow with the industry’s needs for biodiversity enhancement planning and monitoring while continuously using best-in-class data sources and cutting-edge technology.”Restore Innovation wants to help offshore energy developers think about nature-inclusive design.
The company was founded just this year and is led by Dr Sarah Cosgrove, who comes with 18 years of experience in the marine sector with a focus on marine biodiversity and offshore renewable energy.
The mission of Restore Innovation is to support the offshore energy sector in designing their projects with nature and biodiversity in mind
“Our marine planning tool tests the suitability of a solution, helping minimise both biological and economic loss upon deployment and we are now developing solutions to monitor, long-term, the positive impact of an integrated solution,” Cosgrove said.
“This service can help bolster a wind-farm planning application and de-risk the project from an environmental perspective, helping to increase a project’s social acceptability and increase the responsibility of nature sustainability.”
Taking part in the Entrepreneur Experience, Cosgrove is hoping to gain insights on growing her business from the very early stages it is currently at. Top of that agenda is devising a pricing strategy for international markets.
Cosgrove hopes to create 12 to 15 jobs in the next five years and possibly more depending on expansion internationally.
“The goal is to serve the global market and grow with the industry’s needs for biodiversity enhancement planning and monitoring while continuously using best-in-class data sources and cutting-edge technology.”
