CONNECTING IRELAND'S MOST INNOVATIVE STUDENT STARTUPS WITH CORPORATIONS, INVESTORS AND INFLUENCERS
About Us
The Irish Student Entrepreneurship Forum (ISEF) is the country’s leading platform for the promotion and growth of student entrepreneurship in Ireland. Run as a non-profit by university students, our main aim is to facilitate business development for student entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas. We achieve this by hosting an annual, multi-stage competition in which our finalists get a chance to showcase their businesses to a panel of renowned judges and potential investors. As well as this, to further help our applicants develop and hone in on their skills, we organise a series of workshops with companies such as Web Summit, Broadlake and Dublin BIC in the lead up to the event.
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Applications for startups will open in October. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to attend several events to enhance their skills, before pitching their company at the semi-final.
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We are currently seeking suitable candidates for our Campus Ambassador positions. These roles involve increasing awareness of ISEF across student populations at Ireland’s leading third-level institutions.
ISEF 2024 Grand Final
The ISEF 2024 Grand Final took place on April 11th at AIB’s headquarters on Molesworth Street, Dublin. Congratulations to our winning startups; MARC, Frensei, and BrigaidNet, and also to Saor Water for winning the Goodbody Sustainability Award. Special thanks to Jack Pierse for presenting the awards on the night, and also to our judges, Paul Flynn, Lauren O’Reilly and Dominik Leisi, for giving up their time and bringing a wealth of experience to critique and test our startups.
Our insightful interview panel consisted of Tara Beattie, Fionan Dunne, Johann Issartel and Oran O'Flynn, and focused on discussions on the impact of the current macroeconomic climate on entrepreneurship in Ireland.
This wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our great sponsors - AIB, Goodbody, CFO Services Ireland, Brian Kingham, Andrew Murphy (@Merleview Capital), The Irish Strategic Investment Fund (National Treasury Management Agency), Enterprise Ireland, Scale Ireland and CML Financial Advisors.
Winners of the ISEF 2024 Grand Final:
🥇 MARC - Aaron Devitt
🥈 Frensei - Dr.Ali Rizvi
🥉 BrigaidNet - Abutalha Alam & Bastien Saidi
