{"id":3861,"date":"2024-05-03T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:20:58","slug":"qub-dragons-den-awards-2024-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/2024\/05\/03\/qub-dragons-den-awards-2024-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"QUB Dragons\u2019 Den Awards 2024 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Wednesday 17<sup>th<\/sup> April, 12 finalists entered the QUB Dragons\u2019 Den for a chance at winning a share of a \u00a320,000 prize pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moment was a culmination of months of hard work by the 12 finalists who have spent many hours refining their pitches ready to meet the Dragons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative, ran by SU Enterprise, offers its participants the chance to walk away with everything they need to launch their own business. This includes a financial award, hot-desking space in &#8216;SU CoWork&#8217; in the Students\u2019 Union as well as specialist mentoring and support. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:65.96871%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-157-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-157-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-157-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 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style=\"flex-basis:34.03129%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1621\" data-id=\"3876\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/?attachment_id=3876\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg\" data-width=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-23-1024x692.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1465\" data-id=\"3878\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/?attachment_id=3878\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg\" data-width=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-102-1-1024x625.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The 12 finalists competing for the prize this year were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HAVSense <\/strong>(Matthew Murnaghan, Kirsty Love, David Barry, Jack Sayers and Caleb Bowden)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CompakSafe <\/strong>(Niamh Tohill)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aapta Gut Genius<\/strong> (Shubhamkumar Mahendrabhai Baviskarv)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mude<\/strong> (Aidan McGeary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goodwin<\/strong> (Luice Latham and Lia Pellegrin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>INK<\/strong> (Hetty Harris)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ATS<\/strong> <strong>Solutions<\/strong> (Ryan O&#8217;Kane, Szymon Gorczynski, Sean Martin, Ronan McElroy and Christo Polachan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VioFeel (<\/strong>David Boriceanu, Sean Webb, Bailey Mallon, Obada Tellawi, Scott McNeill)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sentire<\/strong> <strong>Technology<\/strong> (Cormac Browne)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Allergy<\/strong> <strong>Armor<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong> (Eimear O\u2019Rourke)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rapid<\/strong> <strong>Research<\/strong> (Toby Claxton and Joshua Young)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PrintCast<\/strong> (Joshua Vaughan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The finalists pitched their ideas to a line up of business leaders including John McKee, Managing Director of Linkubator, Kirsty Dillon, Commercial Manager at MCS Group, Andrew Kirke, a Partner in the Commercial team at Tughans, Eoin McMullan, Partner at Hill Vellacott, and Anne Dornan, who supports the development of the Queen&#8217;s spin-out portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1600\" data-id=\"3879\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/?attachment_id=3879\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-width=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-92-1-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a highly competitive finale, the winners were announced as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1st Place: VioFeel <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a310,000 was awarded to VioFeel for their pitch of \u2018A.V.A\u2019 (the Augmented Vestibular Assistant), which aims to provide relief of symptoms for people who suffer from Bilateral Vestibular Loss (BVL). The human body\u2019s vestibular system is responsible for balance and orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-364-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-364-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-364-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-364-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-364-1536x828.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-364-2048x1104.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2nd Place: Allergy<\/strong> <strong>Armor<\/strong> <strong>Pro<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eimer O\u2019Rourke impressed judges with her pitch for the Allergy Armor Pro service, which aims to revolutionise food allergy management in education. Allergy Armor Pro was awarded \u00a36,000 of the prize pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-143-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-143-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-143-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-143-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-143-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-143-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3rd Place: <\/strong><strong>HAVSense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HAVSense introduces a hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) tracking wristband, consisting of a silicone wristband equipped with real time monitoring technology. It measures exposure to vibration and alerts the user when they have reached their daily safe vibration limit. The team were awarded \u00a34,000 for their pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-379-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-379-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-379-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-379-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-379-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-379-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodwin, CompakSafe and ATS Solutions each received spot prizes of \u00a31,000 for their pitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on their win, VioFeel co-founder David Boriceanu said: \u201cWe are still in awe that we have won, and we are excited to invest the entirety of the prize into VioFeel&#8217;s mission of helping people suffering from Vestibular disorders. QUB Dragons\u2019 Den has been an excellent experience from start to finish, and to anyone with a business idea who is considering applying next year, I\u2019d really encourage them to take the leap.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception, QUB Dragons\u2019 Den has been launchpad for students at the beginning of their entrepreneurial journey, many of whom have gone on to find <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/2024\/01\/26\/top-six-success-stories-from-qub-dragons-den\/\">great success<\/a> with their business idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2023\u2019s winner, Maebh Reynolds, is just one example of these success stories, with her \u2018Airbnb for electric car chargers\u2019 going on to receive a further \u00a3150k in funding and the title of Best Small Business in the 2023 All-Sustainability Awards. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QUB Dragon\u2019s Den will return in 2025. Find out how else SU Enterprise can support your business idea and entrepreneurial skills here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qubsu.org\/EnterpriseSU\/\">https:\/\/www.qubsu.org\/EnterpriseSU\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.77215%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-218-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-218-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/photo_-218-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 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