A University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company Output Sports, co-founded by Dr Martin O’Reilly, from Carrigaline, has won the Best Business Idea Award at the national final of the 2019 Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition.
Headquartered at NovaUCD, Output Sports shrink lab-grade athlete performance analytics into a wearable system so coaches can truly understand athletes and optimise their performance.
Designed to streamline the off-field athlete performance optimisation process, it is capable of testing an athlete’s performance profile, such as strength, power, balance, speed and mobility, and tracks their exercise programmes.
The IBYE programme, now in its fifth year, an initiative of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, is run by the network of 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) located in local authorities across the country and supported by Enterprise Ireland.
Representing the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Enterprise Office (LEO), Martin won the award and a €15,000 investment, following pitches at an event held at Google’s European HQ in Dublin.
Tipperary winner
Sharon Cunningham, Shorla PharmaSharon (Local Enterprise Office Tipperary) won the Best Start-Up Business Award along with the overall 2019 Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award.
