08:00 — 09:15 Registration & Networking Breakfast
09:15 — 09:40 Photos - Class of 2024
09:40 — 09:45 Opening of Event
- Anton Savage, MC
09:45 — 10:00 Welcome to Start-up Day 2025
- Kevin Sherry, Interim CEO, Enterprise Ireland
10:00 — 10:15 Opening Address
- Peter Burke TD, Minister for Enterprise Tourism & Employment
10:15 — 10:35 Commercialisation Pitch Competition - Part 1
- HyperPath - Ger McNamara
- StarMat - Sarinj Fattahagha
- PowFreq - Patrick Cronin
10:35 — 11:00 Panel Discussion - Navigating the Seed Stage: Insights from Recently Funded Founders
Heidi Davis
William O’Donoghue
Fergal Meegan
Auindrila Das
11:00 — 11:35 Coffee & Networking
Photos with Regional, Local Enterprise Offices and New Frontiers
11:35 — 11:55 Commercialisation Pitch Competition - Part 2
- SelekTX - David O'Connell
- TANGO - Tara Dalton
- Contenseo - Stephen Conmy
- IntegrityIQ - Daniel Malan
11:55 — 12:25 Panel Discussion - Funding for Scale: How Start-ups Land Serious Investment
Pat O'Connor
Órla Kearney
Dr Helen McBreen
12:25 — 13:00 Keynote - Building the Future: Equal1 and the next wave of Start-up innovation
- Jason Lynch, CEO Equal1
- Jenny Melia, Executive Director, Enterprise Ireland
Jason Lynch
13:00 — 13:05 Pitch Highlights - Anton Savage
13:05 — 13:10 Pitch Competition, Winner Announcement
- Michael Carey, Chairman, Enterprise Ireland
13:10 — 13:15 Event Wrap up