Web 2 Ireland

EI has announced the 10 winners of this round of the Internet & Games Competitive Start Fund. Each start-up gets €50k for 10% equity stake by EI. 120 companies applied.

The winners are:

• Tribal City Interactive – Games including iPhone/Android. Yay Alan!
• Decisions For Heroes –  Emergency response team management and analytics (and winner of the IQPrize). Yay Robin!
• Redwind Software – Game engines for mobile trivia games
• Cellplay Networks – Social gaming
• Jlizard – Cloud-based service for managing log data
• Plendi – Automating receipt processing
• Scurri – Helps consumers to discover affordable shipping
• Calom Technologies-  Video delivery platform based on open web standards
• Franklyweb – Subscription based clothing product range (URL?)
• UnitedWeSave – Consumer web service for group buying around household bills

The founders of Havok, which was acquired by Intel, Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins have recently taken on some funding for their new startup – New Game Technologies – according to the Irish Indo.

Hugh and Steven are two of the smartest gaming technologists in Ireland – and its great to see them back in startup land again.