CÉIM is the most successful enterprise development programme in the North West of Ireland. It is offered by the Institute of Technology, Sligo and Letterkenny Institute of Technology.
Select CÉIM technology startups are gearing up for a trip to Silicon Valley from July 19 to 26, 2009. We’ll spend most of our time in Palo Alto with 2 days in San Francisco. Startups participating on this trip include: Eointec Solutions, Groupnos Software, JB Interactive Media, SokoHealth, Synergy Flow, Text-a-Track and Trinity Innovations. More details on the companies are below.Thus far, we’re scheduled to meet with: the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at Berkeley University, Meebo, Sun Microsystems, Skype and Trulia with more meetings to come. Our goal is to network, initiate sales and learn about the business culture of Silicon Valley.
If you’re interested in meeting with CÉIM technology startups in Silicon Valley, would like information about setting up a business in Ireland or would like to learn more about CÉIM, please contact: Janette Gillen, Business Innovation Centre Manager, Institute of Technology, Sligo: gillen.janette@itsligo.ie or Patrick Donaghy, Business Incubation Manager, Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Patrick.Donaghey@lyit.ie
We’ll be providing updates on the trip on this blog, so check back to hear our news and see photos of the journey.
CÉIM Startups Participating in Trade Mission to Silicon Valley – July 19 to 26, 2009
Company Name: SokoHealth
Company Overview: Sokohealth is an aggregator of private healthcare providers in the US. It offers sales and marketing outsourcing to US hospitals and allows self-paying patients to search, compare prices and book procedures directly with Healthcare providers. Sokohealth targets uninsured, underinsured and company self-insured individuals.
Web Site: www.sokohealth.com
Demo: http://www.mikeafford.com/temp/sokohealth/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjMAGMFuyx8
Company Name: Groupnos Software
Company Overview: GroupNos provides clinical groupware software used by clinicians, patients and managed care companies for mental health and behavioral health. Future versions are in the pipeline for other chronic conditions such as diabetes, chronic heart and lung conditions and chronic pain.
GroupNos Feedback is the only real time analysis and feedback tool on the market that provides real time session by session information to patients in order to allow them to inform the direction of their treatment. Our proprietary algorithms allow patients to see their current and predicted progress in treatment versus other patients with the same condition and comparative level of health. It is also the only practice management software that replicates a group practice environment for clinicians. Clinicians who work in Group practice environments have been shown to achieve superior patient outcomes to single person practices.
GroupNos Outcomes provides real time reports and dashboards to case managers in managed care organizations and health insurance companies to monitor the progress of cases from a number of practices or in a region and the quality of service delivery. Current pre and post treatment surveys do not provide real time indicators of service delivery quality and do not allow case administrators to proactively detect and intervene for at risk cases.
GroupNos Excellence is an international community for clinicians to engage with other professionals, share information on clinical excellence, receive accredited professional training and promote their practice and services. Our tiered rating system ranks providers in the network based on engagement with other members and their clinical effectiveness based on capturing feedback from patients.
GroupNos also provides a range of information solutions to our customers.
For managed care organizations GroupNos provides business intelligence on quality of service delivery and vital information on the performance of clinicians on their network of providers. This allows these organizations to discover true value of their provider network and differentiate on the healthcare marketplace based on the quality of their provider network.
For pharmaceutical and healthcare investor organizations GroupNos provides sentiment analysis on particular healthcare trends and products based on user activity within our network. The STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) is a $10 Billion industry. Our information is real time and of a higher value than many technical and academic reports which are very often lower on the value curve for organizations looking to react to industry trends.
Web Site: www.groupnos.com
Company Name: Trinity Innovations
Company Overview: Trinity Innovations develops software for the print publishing industry. Their flagship product, 3D Issue, allows print publishers to convert their press-ready print publications into interactive, online, page turning and searchable digital editions in a matter of seconds. The company’s software can also be used by any company interested in digitizing their publications into an easy-to-use interactive publication.
Trinity Innovations, 3D Issue software is the first software to offer users the opportunity to create, host and completely own digital editions without the cost of hiring external publishing services. Users purchase the software and any upgrades with no recurring costs or monthly charges. This approach is very different from 99% of other vendors who offer digital publishing as a service and charge publishers on an issue-by-issue basis. 3D Issue offers users significant cost savings, reduces staffing requirements and eliminates the need to hire outside digital publishing services. Additionally, the software offers unprecedented digital conversions and typically converts 100 publishing quality pages to a digital edition in 1 minute.
Trinity Innovations has recently achieved another industry first with the availability of its PDF to digital edition converter for Apple Macintosh Computers. Until Trinity Innovations launched its product, the only PDF to digital edition converters available were developed for the Microsoft Windows platform. Since 90% of the publishing industry uses Apple Macintosh Computers, Trinity Innovations anticipates a high demand for this product. Trinity Innovations’ solutions are also available for Microsoft Windows Users.
Additionally, 3D Issue has an integrated tracking solution which allows publishers to monitor viewer’s habits which provides valuable marketing information.
Trinity Innovations focuses on product development rather than providing a digital publishing service for clients. The company has continued to release new versions of their software ensuring that each release is packed with new features to ensure existing clients choose to purchase upgrades which generate brand loyalty and recurring revenue streams. Some of Trinity Innovation’s clients include internationally recognized companies from publishing and other industries, including: McGraw Hill, CBS, Sky broadcasting, BP, Macy’s NYC, Version USA, University of California at Berkeley, Telstra, European Space Agency and the American Bar Association.
Web Site: http://www.3dissue.com/
Demo: http://www.3dissue.com/
Company Name: Text-a-Track
Company Overview: Text-a-Track allows artists sell their music via text message removing the need for their fans to use a credit card. The company’s target market is independent recording artists; however it has also been used by EMI and Universal, 2 of the worlds 4 major music labels. Text-a-Track is currently operational in the US, the UK and Ireland with plans for a pan-European and Asian roll-out in the next 12 months.
Free to register, this service allows artists to upload and sell their music. The only cost to the artist is commission based on sales. Commission is charged at 10% of gross track cost.
The service works in the following way: after an artist uploads a track, the track is then assigned a number, e.g. 123. To buy the track, a consumer would simply Text ‘track 123’ and would be charged $1 via their cell phone billing or this amount would be deducted from their phone credits to receive this song. After the consumer has selected the track, their phone receives a PIN number enabling them to download the track to their PC/phone*. Primarily, consumers are made aware of the music available on Text A Track by the artists who use the service. The company also has a chart and search facility for different music choices.
The service generates revenue by offering commission i.e. percentage of revenue earned by artist. Text A Track earns 10c per average per track sold. Other revenue comes from content license agreements and through advertising/sponsorship and online & SMS Advertising (mobile) as well as bespoke digital media solutions. For example, the company worked with Sony Ericsson to customize its technology for a television show in Ireland where consumers received the track when they voted for a band. The company has also partnered with Corona Beer to deliver a music download solution where consumers could download tracks using unique codes printed on their back stage passes.
* At present while ‘pay by text’ is available in the US, the UK and Ireland, ‘track to mobile’ service is only available in Ireland and UK and is currently being developed for the US.
Web Site: http://www.downloadmusic.ie/
Demo: 30 Second Promo Ad available http://www.textatrack.co.uk/sellmusic
Company Name: JB Interactive Media
Company Overview: JB Interactive Mobile Marketing Ltd offers permission based mobile marketing solutions. This technology enables businesses to target a consumer base that have opted to join this service. The consumer base is built through a registration process were the consumers specify their commercial interests, maximum number of advertisements they would like to receive in a day, convenient time-slots and their demographic information. In addition to receiving information related to their particular interests, the consumers receive monetary incentives for every advertisement they receive.
Via its business portal, sendmode.com, advertisers leverage the service to search for and select from our consumer lists based on their commercial interests, location, demographics and other criteria and send specific advertisements to their target audience. As consumers voluntarily sign up for our service, businesses can confidently contact them in compliance with anti-spam legislation. The service is coupled with other interactive capabilities such as text polling, competition by text, dedicated short code keywords and mobile coupons. As a result the Interactive Mobile Marketing Ltd platform solves critical problems such as content composition, reduces the costs of marketing and advertising campaigns and offers significant return on investment measurability for advertisers.
Web Site: http://www.interactivemobilemarketing.eu
Company Name: Eointec Solutions
Company Overview: Eointec Solutions provides software and hardware solutions for the security and smart homes industries. The company specializes in solutions to transport video and audio content live over a LAN, Internet or mobile phone network. The company offers small businesses and home owner’s equipment that enables them to receive and respond to security alerts via their cell phone handset – while the security issue is happening. When the security issue is occurring the user has the option to view live video of the event and place a voice call into the premises, where an intruder is alerted the authorities are on their way via a PA system.
The company also targets mobile phone operators by allowing them to provide extra services to their customers, such as remote door bell handling, were home owners can monitor people calling to their front door when they are out, once the door bell is pressed a call is sent to the home owners cell phone where the home owner can view and talk to the person at the door via a unit at the door and 24hr monitoring.
Eointec Solutions’ product is sold as a one-off cost through mobile phone chain stores or direct to customers. It is a more cost-efficient option than using costly 24 hour monitoring based on a yearly subscription service.
Eointec Solutions technology also benefits the Smart Home industry by offering solutions such as video and audio distribution, recording and security monitoring through the home. This can be controlled remotely via a mobile phone handset. Over the past three years the company has provided hardware and software design services to the security and VOIP industry in Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland. This experience has enabled Eointec Solutions to develop industry tested hardware and software that is used in their current product offering.
Web Site: http://www.eointecsolutions.com/
Demo: http://www.eointecsolutions.com/Media%20Demo/DSPIgnition%20Demo.wmv
Company Name: Synergy Flow
Company Overview: Synergy Flow Ltd is developing a facility in North West Ireland solely for the purpose of commercializing medical devices and related technologies. This facility will benefit startup medical technologies companies requiring an environment for rapid development and customer use data for early stage products. The facility provides a qualified team who will take prototypes to commercialization and assist with all stages of development. Of particular note is the fact that this facility and personnel have previous experience in developing cardiovascular devices from R&D into commercialization, including essential regulatory expertise for the global market, thus speeding product time to market. This facility provides a cost-effective service and proven method in comparison to similar facilities. Additionally, it is located within the EEC with access to global markets. Current projects include a patented stent for peripheral applications, and a Drug Eluting Stent product. The company’s product offering is not limited to cardiovascular products.
Web Site: N/A
