A team from Tyndall National Institute secured the runner-up spot at last week’s IDEATE Ireland Entrepreneurship Competition in Dublin, recognised for their innovative pitch and strong entrepreneurial potential.
The IDEATE Ireland Entrepreneurship Competition promotes collaboration, connection, and mutual understanding across the island of Ireland through a shared passion for entrepreneurship and new venture development. Its mission is to uncover and empower the next generation of Irish entrepreneurs, helping them turn brilliant ideas into thriving international businesses.
The business competition provides participants with a unique opportunity to apply entrepreneurial principles in practice. Entrants must present an innovative product, service, or technology with global scalability, capable of generating international sales and creating employment.
Out of more than ninety applicants, ten standout teams were selected for a ten-week mentoring and support programme, competing for a total prize fund of €20,000. Among them was Tyndall’s innovative team, Anestronic.
Anestronic is transforming the future of anaesthesia with its smart needle system, enhancing the safety and accuracy of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks. By using real-time sensing to differentiate tissue types, it helps reduce serious risks such as intraneural injection, intravascular injection and nerve injuries, ultimately improving outcomes for both patients and clinicians.
Commenting on his team’s second-place finish, Dr Yineng Wang, Research Engineer along with other team members: Javier Torres Sanchez (Senior Design Engineer) and Edel Whelton (PhD Candidate), at Tyndall and Team Leader of Anestronic said:
It’s fantastic to see not one – but two – UCC teams finishing in the top three of such a prestigious competition. The IDEATE Ireland programme provided us with a unique opportunity to apply our entrepreneurial principles, and we are very grateful for the experience.
