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Prestigious ‘Best New Idea’ award for DCU graduate
DCU graduate wins prestigious ‘Best New Idea’ award

Prestigious ‘Best New Idea’ award for DCU graduate

DCU biotechnology graduate, Blaine Doyle, has scooped the ‘Best New Idea’ award in ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition 2015, winning a €20,000 investment fund in addition to €10,000 for winning local LEO competition, for his business GlowDX.

GlowDX is a diagnostics company which is setting out to diagnose neglected tropical diseases more cheaply in developing countries. It plans to launch a Dengue Test in Honduras in 2016. Blaine, CEO and co-founder, is from Kilkenny and graduated with a BSc in Biotechnology from DCU.

Supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland, the nationwide competition is organised through the Local Enterprise Offices and forms part of the Action Plan for Jobs 2015 with an overall investment fund of €2 million awarded to county winners and national winners.

In all, 24 finalists from 17 counties competed for the overall title and 9 of them made a live pitch to the judging panel in the final round at the Foundry in Google. James Foody of Ayda was named as Ireland Best Young Entrepreneur, winning a €50,000 investment fund for his female health tech company based in Glanmire and San Francisco.

Pictured at the award ceremony (L to R): Minister Anne Phelan TD, Blaine Doyle, Minister Richard Bruton TD and Sean McKeown, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny.