IBYE launches with prize fund of €2 million

Two of last year’s IBYE finalists, Mark Baldwin of SchoolVR and Matthew McCann of Access Earth

This year’s Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneurs (IBYE) competition has been launched, with a prize fund of €2 million.

Now in its fifth year, IBYE is run by the country’s 31 Local Enterprise Offices with the support of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Enterprise Ireland and local authorities.

Since its inception in 2015, more than 500 young entrepreneurs have received in excess of €6.5 million in IBYE funding as well as training ...