FIVE IRISH companies received awards recognising them as the best in their field from the Silicon Valley-based Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) at its annual awards dinner in California last night.
In the category of biotech/cleantech, the winner was Cork-based Radisens Diagnostics, which is developing digital blood diagnostic devices. Founded in 2009 and led by chief executive Jerry O’Brien, the company opened a Boston office last year.
In the category of entertainment and gaming, the winner was OmniMotion Technology, a Dublin firm specialising in motion control games, simulations and applications for the sports, media and entertainment industries.
Rapt Touch Ltd won the hardware/semiconductor category. Founded in 2007, the Dublin company has developed technologies to enable touchscreens to be used in lower-cost devices.
Datahug, whose software allows organisations to manage their email more effectively, won the software and services/cloud category. Its software analyses email traffic to discover contacts, companies and relationship strengths.
For the mobile/social media/web award, the winner was RepKnight, which develops tools to monitor and analyse traffic on the web.
The ITLG- Irish TimesInnovation Awards were presented at a gala dinner in Santa Clara last night.
Chaired by former Intel chief executive Craig Barrett and run by John Hartnett, ITLG now has more than 4,000 members worldwide and forms a global network of Irish and Irish diaspora technology industry executives focused on helping Irish technology companies succeed.
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