Series 1 Success Stories

SURF SEEDS
Pitched by Timothy Rooney, Surf Seeds are selling upwards of 10,000 units per week. The healthy snack food saw Bobby Kerr & Sean Gallagher jointly invest €100,000.
www.surfseeds.com

BUTTONS
Elaine-Sarah Comberford received €45,000 from Niall O'Farrell to develop her business as a goldsmith. Her beautiful creations which all feature a button have just been re-launched as Buttons & Co.
www.buttonsandco.com

TAKKER
Gavin Duffy invested €50,000 in Damien McGrane's idea which makes hanging pictures easy. Voted best new product when it launched at the Ideal Homes Show in London last April Takker is now on sale in Woodies & Atlantic Homecare Stores.
www.takker.com

ANIMATAZZ
Gavin Duffy invested €80,000 in Michael Connolly's animation kit for children. It's rolling off the line in Hasbro and Smyths Toys plan it to be the no.1 gift toy this Christmas.
www.animatazz.com

HEN PARTY.IE
Gavin Duffy & Niall O'Farrell backed Kate Hyde to the sum of €30,000 for her online one-stop-hen-party-shop. Her business is a phenomenal success and she is about to launch henparty.co.uk for the British market. She also has just launched her book 'How to Hen Party'.
www.henparty.ie

PEDIGREECATTLE.IE
With as investment of €50,000 from Sean Gallagher & Gavin Duffy, Donal O'Connor and Michael O'Donnell have extended their website for buying & selling pedigree cattle to the pedigree cattle show equipment business.
www.pedigreecattle.ie

HANGOUT
Eddie O'Brien secured investment from Bobby Kerr for his all weather clothesline 'The Hangout'. He has since developed the product as the "roof for your garden" so it can now cover BBQ areas, bikes and much more.
www.thehangout.ie

KAYLITE
Adrian Keegan convinced Bobby Kerr to invest €10,000 in his handbag illumination device. The product is now made in two sizes and can be transferred from bag to bag. Adrian is gaining a reputation as a popular after dinner speaker.
www.kaylitebags.com