Success for Mayo company in Google startup final

WESTPORT company Truckscience has been placed second at the final of Google Ireland’s Adopt a Startup 2016 spring programme following a Dragons' Den style final held in the Foundry at Google’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin, where they received €5,000 in Adwords credit.

Truckscience develops software for the truck industry including an axle weight calculator for truck body builders and a sales tool for truck dealers.

Eight finalists had to present a seven-minute pitch on their business strategies and the results of taking part in the Adopt a Start Up programme to a panel of judges which included Patrick Walsh, Dogpatch Labs, and David Grunwald, EMEA head of Global Partnerships for Google for Entrepreneurs.

Speaking at the final, Paddy Flynn, head of Google Ireland’s startup programme, said: “Now in its fourth year, our Adopt a Startup programme is unique to Ireland and it allows us to support the local startup community in a significant way. Over 150 startups applied for one of the 30 places on offer on the spring programme and over 90 Googlers from across all functions at Google Ireland shared their expertise with them to develop a holistic business strategy to scale their business and enjoy further success.”