Luke Feeney
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They still create value for us.
We talk about our link to them.
We run events on Trinity.
They're a big center of innovation.
They help us in some international business development as well, a little bit here and there.
So I think it's a good deal all around.
Yeah, so there's three founders, my brother and another PhD researcher who spun out a guy called Gavin Mendel Gleeson.
He's the CTO.
We took a seed round directly out of university at a bridge from a bridge fund.
So it's specifically designed for softer terms.
What year was that?
It's called the University Bridge Fund.
No, what year was that?
Oh, that year was 2018.
Sorry.
Yeah, 2018.
So yeah, it's like softer terms to try and get companies to spin out.
So the Irish government backs it with a bunch of other institutions.
It's professionally managed by a VC called Atlantic Bridge.
And they look for companies mostly, I'd say, in the med tech world, but also- So how much did you raise in that round?