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31/10/2013

ESB Spark Of Genius Award Winner Announced

Viddyad has been announced as the winner of the 2013 ESB Spark of Genius Award at this year's Web Summit.

In its fourth year, the competition saw over 100 Irish technology companies battle it out to win a cash prize of €25,000 plus a fund of services.

Viddyad is the world's first cloud based video ad creation tool, with access to over 10m + videos and images to choose from. It's super easy, super-fast and super affordable. Simply select the videos & images, add text, logo, music & special effects and the Viddyad platform creates a video commercial in seconds for use online, through social media, blogs or websites.

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On the win, Grainne Barron from Viddyad said; "I'm really proud of my team, their professionalism and everything we have build together."

John McKiernan, Strategic Partnership Development Manager with ESB said; "On behalf of ESB, it's a great pleasure to present the ESB Spark of Genius Award to Viddyad. The calibre of this year's entries highlights the talent and creativity that exists in Ireland today, and the spirit of enterprise that will help to uphold our reputation as a centre for innovation excellence. ESB is proud to be associated with this truly world class event which encourages, facilitates and promotes the very best that Ireland has to offer."

(CD/IT)

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