{"id":1139,"date":"2021-07-29T11:38:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2023-04-14T17:33:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:33:56","slug":"four-ucc-startups-begin-recruitment-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/four-ucc-startups-begin-recruitment-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Four UCC startups begin recruitment drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Four Cork startups have commenced recruitment drives in a range of fields as they expand their companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The four firms, Trustap, Ecanvasser, LegitFit, and Peckish, have all emerged from the Ignite start-up incubation programme at UCC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-paywall-IE-template\">\n<p class=\"\">Combined, the companies are recruiting for more than 25 positions, with roles available in sales, marketing, business development, software, and customer service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trustap has developed a secure escrow-style payment app that protects against payment fraud in peer-to-peer transactions. It has raised over half a million euro in funding to date, and is raising further funding to grow the team and to scale internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ecanvasser is a software platform that supports campaign management for political, community outreach, and advocacy organisations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">LegitFit has developed management software for gyms and personal trainers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Peckish is a menu-management and marketing platform that allows users to easily search &amp; order dishes based on their preferences &amp; dietary requirements. The company was awarded Best Business Idea in the Cork Region of the Ireland&#8217;s Best Young Entrepreneur competition, and was recently a finalist in the Ireland Funds Best Business Plan competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ignite, UCC&#8217;s start-up incubation programme, has supported more than 150 recent graduate founders since 2011, and is open to recent graduates from any third-level institution in Ireland to work full-time on a scalable start-up idea with potential for economic, environmental, or social impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ignite is now looking for recent graduate entrepreneurs to join the next programme, starting in Autumn 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trustap, Ecanvasser, LegitFit, and Peckish have all emerged from the Ignite start-up incubation programme at 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