The beginning-up gained the AgTechUCD Award on the Nationwide Ploughing Championship final September.
Kilkenny-based start-up Auto Coupler has at present (16 January) been introduced because the winner of the 2025 AgTechUCD ‘One to Watch’ Award.
Auto Coupler was named winner through the fourth iteration of the AgTechUCD Accelerator Programme, following a last pitching occasion held on the Innovation Centre at College School Dublin’s (UCD) Lyons Farm in Kildare. The judging panel for the occasion was made up of James Maloney (Enterprise Eire), Faye Walsh Drouillard (WakeUp Capital) and David Bowles (The Yield Lab).
The enterprise was among the many seven agritech start-ups chosen to take part within the 12-week ‘agccelerator’ programme final October.
In September, Auto Coupler was topped the winner of AgTechUCD Award on the Nationwide Ploughing Championship.
The corporate is the creator of the Auto Coupler system, which permits a tractor or digger loader to connect to any agricultural implement, robotically coupling the loader’s hydraulic circuit to the implement after which locking the implement in place with the loader’s locking system. As founder Seamus Kenny succinctly put it, it permits loader operators “to alter an implement with out leaving their seat, in 4 seconds, on the contact of a button”.
The enterprise claims that its system has security benefits over standard methods, because the operator doesn’t have to depart the cab of the machine when attaching or disconnecting any attachment or implement.
Celebrating the win, Kenny mentioned that he thought of it a “nice honour” to simply accept the award.
“I wish to thank AgTechUCD and Enterprise Eire for his or her ongoing help and in addition to thank Noreside Engineering Group, who’ve supported the bodily engineering and prototype section of creating the Auto Coupler system, and acknowledge the monetary help and recommendation acquired from the Kilkenny Native Enterprise Workplace.”
Kenny mentioned that the Auto Coupler’s subsequent step is “to focus on the agricultural and development implement manufacturing market” with its system.
Gary Ryan, director of AgTechUCD, congratulated the start-up on being named the general winner. “I want Auto Coupler each success for the long run as they proceed their entrepreneurial journey.”
Different start-ups which accomplished the newest programme along with Auto Coupler have been Aerial Ag Eire, Evogen, Iona Minerals, Lurra Bio, RoboCrop and Weighless Wonders.
Programme companions included AIB, Enterprise Eire, Herdwatch, IFAC, The Yield Lab and Thrive/SVG Ventures.
Thus far, 34 start-ups have accomplished the 4 AgTechUCD accelerator programmes. A few of these start-ups over time have included Cotter AgriTech, Moonsyst, MyGug, OptaHaul, Pitseal, Proveye, Silicate and TrojanTrack.
AgTechUCD is funded by means of the Regional Enterprise Improvement Fund, which is run by Enterprise Eire.
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