Vanessa Creaven

Highly qualified dentists, sisters Dr Lisa and Dr Vanessa Creaven were working in their dental practice in Galway, when they identified a gap in the market for safe and effective oral care products to target their clients’ dental needs. Launched in 2016, with headquarters in Galway, Spotlight Oral Care initially concentrated on developing teeth whitening strips and toothpaste. It has since grown to provide a variety of products, combining the latest advances in research, with highest quality ingredients. All products are cruelty free, vegan friendly, free from toxic ingredients, and are not tested on animals. The products are on sale throughout Ireland, through their website, and are well known in the United Kingdom. In 2020, they launched in the US, opened an office in California, and completed a Series A funding round, with an investment from Development Capital fund of €12million, to allow the company grow and scale. Award winning entrepreneurs, Venessa and Lisa believe that the insights they gained from their first-hand experience with patients is one of the major reasons Spotlight Oral Care has been a success from the get-go.

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“Enterprise Ireland believes that Ireland’s economic success will depend on a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem which utilises all the skills, ambition and talent of a diverse population. Increasing the opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women in management is a key focus for Enterprise Ireland, and our six-year Women in Business Strategy aims to grow the number of women becoming entrepreneurs and leaders. We’ve set ambitious targets, including doubling the number of women-led companies in the export market by 2025, and progress is now clear. In 2022, 58 (more than one-third) of the 161 start-ups we invested in were women-led, up from just 8% in 2012. ‘Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs’ is all about reaching out to and supporting women who want to become entrepreneurs and build innovative businesses of scale, focused on export markets. I have no doubt that many of these will be leading Irish companies in the future and we look forward to supporting them on their journey.”

“KPMG has a strong track record of supporting women in business, so we are proud to be involved with Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs. We are excited to see all of the opportunities that this initiative will open for women who have a vision to harness their skills to be entrepreneurs growing scalable businesses. This tailored initiative will encourage more women to establish innovative businesses focused on growth with global ambition. In addition to the panel of Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs who will offer insights into their entrepreneurial journey, KPMG’s experts will facilitate a series of Inspiring workshops and share their expertise with this year’s ambitious entrepreneurs on a wide range of key business matters such as cyber security, corporate and tax governance, raising finance and much more.”