ApisProtect won the Think Global Award 2020 in the Start-Up category, during a virtual awards ceremony on April 22, 2020.

IGNITE has moved online and so the IGNITE Awards & Showcase has moved online too.

The IGNITE team reacted quickly to ensure there was no break in support for IGNITE start-ups arising from COVID-19 restrictions.

Rent-It, an online rental service was named "Best Business Idea" at the Start-Up Lab at UCC Grand Pitch event on 10 March 2020. The business idea was pitched by Aishwarya Adyanthaya and her team Bhavik Chandora, Sidharthan Kamaraj, who are completing an MSc in Information Systems for Business Performance at University College Cork.

Mark O'Sullivan of Neurobell was named UCC Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020.

On Monday 2 March, IGNITE visited the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen, Ireland's first rural 1 Gig society.

IGNITE start-up, UrAbility won a Zero Project Award 2020 at the United Nations in Vienna. 

AnaBio Technologies Ltd, founded by Dr Sinéad Bleiel (Doherty) was named Cork Chamber SME Company of the Year 2020 at Cork Chamber's Annual Dinner on 7 Feb.

Meeting founders, making connections, contacts, meeting mentors and learning from expert talks were the objectives when IGNITE hit Dublin on 5th/6th Dec 2019. 

The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney, visited IGNITE on the 18th November 2019.