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Dundalk software firm Vennetics sets up Belfast base

Enterprise minister Jonathan Bell, second from left, pictured with, from left, John Barron, sales and marketing director, Eamonn Murray, programme manager and Ivan McShane, engineering director.
Enterprise minister Jonathan Bell, second from left, pictured with, from left, John Barron, sales and marketing director, Eamonn Murray, programme manager and Ivan McShane, engineering director. Enterprise minister Jonathan Bell, second from left, pictured with, from left, John Barron, sales and marketing director, Eamonn Murray, programme manager and Ivan McShane, engineering director.

DUNDALK firm Vennetics has set up a software engineering centre in Belfast.

The company which boats a client list that includes household names such as Netflix, Google and YouTube has created 15 high-paid jobs at its new city centre office.

The firm provides apps and video on demand services for the mobile telecommunications and media industries.

Invest NI has offered Vennetics support of £97,500 towards the creation of the positions that will pay around £50,000.

Vennetics CEO John Hamill said the Belfast operation "fits with our strategic aim of widening our customer base and introducing new products to help service the needs of our customers".

"We were really impressed with the skills base in Northern Ireland and have managed to recruit some of the new roles quite quickly," he said.

“In the future, we intend to diversify our product offering by developing a Cloud Hosted Video On Demand (VOD) portal in order to generate new sales. This expansion into Northern Ireland has already opened new opportunities for us and is providing an impressive platform for longer term growth in the UK and Europe.”

Enterprise minister Jonathan Bell visited the company's new offices in Arthur House, Belfast

“Offering average salaries of £50,000, the jobs created as a result of this project will generate over £1.2million in salaries over the next two years," he said.

“Video on Demand services are being embraced by people all over the world and Vennetics already boasts partnerships with the leading and most popular Video on Demand providers such as Netflix, iTunes, Google, Amazon , YouTube and the BBC.

“The company has an established competitive position in its target markets and its Belfast office will be a valuable addition to the growing cluster of software development investors choosing to locate in Northern Ireland.”