A Northern Ireland company which has developed a more effective and user-friendly type of bullet-proof body armour has scooped the top prize in one of the most coveted startup competitions.
Vikela Armour beat off competition from nine other finalists to be named the winner of the INVENT 2022 awards and took home a prize package worth £26,000. The 10 finalists had to give a live one-minute elevator pitch to win £1,000, with the audience on the night also voting Vikela Armour as the winner of best pitch.
The company was founded by Belfast engineering graduate Peter Gilleece in an effort to develop a new type of body armour which privides better protention and comfort than conventional flack jackets.
