headquarters 9 anglesea mills anglesea row dublin 7 republic of ireland number of locations 2 dublin and london key people ronan perceval ceo products memento phorest messenger zanadoo number of employees 35 website www.phorest.com phorest a subsidiary of ndevor systems limited is a dublin based software company that specializes in computer software for hairdressers spas and beauty salon owners . the software is used in more than 1000 salons in ten countries around the world . phorest also provides salons and spas a loyalty system and an online booking system called zanadoo . 1 contents 1 history 2 honors and awards 3 references 4 external links history edit phorest was founded in 2002 by ronan perceval 2 and dylan collins 3 in dublin republic of ireland 4 with a second office in london . the company first designed and developed an online messenger application known as phorest messenger that they began to offer for sale in ireland . by may 2005 the company had 100 clients and in june acquired their largest competitor stylebase who had built up a client base of 170 over six years . 5 on 19 august 2011 phorest announced it had received an investment of 1.3 m from enterprise ireland and private investors . 6 honors and awards edit 2003 runner up coca cola national enterprise award 7 8 2005 dublin city enterprise award 5 2011 igap top selection 9 references edit chunka mui 2012 04 18 . will groupon make consumers more fickle forbes . blogs.forbes.com . retrieved 2012 05 11 . ronan perceval crunchbase profile . crunchbase.com . retrieved 2012 05 09 . dylan collins crunchbase profile . crunchbase.com . 2011 06 01 . retrieved 2012 05 09 . swinging into the digital age . the irish times . 2003 08 08 . retrieved 2012 05 11 . a b tomorrow the world phorest case study case studies dublin city enterprise board . dceb.ie . 2006 01 30 . retrieved 2012 05 11 . salon software firm phorest secures 1.3 m investment . the irish times . 2011 08 19 . retrieved 2012 05 11 . galway marine conservationist wins coca cola enterprise award . emigrant.ie . 2003 06 11 . retrieved 2012 05 11 . conservationist wins eur12 700 in coca cola enterprise award . the irish times . 2003 06 06 . retrieved 2012 05 11 . internet growth acceleration programme igap . enterprise ireland . 2010 07 26 . retrieved 2012 05 11 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title phorest & oldid 730633541 categories business software companiessoftware companies of ireland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 08 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view