Peter Jones Foundation
National Entrepreneur of the Year 2025
The foundation named Liam its national winner for Rephobia, with £10,000 and mentoring from Peter Jones CBE.
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Liam Harte awards, recognition and press
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Awards and programmes
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Unity
Unity for Humanity 2025
Unity selected Rephobia for its global social-impact programme and profiled Liam as the venture's founder.
Official Unity featureEnterprise Ireland
High Achieving Merit Award 2026
Liam received the Grant Thornton High Achieving Merit Award and €5,000 at the Student Entrepreneur Awards.
Official resultSimply Business
Young Entrepreneur Fund winner
Rephobia was selected among ten winning businesses for funding and business support.
Official winner pageArdonagh Community Trust
Bright Future Prize finalist
The trust selected Liam and Rephobia for its 2026 finalist programme and a £1,000 ACT microgrant.
Official finalist profileQueen's University Belfast
Dragons' Den and venture recognition
QUB's School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science recorded Rephobia's third-place Dragons' Den result and Unity award.
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Official short biography
Short version: Liam Harte is the founder of Rephobia, a clinician-controlled virtual reality platform being developed to support exposure therapy. He was named the Peter Jones Foundation National Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 and is a Unity for Humanity grant recipient.
Expanded version: Liam Harte is the founder of Rephobia and an immersive-technology builder. He founded Rephobia after personal experience of OCD and a severe fear of public speaking. His work combines virtual reality product development, clinical collaboration, evidence gathering and responsible innovation. Liam also supports accelerators, university programmes and early-stage founders with funding readiness, pitch development and pilot planning.
Please link biographical references to liamharte.com or the Rephobia founder profile.
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