ZestDesk, BeerMogul Games, GeoInteractive, Festoon, Stretch & Glow Yoga, Joindup and Social Status all made plenty of ground in the second half of the year while applications opened for the 2015 intake.

The newest iAccelerate resident companies are OurFamilyHeirlooms, ModFab, Me3D, AquaHydrex and Resispecifier.

Among the highlights of 2014 occurred when ZestDesk raised more than $70,000 in pre-sales with a successful Kickstarter campaign in November.

James Moore said that was a major step towards ZestDesk's goal of having more than 100,000 people standing and working more healthily by 2018.

Meanwhile, coinciding with Formula Legend's first birthday, BeerMogul Games developed Formula Scroller.

It is described by its founder Nathan Harper as a a fun tap game for F1 fans to enjoy.

He said it was free and available on iOS and Android.

GeoInteractive conducted its first pilot project with a mineshaft inspection report producing a detailed historical condition of the mineshaft.

The ability to do such work is expected to help with the task of routine inspections by introducing a methodology for change detection in mines.

Online furniture and homeware destination Festoon was signed on as a supplier by iAccelerate.

And within one month of launching in September, Stretch & Glow Yoga achieved a conversion rate of 30 per cent when it attracted more than 12,000 views and 400 sign-ups to the freemium product "7 Days to a Better Birth".