UCD Innovation

NovaUCD, the hub of start-up activities at @ucddublin since 2003, has been ranked in the Top 150 of Europe’s Leading Start-Up Hubs by the FT for the third year in a row. @NovaUCD is the only university-based hub in Ireland included in the rankings. ucd.ie/innovation/new…

NovaUCD was delighted to collaborate with the Dutch Embassy in Ireland to jointly host a Responsible AI event yesterday at @NovaUCD. Thank you to our excellent guest speakers, event moderator, and all who attended the event. ucd.ie/innovation/new…

Registration is now open for the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ireland and @NovaUCD's jointly organised event entitled 'Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact' on 18 Feb next. Further details via: eventbrite.ie/e/responsible-…

At our recent @NovaUCD Investor Day event 28 start-ups, collectively seeking to raise €70m in funding, pitched to an invited audience of ca. 70 venture capitalists and angel investors. Thank you to everyone who attended. ucd.ie/innovation/new… @Entirl @techireland

Fantastic news, congrats to Jason Lynch and the @Equal1L team.

📃New report: Island of Ireland punches above its weight in #CancerResearch & Innovation worldwide, thanks to collaborative approach. All-Island Cancer Research Landscape Report, supported by @IrishCancerSoc, was launched today by @AlCRIproject ucd.ie/research/news/…

UCD is partnering in the ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new €31.6m national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, officially launched yesterday. #euinmyregion #ARCHubForTherapeutics ucd.ie/innovation/new…

A research-driven cybersecurity company, @Mirror_Security, which spun out of @ucddublin with the support of @NovaUCD, has raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding from @SureValley & @atlanticbridgev to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI security. ucd.ie/innovation/new…

.@ucddublin has invested €284K in a new #AI_ORAN Testbed for #6G Network Automation & #Cybersecurity #Innovation Led by @msankal & @netslab_ucd it's a national first for AI-driven 6G experimentation w/ Open-RAN #EdgeIntelligence #digitaltwins #UCD_Ai ucd.ie/research/infoc…

Congratulations to Dr Alison Reynolds, @UCD @ucdvetmed . OcuHealth has been announced as the overall winner of UCD’s 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme. @Tig_Irl 📖 Read more: bit.ly/48qdFc1 #UCD #OcuHealth #VentureLaunch #NovaUCD

OcuHealth, an emerging eye therapeutics start-up, has been named winner of UCD's 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme, delivered by @NovaUCD to support the creation and launch of new start-ups emerging from @ucddublin. ucd.ie/innovation/new… @Entirl @UCDinnovation

Registration is open for the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Showcase and Awards event on 26 Nov where the latest research-backed start-ups will be pitching their businesses to a panel of leading investors. All welcome to register to attend. eventbrite.ie/e/2025-ucd-ven…

Congrats to @TrojanTrackLtd, an Irish start-up transforming equine performance and welfare using advanced AI motion analysis, on being named One to Watch at the end of @ucddublin's 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator Programme. ucd.ie/innovation/new… @Entirl

University College Dublin @ucddublin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Liverpool to foster future collaboration with the establishment of a joint research seed fund ucd.ie/newsandopinion…

LirOptic a UCD spin-out has been named winner of the Audience Choice Award and a $10k prize at the 2025 @LuminateROC final in Rochester, New York. LirOptic is currently raising €1.5m in seed funding to grow and scale operations. Find out more ucd.ie/innovation/new… @Entirl

Reactable AI wants to be small firms’ digital marketing secret weapon - with the tools to compete with big brands without the big budgets - today's Innovator to Watch via @IrishTimes. irishtimes.com/business/innov… @michalmalewicz

Leapifai, an Irish fintech start-up, has launched a novel AI-powered digital tax copilot - designed to provide instant tax insights with statutory-backed compliance guarantees. Find out more: ucd.ie/innovation/new… or visit leapifai.com @techireland

🇮🇪Ireland will gain an AI Factory Antenna to boost national capabilities, co-funded by @DeptofFHed & @EuroHPC_JU This #AI #supercomputing infrastructure will be implemented by a consortium led by @ichec and @CeADARIreland Centre for AI based at @ucddublin ucd.ie/research/news/…

Start-ups soar to success as the winners of the 2025 New Frontiers Programme (phase 2) delivered by @MediaCubeIADT and @NovaUCD are announced. Congratulations to Biscuit Factory Games, Data Buckets, Datamnis and Earth Visio. ucd.ie/innovation/new… @Entirl @techireland

LaNua Medical, an Irish medtech device start-up and a UCD spin-out, has successfully secured €6m in DTIF funding for a medtech project to be carried out in collaboration with Integer Holdings and @ucddublin. ucd.ie/innovation/new… @DeptEnterprise @Entirl