Venture capital investment in Irish tech firms fell 25% in 2018February 22, 2019
Funding into Irish technology firms fell by 25 per cent to €739 million in 2018 according to an Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey...
Teaching the entrepreneurial craft at startup speedFebruary 12, 2019
MIT’s Entrepreneurship Development Program takes attendees through every step of the company-building process...
BioExel Programme 2019 introduces new cohort of medtech companiesFebruary 12, 2019
A new wave of medtech companies supported by NUI Galway’s BioExel programme, Ireland’s first MedTech accelerator, continues following the success of...
Squeezing cells to cure diseasesNovember 27, 2018
Startup SQZ Biotech aims to open a new path in immunotherapy with its cell-compressing technique...
Trinity entrepreneurs tap into US startup scene in first international accelerator programmeOctober 30, 2018
Six Trinity student and alumni-created startups are to tap into the US market as the first ever ‘Tangent Pioneers’ international accelerator program...
‘Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace’: Meet Dublin’s new home for entrepreneurs and innovatorsOctober 2, 2018
It will provide innovation and entrepreneurship education; start-up company acceleration programmes; innovation and entrepreneurship community events; a...
Five UCD start-ups to pitch at Enterprise Ireland’s 2018 Big Ideas ShowcaseSeptember 5, 2018
Five are among 12 start-ups pitching at Enterprise Ireland’s 2018 Big Ideas event, which will enable innovative start-up firms emerging from higher ed...
New €6.5m development project to expand NovaUCD’s capacity to house start-ups by 50%September 4, 2018
The project is expected to be completed within 12 months. Since opening, the hub has supported 225 companies, which have raised more than €200m in eq...
Irish engineering tech start-up CALT Dynamics selected for TechStars US acceleratorJuly 24, 2018
Irish tech start-up is developing high precision photolithography based 3D printers, and has been accepted into prestigious TechStars accelerator progra...
HBAN scoops European Business Angel Network awardJuly 12, 2018
Awarded European Game Changer Network organisation in recognition of launch of three international syndicates in 2018...
Start-up developing new smart bike light to improve cycling safety scoops awardJune 26, 2018
Kogii, an early-stage UCD student venture, has been declared overall winner of the 2018 UCD Start-up Stars Programme and has received a €3,000 cash pr...
Three new NovaUCD start-ups to create 30 jobs and raise up to €7.5m in next two yearsMay 29, 2018
EPIC Conjoint, This is Seaweed and Travacoin, have located to NovaUCD in order to collaborate with and benefit from engagement with the university...
Limerick start-up selected for ESB-backed global energy accelerator programmeApril 17, 2018
Gridwatch is one of only 15 international start-ups selected to work with international utilities and compete for $200,000 prize
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€15,000 prize fund up for grabs at National Startup AwardsFebruary 22, 2018
The National Startup Awards have been launched, with the overall winner receiving a prize of €10,000 and the best early-stage startup receiving €5,0...
Multi-billion-euro horseracing industry gallops into 21st century thanks to TCD startupFebruary 20, 2018
Equine MediRecord is set to revolutionise the multi-billion-euro horseracing sector by digitising the medical regulatory records of its thoroughbred sup...
Print your own irrigation system with 3D-printed biodegradable pipe platformNovember 21, 2017
Vincent Farrelly outlines how Aquaroot uses a biodegradable polymer that can be extruded through 3D printing, becoming a low-cost method to irrigate cro...
ESB to co-create innovative solutions with global energy start-upsJanuary 10, 2017
Leading global energy utilities including ESB have launched a worldwide start-up accelerator programme to foster innovative energy solutions...
Dragons’ Den is back and is looking for engineers to face the dragonsDecember 21, 2016
RTÉ’s successful Dragons’ Den will return to Irish TV screens for series eight in Spring 2017 and it is currently looking for engineers with big id...
Microneedle platform technology wins UCD commercialisation awardDecember 14, 2016
An early-stage medtech venture developing a new microneedle platform technology has won a University College Dublin commercialisation award...
How research and innovation in Ireland leads to jobs for engineersOctober 4, 2016
UCD Engineering Graduates Association will host the 2016 EGA Autumn Panel Discussion on ‘Engineering Research, Innovation and Job Creation’ in Clint...