NovaUCD and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ireland are jointly hosting an event entitled 'Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact' on 18 Feb next at @novaucd.bsky.social. Register to attend via www.eventbrite.ie/e/responsibl...

@novaucd.bsky.social and CeADAR are seeking applications from Ireland’s most promising AI-first start-ups to participate in the 6-month 2026 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme starting in April. Find out more and apply via www.ucd.ie/innovation/n... Closing date: 27 Feb

Last week 28 start-ups, collectively seeking to raise €70 million in funding, pitched to an invited audience of ca. 70 venture capitalists and angel investors at the 2026 @novaucd.bsky.social Investor Day event. Thank you to everyone who attended. Find out more via: www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology

OncoAssure targets US growth with Mount Sinai prostate cancer study - Irish medtech firm seeks to strengthen evidence base for prognostic technology in US market #irish #business #MedTech #Oncology #innovation @novaucd.bsky.social www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/onc...

🌍 Irish Cleantech Innovation Goes Global UCD spin-out AquaB Nanobubble Innovations is deploying its technology in Saudi Arabia with Aramco #irish #tech #startups #nanotech #spinouts #UCD #scalingbusiness www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/aqu...

The @impac3t-ip.bsky.social toolbox launch is coming! Join on 5 and 6 Feb for a 2-day event showcasing tools and training. Day 1: Discussions, panels, & hands-on insights, Day 2: dedicated Academy™ workshop. Register: www.impac3tip.eu/event/toward... #TechTransfer

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 www.ucd.ie/innovation/n... @researchireland.ie

A research-driven cybersecurity company, Mirror Security, which spun-out of UCD with the support of NovaUCD has raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding from Sure Valley Ventures & Atlantic Bridge to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI security. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n... @ucdcs.bsky.social

👩‍⚕️👁️ Many congratulations to eye therapeutics start-up OcuHealth on winning the NovaUCD 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... 👏 @novaucd.bsky.social @ucdvetmed.bsky.social

OcuHealth, an emerging eye therapeutics start-up, has been named overall winner of @ucddublin.bsky.social 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme. This programme is delivered by @novaucd.bsky.social to support the creation and launch of new start-ups emerging from UCD. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

🐎🏆 One to Watch: Huge congratulations to equine tech start-up TrojanTrack, which has won the One to Watch Award following an investor showcase event marking the conclusion of UCD’s 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme. 👏 @novaucd.bsky.social

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 are welcome to register to attend. www.eventbrite.ie/e/2025-ucd-v...

Congratulations to TrojanTrack, an Irish start-up transforming equine performance and welfare using advanced AI motion analysis, on being named the One to Watch at the conclusion of UCD's 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

Quantum computing project by UCD spin-out secures €13.7m funding A quantum computing project led by Equal1, a spin-out company of NovaUCD, has secured €13.7 million in funding from the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).

We are delighted join QUBIC to create #quantum #algorithms, hardware, and software to develop quantum-enabled solutions for Ireland’s key challenges in #energy, #climate modelling, advanced materials, and pharmaceuticals. @novaucd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

University College Dublin spin-out LirOptic has won the Audience Choice award at this year’s Luminate accelerator programme in New York. The start-up has bagged a $10,000 cash prize for its achievement.

QUBIC, a quantum computing project led by Equal1, the Irish quantum computing company and a @ucddublin.bsky.social spin-out, has successfully secured €13.7 million in funding under Call 7 of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund. Find out more - www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

LirOptic, a UCD spin-out, has been named winner of the Audience Choice Award & a $10k prize at the final of 2025 Luminate Accelerator Programme final in Rochester, New York. LirOptic is currently raising €1.5m in seed funding to grow and scale operations. Find out more: www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

🧑‍🔬🔬 Ireland’s most ambitious cancer research collaboration, Precision Oncology Ireland, has entered its second phase, marking a major step forward in the development of next-generation personalised cancer care.

Take a look at today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, such as: 🤝 OpenAI and AMD make major chip deal 💰 Ørsted raises $9.35bn in discounted share issue 🤖 Dublin fintech launches AI tax co-pilot ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...

Tax doesn’t have to be taxing, claims this start-up that uses AI to support accountants and financial advisers.

Irish startup launches AI-powered tax copilot

Irish AI tax player Leapifai targets €500k - Fintech launches AI-powered tax compliance platform, targets €500,000 to expand into UK market #irish #fintech #startups #ai #tax #funding www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/lea...

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: www.ucd.ie/innovation/n... or visit www.leapifai.com

Four start-ups have been awarded for their work at the culmination of this year’s Phase 2 New Frontiers programme.

Longford start-up wants to be small firms’ digital marketing secret weapon

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.com. www.irishtimes.com/business/inn...

Start-ups soar to success as the winners of the 2025 New Frontiers Programme (phase 2) delivered by IADT Media Cube and @novaucd.bsky.social are announced. Congratulations to Biscuit Factory Games, Data Buckets, Datamnis and Earth Visio. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n... @myiadt.bsky.social

LaNua Medical, a NovaUCD spin-out company, has successfully secured €6 million in funding under the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) for its pioneering ECORE™ device.

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.bsky.social. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

🚗 Irish and UK start-up Go Eve is raising $3.5M to accelerate the rollout of its DockChain EV charging system across North America, following UL 2202 certification and US production launch #Sustainability #Innovation #irish #business #startups #EVs #auto www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/go-...

Three Irish start-ups have joined @novaucd.bsky.social as part of an ESA BIC Ireland, a two-year incubation programme supporting space-connected enterprises. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Great news as Better Futures, Polliknow and Restore Blue are the latest start-ups to join the ESA BIC programme at @novaucd.bsky.social. The start-ups are seeking to raise €3.3m in funding over the next two-years to support their strategic development and growth plans. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

Tyndall hosts the launch of I-C3 this Thursday. I-C3 will be Ireland’s hub for semiconductor innovation, helping SMEs and start-ups with tech, design, funding, and talent. https://www.tyndall.ie/event/launch-of-i-c3/ @entirl.bsky.social @ucc.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social @novaucd.bsky.social

The university has conferred honorary degrees upon Irish Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell, former IFA Chief Michael Berkery, composer Michael McGlynn, EPA Director General Laura Burke, and former US Ambassador Kevin O’Malley... www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Licovolt, a UCD spin-out company, has appointed Ken Hoffman, a global battery industry leader as a special board advisor, as the company develops its strategic R&D roadmap and prepares for Series A funding round. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

First Irish-designed satellite to fall from orbit and burn up this week – but it will leave a legacy for science Eirsat-1 was built by UCD staff and students, as part of an educational programme by the European Space Agency The first fully Irish-designed satellite is set to fall out of orbit this…

🛰️🫡 Mission Accomplished: EIRSAT-1 to deorbit after two year historic journey Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 has completed its mission orbiting the Earth and will de-orbit in the coming days.

Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa and Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas visited NovaUCD last week during the One Health x AgTech Summit organised by Enterprise Ireland and UCD to foster links between researchers, academics, policymakers, and industry leaders from Ireland and the US. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

Sports Impact Technologies raises €650k - Dublin start-up to launch wearable sensor that detects concussions in real time, enhancing athlete safety across multiple sports #irish #sportstech #business #startups #funding #medtech @novaucd.bsky.social www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/spo...

NovaUCD-based Sports Impact Technologies secures €650k in pre-seed funding to accelerate the beta roll-out of its sports wearable that detects head impacts in real-time to enhance player safety and performance by eliminating undetected concussions. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

The future of pocket money? NestiFi lets families invest together for kids

Great to see NestiFi, a new AI-powered platform investment platform allowing parents, grandparents, relatives and friends to invest in a child’s future as a group, feature as today Innovator to Watch via The Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com/business/inn...

Irish medtech Head Diagnostics’ and Dutch electronics giant Philips collaborate on what could be a game-changer for millions facing Alzheimer’s and dementia worldwide #alzheimers #dementia #medtech #irish #business #ai @novaucd.bsky.social www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/hea...

Head Diagnostics, an Irish medtech company headquartered at @novaucd.bsky.social, has signed an exclusive global licence with Philips for a novel digital cognitive assessment platform developed by the health conglomerate. Find out more - www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

🚜🙌 Many congrats to agri-sustainability start-up ODOS on raising €680,000 in funding. Co-founded by former researchers Alejandro Vergara and Cian White, ODOS has been supported by @novaucd.bsky.social, TCD's knowledge transfer office and Spanish accelerator Lanzadera. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Odos, a start-up driving climate action in the agri-food sector, has announced the closure of a €680,000 funding round, led by Capsa Food, with the participation of TTAF by CLAVE and Angels

ODOS, a joint UCD-TCD agtech spin-out, has closed a €680k funding round, to drive sustainability in the agri-food sector and expand its technological capabilities and enter new markets. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

Dublin start-up Licovolt powers ahead with new jobs - UCD spin-out to create 10 jobs after securing seed investment for battery recycling technology #irish #cleantech #energy #battery #business #spinouts #scalingbusiness www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/lic...