Pictured at NovaUCD in Dublin is Ciarán McNamee, Co-Founder and CBDO, Binarii Labs; Chris Burge, CEO, Spark Venture Funding and Aidan Finn, CEO and co-founder, Binarii Labs.

Binarii Labs, the Irish cybersecurity company headquartered at @novaucd.bsky.social, has launched a funding campaign on the Spark Venture Funding platform with an exclusive allocation of €250,000 to Spark investors.

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Participants on the 2026 Stripe YSTE Business Bootcamp delivered in partnership with NovaUCD.

The 4-day Stripe Young Scientist Business Bootcamp, delivered in partnership with @novaucd.bsky.social, has commenced with 30 participants from the 2026 Stripe YSTE.

Where creativity can meet commercial impact.

Exciting week ahead.

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Professor Orla Feely (centre), President, UCD, Professor Kate Robson Brown, Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Impact, UCD (left), Liam Cronin, Director of Innovation, UCD (right) with the 2026 NovaUCD Innovation Awardees.

We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2026 @novaucd.bsky.social Innovation Awards which celebrate outstanding achievements in knowledge transfer, consultancy, entrepreneurship & promotion of an innovation culture within UCD's research & innovation communities

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Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race Celtonn’s high-frequency tech could help prevent satellite gridlock as near-Earth space fills up

Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race

Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race Celtonn’s high-frequency tech could help prevent satellite gridlock as near-Earth space fills up

Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race.

Celtonn’s high-frequency tech could help prevent satellite gridlock as near-Earth space fills up.

Great to see this @novaucd.bsky.social start-up feature as today's Innovator to Watch via @irishtimes.com.

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We are delighted that @novaucd.bsky.social has today been named as one of Europe’s Top 150 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.

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@ucddublin.bsky.social

Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are, Malcolm Byrne TD, Cathaoirleach of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence; Marloes Pomp, former Vice-President of the European AI Forum; Eugenia Siapera, Professor of Digital Technology, Policy, and Society, UCD School of Information and Communication Studies and co-Director of the UCD Centre for Digital Policy and Dr John Lonsdale, CEO, CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for AI.

We were delighted to collaborate with the Dutch Embassy in Ireland to jointly host a Responsible AI event yesterday at
@novaucd.bsky.social.

Thank you to our excellent guest speakers, event moderator, and all who attended the event.

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Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are members of the Setanta Space founding team; James Murphy, CTO; Tomas Chester, Lead Hardware Design Engineer; Adam Taylor, CEO and Jake O’Brien, Lead Engineer.

Setanta Space, a new Irish space tech start-up, which is headquartered @novaucd.bsky.social, has officially launched.

The start-up is focused on developing novel modular onboard computing hardware and AI software designed to make spacecraft more autonomous.

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SlateRete: A sustainable concrete alternative made with slate waste Founded in 2024, this NovaUCD-based start-up uses science to develop an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional concrete.

Our latest Start-up of the Week is SlateRete, a NovaUCD-based start-up that has developed a solution that transforms slate waste into a sustainable and “high-performing” construction material.

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.

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Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are; Niall Dennehy, NestiFi; Seán Boyle, UnitMode; Denise O'Grady, UniDoodle and Stephen O’Dwyer, TrojanTrack.

@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.

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Closing date: 27 Feb

Pictured (l-r) at the 2026 NovaUCD Investor Day event are; Lorcan O’Toole, MicroJect; Sarah Cosgrove, Restore Blue; Simon Factor, NovaUCD; Aoife Kelly, Celtonn and Kyran McStay, SelekTx.

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.

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Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology UCD spinout has developed a quantum server for data centres

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

OncoAssure targets US growth | ThinkBusiness OncoAssure partners with Mount Sinai to validate its prostate cancer prognostic test, aiming to improve precision diagnostics and reduce overtreatment.

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
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Breakthrough for UCD nanotech spinout AquaB | ThinkBusiness Irish cleantech start-up AquaB deploys nanobubble generators at Saudi Aramco, advancing sustainable oil production and global commercial growth.

🌍 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
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IMPAC3T-IP | Towards a broader impact - 5 and 6 February 2026 Join us to explore how research and innovation actors can maximise societal as well as economic impact from research.

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.

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#TechTransfer

Launch of New ARC Hub for Therapeutics

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

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Mirror Security Announces Funding Round

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.

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Eye therapeutics start-up OcuHealth wins UCD’s 2025 VentureLaunch award

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

Pictured is Dr Alison Reynolds, Assistant Professor, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and a fellow of the UCD Conway Institute, and a member of the OcuHealth team, winner of the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Award.

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.

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🐎🏆 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.

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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.

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Pictured at NovaUCD is Stephen O’Dwyer, Founder and CEO, TrojanTrack, winner of the One to Watch Award at UCD’s 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator.

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.

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Jason Lynch, CEO of Equal1

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).

Equal1 Led Quantum Computing Project Secures €13.7m in DTIF Funding

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

NovaUCD's LirOptic bags audience choice win at Luminate accelerator University College Dublin spin-out LirOptic has won the Audience Choice award at this year’s Luminate accelerator programme in New York.

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.

and CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for AI and the European Digital Innovation Hub for AI in Ireland.

Equal1 will lead the project in collaboration with, Biosimulytics, Nexalus, Algorithmiq Computing, Dell Technologies, the IMR Centre, UCD School of Computer Science, UCD Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science, and Technology, UCD Energy Institute,

The QUBIC project will create quantum algorithms, hardware, and software to develop quantum-enabled solutions for Ireland’s key challenges in energy, climate modelling, advanced materials, and pharmaceuticals.

Jason Lynch, CEO, Equal1.

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.

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