| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.11.2024 | Customs Window Technologies: A New Dawn for RegTech in the UK | In the world of trade, customs declarations are the gatekeepers. They determine what crosses borders and what stays behind. With the rise of e-commerce and the complexities of post-Brexit regulations, the need for efficient customs solution... |
| 05.11.2024 | Customs Window Technologies Closes €800k Seed Funding | Caption: Pictured (l-r) at NexusUCD in Dublin are; Brian Murphy, COO and Co-Founder, Customs Window Technologies, Anne Lanigan, Divisional Manager, Technology & Services, Enterprise Ireland and Johnny Dunne, CEO and Co-Founder, Customs ... |
| 05.11.2024 | Dublin-based Customs Window raises €800k to tackle the growing challenges in customs declarations | Customs Window Technologies, an innovative Irish RegTech startup, has successfully closed an €800k seed funding round. This investment, supported by private investors, Enterprise Ireland’s EIIS, and the High Potential Startup (HPSU) program... |
| 22.07.2024 | AgTechUCD seeks start-ups for 2024 Agccelerator | AgTechUCD is seeking applications for its 2024 Agccelerator Programme from innovative early-stage start-ups in agri-food, equine and veterinary services.
Now in its fourth year, the Agccelerator will commence in October and take place on a ... |
| 21.06.2024 | How your business’ ‘warmth score’ can help with customer complaints | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
When a consumer has a bad experience involving a company’s products – be it purchasing a car with a safety defect, becoming the victim of a data breach or having baggage lost by an airline – you migh... |
| 21.06.2024 | Start-ups Orgo and Clia win NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition | Two emerging technology start-ups, Orgo and Clia, have been named the winners of annual NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition, an intensive four-week accelerator programme for student entrepreneurs at University College Dublin (UCD).
Thirt... |
| 10.05.2024 | 11 start-ups selected for UCD's inaugural AI accelerator | 11 start-ups have been selected for UCD's inaugural AI accelerator for supporting entrepreneurs to develop disruptive artificial intelligence solutions.
ALPACA, Customs Window, Durotimi AI, Frontier AI, GoMappED, KnowCarbon, La Casa Care, S... |
| 18.04.2024 | GreenTech start-up SusBioMe wins UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator | GreenTech start-up SusBioMe has been named the overall winner of the 2024 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme for its development of technology for use in the anaerobic digestion process to increase renewable gas yields from biomass.
Th... |
| 12.04.2024 | NovaUCD announces winners of Annual Innovation Awards | NovaUCD has announced the recipients of its Annual Innovation Awards, which recognise success in the areas of knowledge transfer, consultancy, entrepreneurship and the promotion of an innovation culture among the UCD research community.
Sev... |
| 05.04.2024 | Ethereum Foundation Researchers' Proposal to Slow ETH Issuance Draws Pushback | The Ethereum Foundation researchers' original goal was partly to keep the liquid-staking industry's dominance from growing even further – by reducing the incentives for new stakers.
But the proposal has led to pushback from some quarters of... |
| 02.02.2024 | Moonsyst and Pitseal win AgTechUCD accelerator awards | Moonsyst and Pitseal have won awards at the third AgTechUCD accelerator programme following a final pitching event at UCD Lyons Farm, Co. Kildare.
The two startups had completed the 12-week programme, which included mentoring, workshops and... |
| 15.01.2024 | NovaUCD launches AI Ecosystem accelerator for start-ups | NovaUCD has launched an AI Ecosystem Accelerator for start-ups at UCD in partnership with CeADAR, the national centre of applied artificial intelligence.
The six-month programme will support entrepreneurs who are developing disruptive AI so... |
| 15.01.2024 | NovaUCD launches six-month AI Ecosystem accelerator for UCD start-ups | NovaUCD has launched an AI Ecosystem Accelerator for start-ups at UCD in partnership with CeADAR, the national centre of applied artificial intelligence (AI).
The six-month programme will support entrepreneurs who are developing disruptive ... |
| 21.11.2023 | Archaeologists Unearth Europe's Massive Bronze Age Structures That Are Part of Defense Network | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 21 November 2023, 03:11 am
A team of researchers from University College Dublin, in collaboration with researchers from Serbia and Slovenia, has made a "mega" archaeological discovery.
The team utilized ... |
| 20.10.2023 | Eight start-ups picked for third AgTechUCD Accelerator | Eight start-ups have been selected to take part in AgTechUCD Innovation Centre's third accelerator for early-stage companies in AgTech, agri-food and equine sectors.
The start-ups are Agri Data Analytics Ireland, Burpeez, Moonsyst, Pitseal,... |
| 19.10.2023 | NovaUCD companies to create 1,100 jobs and raise €290m over two years | Companies supported by NovaUCD plan to create more than 1,100 jobs and raise over €290m in the next two years, a new report commissioned by the UCD innovation and stat-up activities hub has found.
NovaUCD currently supports more than 70 sta... |
| 08.09.2023 | Why women in tech have a three-year “experience gap” compared to men | In Europe, a lack of female participation in tech begins early.
A Unicef report says that the issue starts in childhood and is symptomatic of the way that girls and boys are socialised differently. This can have the effect of deterring girl... |
| 26.07.2023 | AgTechUCD seeking applicants for third edition of accelerator programme | AgTech, agri-food, equine and veterinary start-ups have been urged to apply for the AgTechUCD Innovation Centre's dedicated accelerator programme, now in its third year.
The 12-week programme will commence in October and includes dedicated ... |
| 27.06.2023 | MedTech start-up exVal wins NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition | Medtech start-up exVal has been named the overall winner of the 2023 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition, claiming a €5,000 cash prize.
The company has created a portable, modular device for fast and early detection of childhood pneumoni... |
| 22.06.2023 | UCD agri-tech spin-out StrongBó secures €750k to "revolutionise" beef production | Irish agri-tech start-up StrongBó has closed a €750,000 seed funding intended to commercialise its Automatic Animal Weighing device, which the company believes is "poised to revolutionise the beef production sector."
The investmen... |
| 22.06.2023 | Irish agritech StrongBó scales with €750,000 as it weighs in with a solution for the beef production sector | StrongBó, an Irish agritech company allows beef producers to collect live data on the weight of their cattle with its hardware-enabled software solution. How do you get a cow to weigh itself? Put a bucket of food in front of it! The animal ... |
| 30.05.2023 | €10,000 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition kicks off | The 2023 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition has commenced, with nine early-stage ventures and a total of 17 participants taking part and competing for a share of the €10,000 prize fund.
The intensive four-week mentoring programme for st... |
| 02.04.2023 | Disruptive biosensors win NovaUCD invention award | Dr Joseph Sweeney, a research fellow in the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, has been awarded the 2023 NovaUCD Invention of the Year Award.
The college said the award is in recognition of disruptive biosensors which have been ... |
| 25.02.2023 | New AI App Interprets Emotions to Better Understand Nonverbal Individuals | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 25 February 2023, 11:02 am
The launch of the AI-powered app Empathic was recently announced by seamlessCARE, a digital health spin-out firm from University College Dublin (UCD). With the aid of artificial intellig... |
| 08.12.2022 | Obesity care company MetHealth wins UCD Start-Up of the Year | MetHealth, an early-stage company focused on improving obesity care, has been named University College Dublin's Start-Up of the Year.
The company was awarded a €30,000 after winning the 2022 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme, which is... |
| 25.11.2022 | Nanobox wins top prize at Big Ideas 2022 | NovaUCD spin-out Nanobox has won the the One to Watch Award at Enterprise Ireland's 2022 Big Ideas showcase.
Nanobox was one 12 investor-ready start-up companies from higher education institutions pitching new technology solutions before li... |
| 23.11.2022 | Bank of Ireland and Webio among winners at AI Awards | Bank of Ireland, UCD's AI_PREMie and Webio were among the Irish companies recognised at the fourth annual AI Awards, celebration innovation in artificial intelligence across economic sectors.
Bank of Ireland won Best Application of AI in a ... |
| 07.09.2022 | AgTechUCD seeks innovators for accelerator programme | The AgTechUCD Innovation Centre is looking for new applicants for its early-stage agri-tech and agri-food accelerator programme.
The 12-week programme will start in October 2022 and includes dedicated business development workshops and inve... |
| 19.05.2022 | O.C.E. Technology Releases Real-Time Operating System for High Reliability Space, Automotive & Medical Applications | Barry Kavanagh, CEO
Called OCEOS, the new operating system offers some unique safety features and is initially being deployed on satellite subsystems.
OCEOS is creating new opportunities for the company in markets such as the automotive and... |
| 22.03.2022 | IADT partners with NovaUCD for New Frontiers entrepreneur training | Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dún Laoghaire (IADT) and NovaUCD have commenced their Enterprise Ireland-backed €1.6m New Frontiers programme for early-stage start-ups in south Dublin and north Wicklow.
The first 13 participants sel... |
| 24.11.2021 | CeADAR Offering AI Assistance | The Irish centre for applied artificial intelligence, CeADAR, has launched a drive to get companies to use AI to transform their businesses — before they get left behind.
The centre, located at NexusUCD, has created a service that will guid... |
| 28.09.2021 | Why Fintech Education is Key to Plugging The Talent Gap in Singapore | Singapore is at the heart of the tech industry’s explosive popularity across Southeast Asia. The country has emerged as a hub for technology entrepreneurs, and fintech is one of its front-running sectors.
With 40% of all fintech companies a... |
| 09.09.2021 | The Burning Question Behind NFTs | The other day I was walking through a flood-wrecked neighborhood when I found an interesting work of art on the ground. It was an original, signed and numbered (35/100) print of Theodoros Stamos’ famed Paris Review cover sold at the New Yor... |
| 16.06.2021 | New Accelerator For Food/Agtech Startups | University College Dublin has launched a new accelerator programme dedicated to early-stage agri-tech and food technology startup companies, under the auspices of its AgTechUCD Innovation Centre.
The programme will commence next September a... |
| 12.05.2021 | Remote Exams Boost UCD's TestReach | TestReach plans to add 30 new jobs as 2,700 doctors across the world have used its technology to sit Royal College of Physicians of Ireland postgraduate examinations remotely.
The medics, from 38 countries, have taken the RCPI written membe... |
| 26.06.2020 | NovaUCD Announces Innovation Winners | This year’s NovaUCD Awards went virtual due to Covid-19, with seven awards handed out during an online event by the university’s innovation centre.
The NovaUCD Innovation Award, which recognises excellence in innovation, success in commerci... |
| 12.03.2019 | Applications Open For UCD's 5G Accelerator | Vodafone, Ericsson and NovaUCD have partnered to launch Ireland’s first dedicated 5G/Iot accelerator programme. The initiative was announced as part of the launch of Vodafone Ireland’s first live 5G network site for commercial use in Dublin... |
| 16.08.2018 | NovaUCD To Increase Capacity By 50% | Startup hub NovaUCD is expanding its capacity by 50% in a €6.5m development project, according to University College Dublin
UCD has been operating the hub for new ventures and entrepreneurs on its Belfield campus since 2003. During that tim... |
| 22.05.2018 | Three Startups Spin Into NovaUCD | Many companies have been spun out from University College Dublin’s enterprise centre, NovaUCD. Now companies are ‘spinning in’ to benefit from engaging with the university, the latest trio being EPIC Conjoint, This is Seaweed and Travacoin.... |
| 26.09.2017 | The Technological Answer to Ireland’s Growing Dairy Industry | Driving around rural Ireland, it’s easy to guess Ireland’s biggest agricultural sector: dairy, dairy, and dairy. Though Irish farmers also grow cereals, potatoes, beans and peas, oilseed rape, and maize, 90% of Irish farmland is grassland a... |
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| 17.06.2016 | Atlantic Bridge announces €60m fund to invest in companies emerging from third level research | Friday June 17 2016: Atlantic Bridge, one of Europe’s top performing growth technology funds, has today announced a new €60 million investment fund for early stage companies with global potential that are built from world class research fro... |
| 26.11.2014 | Neuromod wins CE Mark for tinnitus device | Dublin-based Neuromod Devices said it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its new multi-sensory device to treat tinnitus, also known as “ear-ringing.”
The product, mutebutton, is a handheld device that helps the brain distinguish... |
| 24.02.2014 | HeyStaks Launches New Advertising Product to Create New Revenue Streams for Mobile Operators | Barcelona, Spain, 24th February, 2014, HeyStaks Technologies (www.heystaks.com), the innovative collaborative search analytics startup, today announced the launch of its new Intent-driven Advertising product. The product enables mobile oper... |
| 30.11.2010 | Return of the Celtic Tiger: Can renewables refuel the Irish economy? | Ireland has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, starring in a soap opera of EU intrigue and enforced bank bailouts. Watching my home country’s progress over the past few years has been like the troubled career of singer Amy W... |
