Support Available
The NovaUCD team provides a comprehensive range of enterprise supports to entrepreneurs comprising:
Access to a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility
Highly-networked environment attracting innovative entrepreneurs, experienced business partners and staff
Facilitated linkages to UCD research programmes and activities
Enterprise development advice:- Feasibility study
- Business plan development
- Company formation
- Access to sources of finance and investment
- Business growth
- Introductions to potential investors (individual introductions to VCs and business angels)
- Introductions to business advisors (legal, financial, tax, marketing, etc)
The NovaUCD Campus Company Development Programme:
- A business start-up programme which has run annually since 1996 and which is supported by Enterprise Ireland
Monthly one-to-one advice clinics:
- Marketing: Three Little Pigs
- Legal: Arthur Cox Solicitors
- Finance and Tax: Deloitte
- Intellectual Property: F.R. Kelly & Co.
Regular workshops and training sessions:
- Business planning and business development workshops for knowledge intensive start-ups
- Free spaces on courses/seminars such as the UCD Director Development Programme (IOD) for NovaUCD company promoters (subject to availability)
Media exposure through NovaUCD and promotion on NovaUCD website and other materials
For further information contact:
Dr Ciara Leonard
Project Manager, Enterprise Development
t: +353-1-716-3714
e: ciara.leonard@ucd.ie