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Participants on the 2025 FAST-IP Programme
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Last Chance to Apply for FAST-IP Programme 2025/26

FAST-IP is a 12-month specialist agrifood technology innovation programme

Do you want to be at the forefront of driving innovation in the food and agriculture sector, contributing to Ireland's thriving economy and job market ?

Then the specialist FAST-IP is for you.

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Locate at NovaUCD

Offices, Labs and Co-Working Space Available for High-Tech Start-Ups with Global Ambition

Join our community of successful founders at one of Europe's leading start-up hubs, and benefit from our unrivalled network of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and world-class researchers.

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Output Sports

UCD sports tech spin-out focused on making elite-level sports science simple and scalable secures $4.8 million

Investors include athlete-led, Apex Capital, Uni.Fund, Dopamine Sports along with  also  existing investors Elkstone, Atlantic Bridge and Enterprise Ireland.

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David van Zuydam, CEO, Head Diagnostics. ( 16Jul
Head Diagnostics Signs Exclusive Global Licence with Philips for Novel Digital Cognitive Assessment Platform

Alejandro Vergara and Cian White, co-founders, ODOS. 09Jul
ODOS Closes €680,000 Funding Round to Drive Sustainability in the Agri-food Sector
Clint Zahmel, Executive Director, Licovolt 01Jul
Licovolt Set to Create 10 New Jobs Following Seed Investment from Davencor Holdings
The co-founders of Customs Windows at NexusUCD 20Jun
Customs Window Technologies Shortlisted for Ireland Final of the 2025 KPMG Global Tech Innovator

Athena Wins 2025 NovaUCD SEC 20Jun
Athena Named NovaUCD’s ‘One to Watch’ for Helping Candidates Find Their Voice in High-Stakes Interviews
Liam Cronin, Director of Innovation 16Jun
University College Dublin Appoints New Director of Innovation
Mitchell O'Gorman, CEO, xWave Technologies 04Jun
xWave Technologies Partnering with Three NHS Trusts in Manchester to Streamline Patients Access to Imaging Procedures
Ciaran McNamee, Binarii Labs 03Jun
Binarii Labs Signs Strategic Distribution Agreement with Galeboe Professional Services to Expand Cybersecurity Reach Across Africa
Start of the 2025 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition 28May
Student Entrepreneurs Commence Dedicated Accelerator Programme at University College Dublin
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A Leading Start-Up Hub in Europe
NovaUCD named one of Europe's leading start-up hubs by the FT and Statista
2003
The year NovaUCD officially opened as UCD's hub of innovation and start-up activities
> 600
Number of early-stage ventures and companies supported through NovaUCD
> €1.4 billion
Equity funding raised by the NovaUCD entrepreneurial community
>1200
Number of inventions disclosed by members of the UCD research community
> 380
Number of priority patent applications filed by NovaUCD
> 340
Number of licensing deals concluded with a range of indigenous and international businesses
> 310
Number of consultancy projects undertaken through ConsultUCD, valued at ca. €4 million, since 2017
>75
Number of new UCD spin-out companies incorporated

Innovation at University College Dublin

NovaUCD, as part of UCD Research and Innovation, is the hub of start-up and innovation-related activities at the University.

NovaUCD is supported under the KT Boost Programme co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union, through the ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027.

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