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Creating smarter, more efficient companies that foster a green, sustainable future
The business and startup community is leading the charge in the ways in which we manufacture and produce goods and services in an effort to mitigate against the global challenge of climate change. The industry is becoming more responsible for bringing about smarter, more efficient and energy-saving ways of doing things and contributing to the circular economy.
The Sprint Accelerator Programme at UCC reaches into the research centres such as APC Microbiome Institute, the Tyndall National Institute, and Infant and Insight, to identify early-stage companies and researchers working on cutting edge technologies and platforms.
It gives them the tools and assistance they need for the development of their businesses and introduces them to the networks that can help them to succeed.
Exceedence Finance is one project that came out of the university and is focused on the blue economy and supporting companies that want to invest in that area.
The company developed innovative financial modelling and analytics software tools for the renewable energy sector.
Exceedence Finance is built for the marine renewable energy industry, including wind, wave and tidal platforms, and was developed over four years through funding from Enterprise Ireland.
Other start-ups to emerge from UCC’s Sprint Programme include those that focus on sustainability with food security at the core.
They are developing compostable packaging or extending the shelf life of products while other start-ups are converting methane into electricity which feeds into the whole area of greenhouse gas emissions. The electricity can be fed into the grid and feeds into the circular economy.
For the full article by Aislin Kiernan that appeared in Irish Examiner visit https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-40299251.html
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