Conor Lyden, founder of Trustap, an escrow-style payment provider, has raised $5.5 million in capital to support product expansion as the company grows internationally.

Congratulations to Sean O’Sullivan, founder of Lion’s Reign, for walking away as the second runner up in IDEATE Ireland 2024. Sean O’Sullivan participated in START-UP LAB in Spring 2024, a part of our SPARK student start-up supports, receiving the Start-Up Lab “Best Pitch Prize.”

On Wednesday, May 29th, the UCC's research community celebrated excellence in research, innovation, and entrepreneurship with the UCC Research and Innovation Awards ceremony.

Innovation, sustainability and social impact are at the heart of start-up ideas presented at the IGNITE Awards & Showcase in the Hub, University College Cork last evening, April 17^th.

On Tuesday 12 March, we hosted the Start-Up Lab Spring 2024 Grand Pitch event and each participant gave a 3-minute pitch to an adjudication panel.

PitSeal announced as winner of AgTechUCD's third accelerator programme following final pitching event on 1 February. 

NeuroBell has developed an AI-powered medical device to accurately detect seizures in newborns, which can reduce the risk of long-term brain injury.

On Tuesday 21 November, we hosted the Start-Up Lab Autumn 2023 Grand Pitch event and each participant gave a 3-minute pitch to an adjudication panel.

The IGNITE Awards & Showcase Autumn 2023 was hosted in The Hub, University College Cork. Six participants pitched to win investment and revenue awards.

Monday 27 November 2023 is the closing date for applications for the next intake of participants for the next IGNITE programme which gets underway in January 2024.