Cork-based gym and studio software company LegitFit has raised a €1 million seed funding round as it seeks to expand in the UK.

Do you want to hear more about the IGNITE Programme?

Join us on Wed 24 August at 15.00 to hear how we can help you start your business. The IGNITE team, Eamon Curtin - Director and Michelle Dorgan - Programme Manager will talk about IGNITE, what it entails, the application process and answer any questions you may have.

IGNITE Alum Dr Mark O'Sullivan and INFANT researcher Dr Alison O’Shea of Neurobell won the top prize in the 2022 Ideate Ireland competition. Two more research teams and a student from University College Cork and its research centres, Tyndall National Institute and INFANT Research Centre, were also awarded prizes in the competition.

Sunny Numbers, an e-learning platform powered by peer support that helps you to build data skills, has been named Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Best Business.

On Tuesday 15 March we hosted the Start-Up Lab Spring 2022 Grand Pitch event and each participant had to do a 3minute pitch to an adjudication panel.

IDEAS FOR IMPACT Spring 2022 award winners announced.

IDEAS FOR IMPACT is a 12 hour hackathon designed to find new ideas to solve the world’s biggest problems. 

On Friday 18th February we hosted a Student Entrepreneur Awards information session for UCC students interested in applying for the competition.

Are you working on a start-up idea that has potential for commercial, environmental or social impact?

Are you an undergraduate student, a postgraduate student or a recent graduate?

And do you have the ambition to work full-time on the idea in the future?

Then Start-Up Lab may be for you!

IGNITE UCC has revealed that it is shifting from two open calls per year to four open calls per year – taking on five start-ups four times a year instead of 10 start-ups twice a year.