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Spin-out Company: Exceedence

“UCC Innovation have continued to engage with us throughout our journey and have been open to hearing and learning from our lived experience as a University spinout. These learnings have often been taken on board by the UCC Innovation team, and we have continued to participate in their commercialisation support initiatives such as the SPRINT Accelerator program and the Digital Badge in IP and Innovation."

- Dr Ray Alcorn, CEO and Founder - Exceedence

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Spin-out Company: CergenX

“The licence negotiated with UCC Innovation gives us access to the world’s largest database of fully anonymised neonatal EEG recordings. This data bank is key to our algorithm development programme. We are using AI to identify infants that are most at risk of brain injury to allow hospitals refer these infants for further testing and treatment.”

- Jason Mowles, CEO - CergenX

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Spin-out Company: Neurobell

“UCC has supported us through every step of the journey, from early stage accelerators as a PhD student through to navigating the VC landscape.”

- Dr Mark O' Sullivan, CEO & Co-Founder - Neurobell

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Start-up Company: Telea

“There was quite a structure in IGNITE, that we learned how to develop our roadmaps and set ourselves small targets along the way, to hold ourselves accountable. I think that whole process of development and creating milestones definitely helped.”

- Clare Meskill, Founder & CEO - Telea

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UCC Consulting: CTCHC Reports

“Having UCC Consulting on-board on these projects was very valuable as they undertook the contract negotiations with the client and streamlined the processes. This allowed me to focus more on the consultancy itself, ensuring that my MPlan students were availing of a rich learning experience while building strong relationships with the project stakeholders.”

- Jeanette Fitzsimons, Lecturer - UCC’s Centre for Planning Education & Research Centre

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(L-R): Ellen Ní Cléirigh, Senior Client Advisor at Enterprise Ireland; Prof Siobhain O’ Mahony, Founder and CEO of FemmeBiome; Claire O’ Connor, Operations Officer at FemmeBiome; Dr Sally Cudmore, Director of UCC Innovation. Photo by Rubén Tapia/UCC.
18 Aug 2026

UCC spins out science-led women’s health company FemmeBiome

University College Cork (UCC) has announced the spin-out of FemmeBiome, a science-led women’s health company developing microbiome-based products designed specifically for women and informed by clinical research and women’s lived experiences.  Emerging from research conducted at APC Microbiome Ireland and founded by Siobhain O’Mahony, Professor of Neurobiology at UCC, FemmeBiome builds on more than two decades of research into the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role in women’s health.
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17 Aug 2026

UCC performs strongly in Knowledge Transfer Ireland’s 2025 survey

University College Cork (UCC) has retained its position as Ireland’s leading university for research income derived from industry and the number of Licences, Options and Assignments (LOAs) executed, according to Knowledge Transfer Ireland’s (KTI) 2025 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey. 
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Photo (L-R): Colm Murphy, CTO, NeuroBell; Olive O'Driscoll, Chairperson, NeuroBell; Dr Alison O'Shea, CSO, NeuroBell; Dara O'Shea, Senior Investment Associate, Elkstone; and Dr Mark O'Sullivan, CEO, NeuroBell
30 Jun 2026

UCC spin-out NeuroBell secures €4.8M to support US expansion

University College Cork (UCC) spin-out NeuroBell has secured $5.5 million (€4.8 million) in funding to accelerate the launch of its AI-powered neonatal brain monitor, LUNA, as the company prepares to enter the US market.
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Photo (L-R): Professor Suzanne Timmons, Professor Gillian Murphy, Professor Eugene Costello, Professor John Cryan (UCC Vice-President for Research & Innovation), Professor Paul O'Toole and Professor Maggie O'Neill. Image credit: Gerard McCarthy.
28 May 2026

UCC awards celebrate excellence in research and innovation

A researcher working on protecting democracy through her work on false memories, deepfakes, and conspiracy theories, a spin-out company developing next‑generation therapeutics using a microneedle patch platform and Ireland’s leading energy systems modelling team bridging research and policy were among the awardees honoured for their contributions to research and innovation at the 2025 University College Cork (UCC) Research and Innovation Awards, held at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery on Wednesday, May 27th.
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UCC Innovation is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-27

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