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Business Engagement at UCC


This UCC Business Engagement event will take place on Tuesday 15 October 2024 , 6pm - 8pm at Aula Maxima, UCC. Join us to learn more about the expertise at UCC and how to access industry supports including Access to Talent, Research Expertise, Skills For Work courses, Innovations and Corporate Partnerships.


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Technology Spotlight - Method for Conformally Doping Substrate-Released Silicon Nanowire Devices


A new methodology offering advantageous gas-phase doping for future gate-all-around devices, and alternative device architecture.


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Showcasing the companies that have emerged from UCC Innovation over the years, illustrating a diverse range of technologies across a wide variety of areas.


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View our current portfolio of technologies that are available to license.


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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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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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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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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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18 Sep 2024

Cultivating Sustainable Entrepreneurship at UCC: A Journey Towards SDG-Driven Education

In recent years, University College Cork (UCC) has taken a significant leap forward by embedding sustainability values into its entrepreneurship education. As part of UCC’s Innovation in Action series, we spoke with Dr Lana Repar from Cork University Business School (CUBS) about the transformative initiatives she leads along with Prof. Joe Bogue to foster SDGs-driven entrepreneurship at UCC. 
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16 Sep 2024

UCC spin-out company ProvascTec awarded €2.1 million research grant

A lead product from UCC spin-out company ProVascTec has been awarded a €2.1 million research grant from Eurostars, part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe.
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27 Aug 2024

IGNITE Alumni - LegitFit secures €1.74m in funding to accelerate UK market expansion

IGNITE alumni LegitFit, a Cork-based gym management software company, has successfully raised approximately €1.74m to fuel its growth in the competitive UK market. Founded in 2019 by Ryan O’Neill, Gearoid Collins, and Ian O’Sullivan, LegitFit has rapidly emerged as a key player in the fitness technology industry, offering an innovative platform that connects customers with physiotherapists, massage therapists, personal trainers, and fitness classes.
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23 Aug 2024

UCC performs strongly in the 2023 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey

UCC has featured in the top 3 rankings for almost all technology transfer outputs in Knowledge Transfer Ireland’s (KTI) 2023 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey.   The Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey is a comprehensive report on knowledge transfer activities in Ireland, published annually by KTI. The survey, which collects data from Ireland’s Higher Education Institutes including eight Universities, five Technological Universities, two Institutes of Technology and two Colleges, also incorporates contributions from Teagasc, the Marine Institute and Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR).  
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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

Our technology transfer process is ISO9001:2015 certified

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