Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race
26.02.2026 03:09 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race.
Celtonn’s high-frequency tech could help prevent satellite gridlock as near-Earth space fills up.
Great to see this @novaucd.bsky.social start-up feature as today's Innovator to Watch via @irishtimes.com.
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We are delighted that @novaucd.bsky.social has today been named as one of Europe’s Top 150 Start-Up Hubs by the FT for the third year in a row.
NovaUCD is the only university-based hub in Ireland included in the rankings.
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Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are, Malcolm Byrne TD, Cathaoirleach of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence; Marloes Pomp, former Vice-President of the European AI Forum; Eugenia Siapera, Professor of Digital Technology, Policy, and Society, UCD School of Information and Communication Studies and co-Director of the UCD Centre for Digital Policy and Dr John Lonsdale, CEO, CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for AI.
We were delighted to collaborate with the Dutch Embassy in Ireland to jointly host a Responsible AI event yesterday at
@novaucd.bsky.social.
Thank you to our excellent guest speakers, event moderator, and all who attended the event.
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Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are members of the Setanta Space founding team; James Murphy, CTO; Tomas Chester, Lead Hardware Design Engineer; Adam Taylor, CEO and Jake O’Brien, Lead Engineer.
Setanta Space, a new Irish space tech start-up, which is headquartered @novaucd.bsky.social, has officially launched.
The start-up is focused on developing novel modular onboard computing hardware and AI software designed to make spacecraft more autonomous.
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Our latest Start-up of the Week is SlateRete, a NovaUCD-based start-up that has developed a solution that transforms slate waste into a sustainable and “high-performing” construction material.
NovaUCD and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ireland are jointly hosting an event entitled 'Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact' on 18 Feb next at @novaucd.bsky.social.
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Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are; Niall Dennehy, NestiFi; Seán Boyle, UnitMode; Denise O'Grady, UniDoodle and Stephen O’Dwyer, TrojanTrack.
@novaucd.bsky.social and CeADAR are seeking applications from Ireland’s most promising AI-first start-ups to participate in the 6-month 2026 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme starting in April.
Find out more and apply via www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...
Closing date: 27 Feb
Pictured (l-r) at the 2026 NovaUCD Investor Day event are; Lorcan O’Toole, MicroJect; Sarah Cosgrove, Restore Blue; Simon Factor, NovaUCD; Aoife Kelly, Celtonn and Kyran McStay, SelekTx.
Last week 28 start-ups, collectively seeking to raise €70 million in funding, pitched to an invited audience of ca. 70 venture capitalists and angel investors at the 2026 @novaucd.bsky.social Investor Day event.
Thank you to everyone who attended.
Find out more via:
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Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
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OncoAssure targets US growth with Mount Sinai prostate cancer study - Irish medtech firm seeks to strengthen evidence base for prognostic technology in US market
#irish #business #MedTech #Oncology #innovation @novaucd.bsky.social
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🌍 Irish Cleantech Innovation Goes Global
UCD spin-out AquaB Nanobubble Innovations is deploying its technology in Saudi Arabia with Aramco
#irish #tech #startups #nanotech #spinouts #UCD #scalingbusiness
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The @impac3t-ip.bsky.social toolbox launch is coming! Join on 5 and 6 Feb for a 2-day event showcasing tools and training.
Day 1: Discussions, panels, & hands-on insights, Day 2: dedicated Academy™ workshop.
Register: www.impac3tip.eu/event/toward...
#TechTransfer
UCD is partnering in the ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new €31.6m national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, officially launched yesterday.
#euinmyregion #ARCHubForTherapeutics
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A research-driven cybersecurity company, Mirror Security, which spun-out of UCD with the support of NovaUCD has raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding from Sure Valley Ventures & Atlantic Bridge
to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI security.
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👩⚕️👁️ Many congratulations to eye therapeutics start-up OcuHealth on winning the NovaUCD 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme.
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Pictured is Dr Alison Reynolds, Assistant Professor, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and a fellow of the UCD Conway Institute, and a member of the OcuHealth team, winner of the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Award.
OcuHealth, an emerging eye therapeutics start-up, has been named overall winner of @ucddublin.bsky.social 2025 VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme.
This programme is delivered by @novaucd.bsky.social to support the creation and launch of new start-ups emerging from UCD.
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🐎🏆 One to Watch: Huge congratulations to equine tech start-up TrojanTrack, which has won the One to Watch Award following an investor showcase event marking the conclusion of UCD’s 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme.
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Registration is open for the 2025 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme Showcase and Awards event on 26 Nov where the latest research-backed start-ups will be pitching their businesses to a panel of leading investors.
All are welcome to register to attend.
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Pictured at NovaUCD is Stephen O’Dwyer, Founder and CEO, TrojanTrack, winner of the One to Watch Award at UCD’s 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator.
Congratulations to TrojanTrack, an Irish start-up transforming equine performance and welfare using advanced AI motion analysis, on being named the One to Watch at the conclusion of UCD's 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme.
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Jason Lynch, CEO of Equal1
Quantum computing project by UCD spin-out secures €13.7m funding
A quantum computing project led by Equal1, a spin-out company of NovaUCD, has secured €13.7 million in funding from the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).
We are delighted join QUBIC to create #quantum #algorithms, hardware, and software to develop quantum-enabled solutions for Ireland’s key challenges in #energy, #climate modelling, advanced materials, and pharmaceuticals. @novaucd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social
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University College Dublin spin-out LirOptic has won the Audience Choice award at this year’s Luminate accelerator programme in New York. The start-up has bagged a $10,000 cash prize for its achievement.
28.10.2025 13:12 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0and CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for AI and the European Digital Innovation Hub for AI in Ireland.
28.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Equal1 will lead the project in collaboration with, Biosimulytics, Nexalus, Algorithmiq Computing, Dell Technologies, the IMR Centre, UCD School of Computer Science, UCD Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science, and Technology, UCD Energy Institute,
28.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The QUBIC project will create quantum algorithms, hardware, and software to develop quantum-enabled solutions for Ireland’s key challenges in energy, climate modelling, advanced materials, and pharmaceuticals.
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Jason Lynch, CEO, Equal1.
QUBIC, a quantum computing project led by Equal1, the Irish quantum computing company and a @ucddublin.bsky.social spin-out, has successfully secured €13.7 million in funding under Call 7 of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.
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Pictured (l-r) Rochester, New York are; James Senall, President, NextCorps; Simon Forsyth, CEO and co-founder, LirOptic and Dr Sujatha Ramanujan, Managing Director, Luminate NY.
LirOptic, a UCD spin-out, has been named winner of the Audience Choice Award & a $10k prize at the final of 2025 Luminate Accelerator Programme final in Rochester, New York.
LirOptic is currently raising €1.5m in seed funding to grow and scale operations.
Find out more: www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...
🧑🔬🔬 Ireland’s most ambitious cancer research collaboration, Precision Oncology Ireland, has entered its second phase, marking a major step forward in the development of next-generation personalised cancer care.
10.10.2025 14:11 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Take a look at today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, such as:
🤝 OpenAI and AMD make major chip deal
💰 Ørsted raises $9.35bn in discounted share issue
🤖 Dublin fintech launches AI tax co-pilot
...and more!
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