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AgTech Webinar With IFC (June 7th)
What’s AgTech?The AgTech sector is aimed at goals that have existed throughout recorded history – yield and efficiency maximisation, enhancement of desirable traits, dealing with pests and, more recently, minimising externalities such as biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental degradation. … Continue reading
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Increasing Spin Out Numbers From Universities
Enterprise Ireland (EI) is in the planning stages for a new initiative aimed at catalysing more spinouts from the third level in Ireland. The proposed approach to this is via a ‘Needs-Led Innovation Programme’. The core insight here is that … Continue reading
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Not Another Bloody Podcast! Or Why I’m Profiling DCU’s Research Centres
I know the last thing the world is in desperate need of right now is yet another podcast series. That said and after a fair bit of thought, I felt I’d compromise with a very limited set of them. This … Continue reading
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Q32021 Irish Venture Investment Data
The Irish Venture Capital Association released their most recent quarterly overview of venture investments made in Irish companies. This quarter there is publicly available data on some 51 investments compared with the 38 for which there was published further information last quarter. … Continue reading
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Comparing Research Commercialisation Across Irish Universities
Last night Knowledge Transfer Ireland published their Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey. The survey provides an overview of Irish third level Research Performing Organisation (RPO) funding, industry collaboration levels and commercialisation activities related to research through spin outs or licensing of … Continue reading
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Q2 2021 Investment Data
Yesterday, the Irish Venture Capital Association released their most recent quarterly overview of venture investments made in Irish companies. Of the 58 investments worth €392M for which they have data, details are shown here for 38 for which they’ve published … Continue reading
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On State Aid
A big part of my job that I greatly enjoy is working collaboratively with companies and seeing them commercialise our research. The topic of state aid often comes up and requires some explanation. I think my colleague Peter Olwell has provided … Continue reading