Tag Archives: Innovation

Increasing Spin Out Numbers From Universities

Posted on December 1, 2021 by seanmulvany

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

Posted on November 24, 2021 by seanmulvany

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

Posted on November 22, 2021 by seanmulvany

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

Posted on September 9, 2021 by seanmulvany

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

Posted on August 30, 2021 by seanmulvany

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

Posted on August 27, 2021 by seanmulvany

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 →

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Half Way Through Ireland’s €500M Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund

Posted on June 9, 2021 by seanmulvany

In 2018, the Irish government launched a €500M fund aimed at supporting Irish companies with groundbreaking technologies. The fund is run by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with the call being managed and assessed by Enterprise Ireland. There … Continue reading →

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