VentureLaunch Accelerator
Supports UCD researchers launching commercial ventures based on university intellectual property.
The UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator is an annual programme held at NovaUCD, the innovation and technology transfer hub of University College Dublin, designed to support the creation and launch of new commercial ventures based on UCD intellectual property. The programme equips UCD researchers with the commercial skills required to lead a new venture, covering marketing, finance, fundraising, and pitc…
Any sector, provided the venture emerges from UCD intellectual property.
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