NovaUCD

At its annual conference held last week in Cardiff, entitled ‘Innovation through Co-operation’, ProTon Europe stressed the need for the European Union Member States to continue to invest in research and development and innovation.

Duolog Technologies, the NovaUCD-headquartered Collaborative Design Automation™ company has acquired, in a combined cash and equity deal, the technology and products of Beach Solutions Ltd as part of its global expansion strategy.

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announced today the opening of an office in Dublin, Ireland to support its extensive Irish customer base.

NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at UCD is hosting an open day on Monday, December 8 to coincide with worldwide events to mark the 1st Global Business Incubation Day

ASimil8, a new e-learning venture, co-founded earlier this year by Paul Groarke and Garrett Hussey has won NovaUCD’s 2008 start-up award and €5,000 after being declared the overall winner of the 13th NovaUCD Campus Company Development Programme.

Dr Conor Hanley, co-founder of BiancaMed, the NovaUCD-based health technology company is among the entrepreneurs named as finalists in the Academic Enterprise Awards Europe 2008.

NovaUCD the innovation and technology transfer centre is showcasing the latest early stage high-tech and knowledge-intensive ventures emerging at UCD at an event next week.

Amdocs, the US-quoted technology company (NYSE: DOX), and the leading provider of customer experience systems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ChangingWorlds Ltd, a spin-out company from UCD’s School of Computer Science and Informatics.

NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin is celebrating its first five years of successful commercialisation activities.

Q-Validus the NovaUCD-based international certification solutions provider has been selected as a Dublin regional finalist in the InterTradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition 2008.