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BiCO FAST-IP Comm Fund 3

FAST-IP Projects Secure Commercialisation Funding

Two FAST-IP projects, BiCO and Mehal have secured €1.2m in Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Funding

This funding will enable both teams to progress the translation of their projects into commercially viable start-ups over the next 2 years with the support of the NovaUCD team.

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Jason Lynch, Equal1 2026

Equal1 Secures $60 million

The funding will accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of Equal1's datacentre-ready Bell-1 quantum server.

The largest ever single investment round in a UCD spin-out, was led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, with participation from Atlantic Bridge, the European Innovation Council Fund, Matterwave Ventures, Enterprise Ireland, Elkstone and TNO Ventures.

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Locate at NovaUCD

Locate at NovaUCD

Offices, Labs and Co-Working Space Available for High-Tech Start-Ups with Global Ambition

Join our community of successful founders at one of Europe's leading start-up hubs, and benefit from our unrivalled network of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and world-class researchers.

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Innovation at University College Dublin

NovaUCD, as part of UCD Research and Innovation, is the hub of start-up and innovation-related activities at the University. NovaUCD has been named by the FT as one of Europe's Leading Start-Up Hubs for the last three years in a row.

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NovaUCD is supported under the KT Boost Programme co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union, through the ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027.

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