€18.75m funding recommended for two Ente...by Brigid Burke European Innovation CouncilTwo Enterprise Ireland-backed companies have won funding approvals of up to €18.75m in the latest competition under Horizon Europe’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme. The two successful companies are CroíValve and Lios. Read More
European Innovation Council (EIC) Info D...by Brigid Burke European Innovation Council150 innovators, entrepreneurs and industry experts made their way to Enterprise Ireland on Wednesday 6 November for a European Innovation Council (EIC) info day. Organised by National Contact Points James Walsh and David Flood, the event highlighted the range of funding opportunities available under the EIC programme. Read More
€18m funding win for four Enterprise Ire...by Brigid Burke European Innovation Council20 June 2023 – Four Enterprise Ireland-backed companies have won funding approvals of up to €18m in the latest competition under Horizon Europe’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme. The four successful companies are Luminate Medical, Hooke Bio, BioSimulytics, and Celtic Biotech. Read More
Ireland ranks second in Horizon Europe E...by Brigid Burke European Innovation Council30 March 2023 – Ireland has ranked second in Europe in the latest funding competition under Horizon Europe’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme. Three Irish-based companies have been approved €22.4m according to evaluation results released by the European Commission. Read More
Rockfield set to disrupt global tube fee...by Brigid Burke Cluster 1 HealthAs a person with cystic fibrosis, Tomás Thompson was acutely aware of the challenges of tube feeding and how much they affected patients’ quality of life. “Over the past 40 years, lots of medical devices have changed hugely,” explains Thompson, founder, and CEO of Rockfield Medical Devices. Read More
Two Irish women entrepreneurs win EU Pri...by Brigid Burke EU Prize for Women InnovatorsTwo talented and inspiring Irish women entrepreneurs are winners in the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2022. Dr Ciara Clancy, founder and CEO of Beats Medical, has won in the Women Innovators category while Niamh Donnelly, co-founder and CRO of Akara Robotics, won in the Rising Innovators category. Read More
