Press Releases
ATU Innovation Centre’s Profiled in University Magazine
Discover the noteworthy initiatives of ATU's Innovation Centre in the latest issue of ATU Magazine. Explore the Centre's integral role in fostering research, innovation, and collaboration within the university community. Learn about how the Innovation Centre assists high-potential entrepreneurs...
ATU iHub Client Companies Secure €8.9 Million Funding for Groundbreaking Disruptive Technology Initiatives
Dublin, Ireland – November 23, 2023 – Ministers Simon Coveney TD, Simon Harris TD, and Dara Calleary TD have announced a significant funding injection of €58.8 million for 12 pioneering projects through the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). Among these projects, PETRA and Flowsure...
ATU Spirit of Entrepreneurship event back on campus
Now in its 15th year, the annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship event is back onsite at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and will take place in the Mayo campus on Monday, 2 October 2023 in St Mary's Hall, commencing at 4pm. It promises to be a great evening for aspiring entrepreneurs with great...
EMPOWER Programme Metrics 2022
EMPOWER offers two separate programs, TÚS aimed at people who have a business idea they want to explore and FÁS (GROWTH) for entrepreneurs who are already in business and are looking to grow their business and to develop. EMPOWER has been on the scene since 2017, when it was founded due to the...
AuriGen Medical Crowdfunds over €3M in three weeks
AuriGen Medical, an Irish medical devices start-up has raised over €3 million through crowdfunding in just three weeks. The company, which is based at ATU iHub Galway City has developed a heart implant designed to treat both the stroke and arrhythmia risk associated with atrial fibrillation. It...
ATU iHubs based InVera Medical secures €4.6M in DTIF funding
ATU iHub Galway City client company InVera Medical is one of two medtech projects set to receive Government funding under the fourth round of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). The funding announced on the 16th December 2022 is the second tranche of awards to be distributed in...
Rockfield Medical Devices Receives FDA Clearance for the Mobility+ Enteral Feeding System
Rockfield Medical Devices Limited, a commercial-stage medical device company focused on developing solutions to transform the mobility and quality of life of tube feeders, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") 510(k) clearance of the Mobility+ Enteral Feeding System. The...
Ronspot Ltd secures investment of €1.1 million
The team at Ronspot are delighted to announce the company has raised €1.1 million in investment funding. The news follows the recent dramatic growth in the hybrid working and space management market. This investment is being led by Dublin-based Furthr VC (formally DBIC Ventures) and includes the...
Women entrepreneurs attend Empower II closing event in Galway
Women from across the west and northwest attended a celebratory event in Salthill last Friday (23 September 2022) marking the completion of EMPOWER II, the female entrepreneurship programme delivered by Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Innovation Hubs (iHubs). Chaired by Susan Hayes...
ATU students’ business ideas win them places on coveted student Inc programme
Two Atlantic Technological University (ATU) students and a graduate have won coveted places for their business ideas on Ireland’s longest running student accelerator, the Student Inc Programme; Mairead Clarke from Clifden, Co Galway, for her customer-led generator app for beauticians and freelance...
