Welcome
 This December we marked 10 years of Innovation and Enterprise at Invent. In celebrating our position as one of the leading Technology Transfer Offices in the country we held an event at The Helix DCU where we welcomed our clients past and present along with our partners and associates. See what happened below and please visit our photo gallery. I would like to thank all those who joined us and helped make for a great occasion. We also commissioned a video highlighting the work that goes on at Invent so if you have a few minutes please take a look. I would like thank to Sixsem Productions for their efforts in producing this quality video.
This month we congratulate DCU Spin Out Sonex Metrology who have recently closed their first round of investment. We also feature successes of two of our client companies M2C Wireless and Digitary who are both making good ground. Our Technology bank features Mobimate a mobile phone-based technology for the management and treatment of long-term chronic diseases.
This December we welcomed back our Operations Manager Maria Johnston who has returned from maternity leave and I would like to thank Sue O’Neill for her work and contribution at Invent during Maria's absence. We wish both of them well.
Finally I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very peaceful Christmas, a prosperous New Year and thank you for your support during 2011.
As ever we are happy to hear from you so please email any information to our editor maria.johnston@invent.dcu.ie
 Invent Celebrates 10 Years of
Innovation & Enterprise
This month Invent DCU marked 10 years of commercialisation activity with a gala event in The Helix. The event highlighted DCU’s impressive commercialisation achievements and gave an overview of Invent’s activities over the last decade.DCU President Prof. Brian MacCraith welcomed the large gathering from industry, research and academia. Many state agencies and supporters of Invent were also represented including SFI, Enterprise Ireland and AIB.
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 M2C are shortlisted as Innovator of The Year
M2C Wireless Machine who are based in Invent have been selected as a finalist in the Small Firms Association National Small Business Awards. This small company has been chosen as one of six finalists in the Innovator of The Year category from close to 450 overall entries. Read More....
Invent Launches New Video
As part of our 10 Year Celebration we commissioned a video to give an overview of the services Invent has to offer and an outline of how our TechnoloyTransfer Office engages with industry through various collaborations. Hopefully you will take a few minutes to see what we have to offer.
 Secure Graduation Documents for
UK Higher Education Cloud
As part of a £1.25 millon investment under the UK government’s Universities Modernisation Fund Invent based company Digitary has secured contracts to build a secure document Shared Services for universities. Read More...
Invent offers support for Technology Start Ups
 Following our successful collaboration this year with Dundalk IT on their NEPP programme we will be working again with DkIT to deliver a new support programme for start- up companies in the technology sector. Over Christmas and New Year you may meet someone who is in the process of setting up a new venture.
They may need help. If you do, please refer anybody to our Operations Manager Maria Johnston at Invent maria.johnston@invent.dcu.ie
 InterTradeIrleland’s Venture Capital
Confererence 2012 Now Booking
InterTradeIreland's annual Venture Capital Conference brings together in one room for one day the island's new and growing companies seeking investment, along with the funding organisations and individuals on the island with money to invest. The only Venture Capital Conference on the island, it is a must for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, business angels, investors and anyone with an interest in venture capital. Read More....
Latest DCU Spin-out Company Sonex Metrology successfully closes First Round Investment
 Invent is delighted to announce that DCU’s latest High Potential Spin-out Company Sonex Metrology closed its first investment round on 6th December 2011. Investment has been raised from AIB Seed Capital, Enterprise Ireland and Private Investors. Read More....
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Events
Events for 2012 will be posted on our website in January
Photo Gallery
click here to see a selection of images from our 10 year Event
Technology Bank
Mobi Mate
Mobile Phone-Enabled Healthcare
Mobimate is a revolutionary mobile phone-based technology for the management and treatment of long-term chronic disease. To address the enormous global challenge represented by long-term chronic illness (responsible for 60% of deaths worldwide), low-cost, patient-focused healthcare technologies must be developed. Mobimate is a disruptive innovation with significant potential in the areas of Connected Health, Point-of-Care diagnostics, and in particular, home-based health monitoring. Innovations in software and miniaturised optics transform a consumer mobile phone into an optical biosensor for the measurement of clinically relevant biomarkers.
Mobimate
Featured Resident Expert
Changes to R&D Tax Credits
Following some beneficial changes in the budget for SME’s in the area of tax credits for R&D spend, Peter Vale of Grant Thornton gives a quick overview of the benefits.
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