Five Ireland-based spinouts are preparing for a presentation and awards ceremony on November 29 to mark the conclusion of University College Dublin’s (UCD’s) three-month VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme.

VentureLaunch is run from the unversity’s commercialisation arm NovaUCD. It was launched to generate sustainable, cash-generating businesses based on UCD intellectual property.

Graduates attend 10 workshops with entrepreneurial input and mentoring on issues such as marketing, sales and pitching.

The winner will be crowned 2017 UCD Startup of the Year and will receive…