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Following the current competitive selection process, NDRC Launchpad participants will start into a three month intensive mentoring and advisory programme alongside other start-ups, innovators, engineers and investors.  At the end of this period, the start-up promoters will pitch for follow-on investment.  All of them will then also have the option of a further 6 – 9 months of development time at NDRC in Dublin’s Digital Hub district.

NDRC’s Launchpad programme attracts aspiring entrepreneurs and recent researchers with ideas and intellectual property capable of being brought to market and achieving a commercial return.  Qualification and acceptance into NDRC Launchpad provides a significant endorsement for start-up promoters and helps them with every aspect of their business while bringing them to an investment ready position and connecting them with potential investors.

Applicants come from Ireland and abroad where the quality and outputs of the programme are internationally recognised.  Last year, NDRC Launchpad was identified in the top six best accelerators in Europe following a study by the US Kaufman Fellows Programme.  NDRC has supported the acceleration of 30 start-ups through its Launchpad programme since it was established in 2009.

NDRC is an independent enterprise, formed through a consortium of Irish higher education institutions.  Supported by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, NDRC promotes investment in emerging start-ups and the commercialisation of promising digital research.   Working in joint venture collaborations with industry and a range of investment partners, the NDRC has secured commercial investments of €4.8 million in technology developments and emerging enterprises by third party partners in the past 18 months.

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Amy Neale, Communications & Programme Manager National Digital Research Centre

T : +353 1 542 4155 | E: amy.neale@ndrc.ie

Tim Kinsella / Mike Miley Tel. +353 1 703 8600;  tim@mkc.ie

NDRC’s Investment Programmes:-

NDRC’s Inventorium toolkit provides methods and processes for building collaborations; generating ideas; and turning those ideas into business propositions.

Through NDRC’s Catalyser collaborative innovation programme, NDRC builds joint ventures with companies and research partners to provide expertise and investment into research-led or research-informed digital ventures.

NDRC LaunchPad accelerator is an investment programme that supports the next generation of digital entrepreneurs to accelerate good ideas to sound start-ups. Through investment and a tailored 12 week programme, small teams focus on increasing their revenue and investment potential.

Website: www.ndrc.ie

LOCATION
Dublin 8

CONTRACT TYPE
Fixed Term

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) is an independent enterprise dedicated to accelerating research from idea to income.  Our collaborative approach with technology and business innovators drives greater collective success while cultivating bolder attitudes towards invention and investment.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
The successful candidate will work directly for the Inventorium project.  Inventorium is a three-year inter-regional project designed to establish a sustainable distributed mechanism for the generation of new ideas that will lead to the formation of new businesses or contribute to sustaining existing businesses, with particular focus on digital technologies for health, public services, education, leisure, entertainment, environment and transport.

Working as part of a team comprising Irish and Welsh partners, the Business/Technology Development role encompasses identification and implementation of strategic and operational initiatives leading to successful delivery of the project objectives. Specifically, the successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial mentoring role within the Inventorium project, working with stakeholders and technologists to both develop product/solution ideas across the target sectors and seeking to find appropriate channels to commercialisation for these.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build the project’s relationships with the business sector and public bodies in the South and Eastern regional area.
• Assist with leading product design and development symposia and workshops.
• Mentor teams in the development of both technical and business plans around project outputs.
• Support actors in formation of new business in the Irish context.
• Lead gathering of intelligence and contact with investment and financial stakeholders.
• Contribute to the project’s publications and on-line services, in particular on new technology businesses and business models.
• Contribute to project management, planning and scheduling.

NUMBER OF YEARS PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
10 Years

SKILLS REQUIRED
The ideal candidate will have experience in technology-related product innovation and development and/or a track record of entrepreneurship in the digital media sector.Ideally they will have a third level relevant technology or business qualification.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Please submit all applications (Cover letter and CV) to jobs@ndrc.ie

What happened to that idea? 

NDRC’s Inventorium Open Mic Idea Jam is your chance to shout about that idea.

So how will the night work?
You will have 3 minutes to stand up and bravely pitch your most inspired and imaginative idea to an audience that will include everyone from venture capitalists to curious passers-by, who will ask questions and give you instant feedback.

Register here

This is a chance for you to:

• Share ideas
• Practice pitching
• Start conversations
• Form brave new partnerships
• Receive advice on how to apply for NDRC’s LaunchPad and other seed capital programmes

And remember, what you pitch is as exciting as how you pitch. It’s your 3 minutes, so give it your all!

Anyone is more than welcome to come along and observe.

What happened to that idea? 

NDRC’s Inventorium Open Mic Idea Jam is your chance to shout about that idea.

Register here

So how will the night work?
You will have 3 minutes to stand up and bravely pitch your most inspired and imaginative idea to an audience that will include everyone from venture capitalists to curious passers-by, who will ask questions and give you instant feedback.

This is a chance for you to:

• Share ideas
• Practice pitching
• Start conversations
• Form brave new partnerships
• Receive advice on how to apply for NDRC’s LaunchPad and other seed capital programmes

And remember, what you pitch is as exciting as how you pitch. It’s your 3 minutes, so give it your all!

Anyone is more than welcome to come along and observe.

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For all event participants, the presentations and outputs of the event are available here.

Smart Grid technology is Digital technology.  Unlike some other areas of the Energy technology landscape, where Ireland Inc is destined to follow rather than lead, the Smart Grid domain offers an opportunity for Ireland Inc to take a leading position in the development of the technology.  Our advantage comes from our solid ICT base, one that we have built up over several decades, and the opportunity can be realized by porting this capability over to develop the systems and applications that will realise the SmartGrid.

At the workshop we brought together electricity domain experts, researchers with a particular focus on Smart Grid, digital communications experts, some expertise in outlying areas such as payments, and 20-30 indigenous software development companies. Our goal for the workshop was to tease out a roadmap of the evolution of the SmartGrid from 2012 to 2025 and to identify specific development opportunities. In follow up, we are workshoping with the participating software companies and academics to create specific co-development proposals.

For more information, please contact john.geoghegan@ndrc.ie