Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus

Strategically located on an island site in the heart of Dublin, the Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus has circa 16,000 sq.m. of lettable space for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Centre was originally a general-purpose enterprise development centre for Dublin City, under the ownership of the Industrial Development Authority. Trinity College purchased the Centre in 1999 and it is now being converted to a knowledge-based company generation and support facility. The Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus is an integral part of the research function of Trinity College.

Mission Statement:

• To strengthen the link between technological (and other) research in Trinity College,
• To support the creation new knowledge-based indigenous enterprises
• To develop networks of support for university-led entrepreneurship.

This is achieved through the incubation and development of a stream of high technology companies linked to research groups in Trinity College.

Buildings

• It comprises 16,000 sq.m of space. It has 36 units, which house knowledge-based companies. In addition, the Tower building is a Design and Craft Centre which houses 26 craft tenants. The units for knowledge-based companies range in size from 75sq.m. to 260 sq.m, and are designed to meet the development needs of start-up enterprises.
• The Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus also has 372 sq.m of bio-incubation space available, funded by Enterprise Ireland, for biotechnology start-up companies.

Services

• TCD Entrepreneurship Training Programme
• Access to TCD researchers via Trinity Research & Innovation
• Facilities: café, car parking, conference rooms
• 24 hour security and access
• Proximity to TCD campus and research
• Reception in Tower building.

Business Support

Organisation and facilitation of the development of knowledge-based enterprises through:

1. Provision of business incubation space
2. Linkages to research in Trinity College
3. Access to seed and venture capital funding (link)
4. Entrepreneurship Training Programme (link)
5. Partnership with TCD Business School where teams of MBA students as part of the MBA Business Workout work with start-up projects for a specified period of time on a focused problem.
6. Provision of market access through clustering of small companies
7. Linkage and marketing to the global economy
8. Leveraging the experience and expertise of national and international networks, e.g. PANEL, Cluster, SUN&SUP

Profile of Tenants

• College oriented young entrepreneurs who wish to develop knowledge-based businesses in Dublin
• Their partner companies and investors
• New indigenous ventures, based on new knowledge, e.g. Eblana Photonics, Deerac Fluidics
• Companies who establish a base in Dublin and wish to link into the College
• Ventures that strengthen the link between College and the Community. (4th Level Ventures, Dublin Business Innovation Centre)
• Inward investments. Start-up phase of research centre - Hitachi

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