We help research-led ventures build the foundations for growth, from shaping the business model and assembling the right team to testing the market, preparing for investment and connecting with customers, partners and funding. We also work with investors and experienced entrepreneurs interested in Trinity’s pipeline of emerging opportunities.
Build a Spinout
Have research with a clear venture opportunity and need to start building the company around it? We’ll help shape the business model, team and route forward.
Test the Market
Need greater confidence around customers, demand, partners or the commercial proposition? We’ll help strengthen the market case and identify the right connections.
Prepare for Investment
Need to make the venture more investor-ready? We’ll help develop the plan, proposition and funding pathway, and support engagement with investors.
Back a Venture
Interested in investing in, leading or supporting an emerging Trinity company? We’ll help you understand relevant opportunities and connect with the right venture or team.
How We Work Together
See a selection of Trinity's campus companies:
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Translational research startup improving the sustainability and accessibility of high performance electron microscopy. |
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Integrity Indicators for Intelligent Packaging for food. First product is a sensor formulation that changes colour in the presence of oxygen at different concentrations. |
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Using Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology, this passive strain sensing solution for cutting tools can push the tools to their productive limit. |
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Products that apply thermal dynamics to make the thermal energy useful from electronics producing excessive heat. |
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CroíValve is developing a minimally invasive device to treat tricuspid regurgitation, with a solution that is quicker, easier and safer to deliver. |
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Simple to use iTremor device that enables quick diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury and Sports Concussion. |
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Developing the optimum wound closure device that provides superior results to meticulously performed surgical sutures at the speed and convenience of a skin stapler. |
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Real time 3D ablation analysis in Atrial Fibrillation allows physicians to visualise, analyse and verify ablation lesion path. |
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Skillwell delivers personalized skills training through an immersive, adaptive learning platform. |
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MarSci allows you to see how all your channels work together, beyond clicks – a cross-channel measurement platform built for marketing managers. |
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Generate AR/ VR content with videos captured with hand held consumer devices. |
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Offering full Application end-to-end solutions using differentiated next generation Low Power Wide Area loT |
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Automatically generates software for data curation, integration and publication from a rich semantic schema. |
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Get immediate climate guidance on business decisions or content powered by AI. |
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Fungal endophytes that can enhance crop growth, nutrient acquisition and improve the plant’s ability to tolerate stress (e.g.drought and pest resistance). |
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Novel therapeutic and targeted pathway for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. |
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Accelerating drug discovery programmes in neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative and rare neurological disorders. |
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Anti-tumour immunity and development of adjuvants for therapeutic and prophylactic cancer vaccines |
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Frequently Asked Questions
A spinout can be appropriate where there is a strong commercial opportunity that is best developed through a new company. The decision on whether to create a spinout, licence the technology or pursue another route may be considered through the IP Commercialisation process first. Please contact us so we can help assess your options.
Support can include business-model development, market research, business planning, team building, customer and partner connections, access to funding, investor readiness, networks and support for scaling.
Yes. Through a transparent and efficient process, we help develop the business model and create an investor-ready business plan to engage with investors, connect ventures with relevant networks and identify appropriate sources of funding.
No. Building the right team is itself one of the areas Trinity Innovation supports, so engagement can begin while the company and leadership requirements are still being shaped.
Trinity Innovation can provide a route into relevant early-stage opportunities and explain how investors or entrepreneurs can engage with emerging companies and the spinout formation process. If you'd like to get in touch, we can discuss the right opportunities.
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End-to-end lifecycle support for invention disclosures from IP identification to patent protection to commercialisation with industry through strategic licensing or spinout creation.
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Licensing support for a curated catalogue of technologies ready for industry access and investment.
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