LaNua Medical Wins Big Ideas Competition

LaNua Medical, a promising new venture spun out from University College Dublin and supported by NovaUCD, claimed the top prize at this week’s Enterprise Ireland Start-Up 2024 Big Ideas Competition held at Dublin Castle.

As part of their Big Ideas award win, LaNua Medical will now go on to represent Ireland at the Pegasus Start-Up World Cup in San Francisco later this year.

At the event, Dr. Cormac Farrelly—UCD School of Medicine, consultant radiologist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, and a member of the LaNua Medical team—delivered the winning pitch. The award was then presented by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke TD. The LaNua Medical team also includes Eoin O’Cearbhaill, Tom Fitzmaurice, and Sajjad Amiri, all from UCD Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke TD said:

“I would like to congratulate LaNua Medical, a worthy winner of today’s Big ideas award and I have no doubt will go on to make Ireland proud at the International Start-Up World Cup in the US. Enterprise Ireland’s Start-Up Day offers an exciting snapshot of the future, showcasing investor-ready start-ups with disruptive technologies that will change our world for the better, as well as providing opportunities for keen investors.”