Introduction to Vara

At VARA we provide professional services to small to medium sized enterprises and third level sectors in Ireland and the UK. We are delivering impactful results for a range of clients across many business and technology areas. Our primary support activities focus on Innovation Management, Market Engagement and Business Development. With a dedicated team of experienced and qualified innovation and commercial experts we are successfully delivering unique value and advantage for client organisations using innovation and collaboration as effective enablers.

What we do
Innovation Management

We are often asked - what do you believe innovation is? In simple terms our response is - it’s turning ideas into invoices! Expanding further - Innovation is the successful management and exploitation of change.

Commercial Feasibility

At VARA, we draw on our proactive approach and wide business network across many industry sectors to investigate, scope and develop commercial cases for new innovations in support of further commercialisation activities

Business Development

We work with SME and research centre clients to target new business in a proactive way. We can provide you with qualified leads and appointments to pitch your product or service to and develop a sales plan appropriate to your service / product offering.

Updates
VARA and DCU – creating impact from research through commercialisation.

✅💡Super attendance & great engagement by Dublin City University researchers who participated in the two DCU Invent Explore 2024 -… Read More

A win for VARA client and for individuals with intellectual disabilities!

Massive congratulations to VARA Innovation Specialists client DigiAcademy Technology on winning the Audience Choice Award and coming second at ALPHA… Read More

Demand for Commercialisation Support increases at TU Dublin

We kicked off September at VARA Innovation Specialists with a well attended and very engaging commercialisation exploration workshop delivered in… Read More

Our Expertise
VARA
Kieran Fegan

An engineering graduate of both the University of Ulster and Queen’s University, Belfast, Kieran's background spans engineering design, own successful business start-up, business development / sales, innovation management, project management and technology transfer.

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