Best Life Sciences Tech Companies in Ireland
The 37 best Life Sciences Tech companies in Ireland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Teckro.
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Our analysis of 50 Life Sciences Tech companies
$9.6b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Life Sciences Tech companies in Ireland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teckro Provider of an AI-based platform for managing clinical trial studies | $43M | 92 mo ago | 161 | Nigel Hughes Co-Founder | SanitySentryApple iCloud Mail+35 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Deciphex Network of pathologists providing digital diagnostic services for medical testing | $25M | 11 mo ago | 119 | Donal O’Shea Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPLenis+14 | Top 10M | 8 patents AI-powered automated clustering and screening of histopathology tissue images for anomalies | — |
| 3 | APC Developer of small and large molecule process design through chemical engineering platform | $12M | 95 mo ago | 144 | Brian Glennon Co-Founder | SentrySalesforceGSAP+28 | Top 5M | 9 patents Dental floss delivery devices for oral hygiene | 2 launchs |
| 4 | QUMAS Compliance and quality management software for the life sciences industry | $10M | 255 mo ago | 100 | Kevin O'leary CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Kneat Solutions Software platform for electronic validation life cycle | $6M | 31 mo ago | 261 | Eddie Ryan CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+38 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 6 | Hooke Bio Biotechnology company providing solutions for the analysis of 3D microtissues | $6M | 38 mo ago | 9 | Mark Davies Founder | — | — | 12 patents High-throughput cell culture assay plates and combinatorial library generation platforms. | — |
| 7 | Akkure Provider of a blockchain technology based online platform for genomic data analytics | $3M | 45 mo ago | 9 | Amy Hollingworth Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Nova Leah Provider of a cloud-based cyber security platform for connected medical devices | $3M | 57 mo ago | 20 | Peter Finnegan Director | Co Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | HealthXL Provider of healthcare management technology solutions | $2M | 84 mo ago | 67 | Martin Kelly Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | ClarityCX1 Provider of vertical SaaS solutions for strategic account management automation | $2M | 53 mo ago | 14 | Chris Deren Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | CRFweb Provider of clinical trial management software system | $1M | 113 mo ago | 16 | Mats Forsgren Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | biologit Provider of AI-based solution for drug pharmacovigilance | $1M | 53 mo ago | 12 | Bruno Ohana Co-founder | CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | Top 50M | — | 2 launchs |
| 13 | Cell Free Tech Provider of tools and services for DNA and protein applications | $296K | 105 mo ago | — | Thomas Meany Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Empiric Logic Provider of cloud-based bioinformatics platform for managing healthcare data | $101K | 66 mo ago | — | Gareth OSullivan CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Life Sciences Tech companies in Ireland
#1
Series C · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2017 · 119 employees$24.5Mraised▾
Network of pathologists providing digital diagnostic services for medical testing. These services utilize artificial intelligence to assist in the analysis of tissue samples and clinical slides. The platform integrates with existing healthcare systems to facilitate remote review of diagnostic data. By digitizing workflows, the system supports the assessment of biological samples for clinical and research purposes. The technology assists in identifying lesions and evaluating diagnostic findings to support medical decision making.
- Oct 2025Venture Debt$17.6M
- Jan 2025Series C$32.1M
- Oct 2023Venture Debt$10.5M
- Jan 2023Series B$4.2M
#2
Public · Limerick, County Limerick · founded 2006 · 261 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Software platform for electronic validation life cycle. It is a configurable shelf application focused on validation lifecycle management and testing for modelling regulated data intensive processes and can be used for document management, testing, change control and deviation management.
- Feb 2024Post IPO$20M
- May 2021Post IPO$1.6M
- Mar 2020Post IPO$1.8M
- Feb 2019Post IPO$8.5M
#3
Funding Raised · Shannon, County Clare · founded 2014 · 9 employees$6Mraised▾
Biotechnology company providing solutions for the analysis of 3D microtissues. It is offering engineering solutions for the analysis of 3D microtissues screening systems for preclinical drug development. It has a bioconsumable plate and the mera platform that can feed, wash, drug, and stain microtissues.
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$6M
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)—
#4
Series C · Limerick, County Limerick · founded 2015 · 161 employees$42.7Mraised▾
Teckro offers an artificial intelligence platform for clinical trial management and analytics for drug development. The platform is used for capturing the data that is collaborated with the study team, patients, and sites for managing clinical trials. The platform uses AI technology to analyze the data, provide answers to queries, and create personalized reports for sites and patients.
- Jan 2019Series C$25M
- Aug 2017Series B$10M
- Aug 2016Series A$6M
- Aug 2015Seed$1.7M
#5
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2016 · 9 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Akkure is an online platform for genomics data analytics. The platform enables the user to control, manage data or provide rewards for sharing data. It also enables researchers to connect with organizations to order DNA test kits for genomics sequencing, receive results, and analyze genomics data. The company uses blockchain-based technology in order to share and manage research data analytics.
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$718.1K
- 2021Seed$1.9M
- Jan 2021Seed$1.4M
#6
Series A · Loughlinstown, County Dublin · founded 2011 · 144 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Developer of small and large molecule process design through a chemical engineering platform. They have developed their platform technologies, ACHIEVE, which is a small molecule (chemical and biological) process design, and BioACHIEVE, which provides scale-independent process solutions.
- Oct 2018Series A$11.5M
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$33.1K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$32.4K
#7
Acquired · Cork, Munster · founded 1994 · 100 employees$10Mraised▾
Compliance and quality management software for the life sciences industry. Solutions include electronic document management, process management, compliance management, and submission management.
- May 2005Series B$10M
- Series A—
#8
Seed · Dundalk, County Louth · founded 2015 · 20 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Provider of a cloud-based cyber security platform for connected medical devices. It develops a cyber security risk analysis system for connected medical devices. It provides medical device manufacturers with an automated solution for implementing and maintaining cyber security requirements across medical device product portfolios. It provides continuous vulnerability monitoring combined with real-time repository updates which help identify threats for both new and legacy devices. It also generates functional test plans, automates compliance reporting, and provides full verification traceability.
- Dec 2021Seed—
- Mar 2019Seed—
- Nov 2018Seed$2.6M
#9
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2021 · 14 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Provider of vertical SaaS solutions for strategic account management automation. The company delivers pre-built solutions tailored to the strategic account management needs of specific industries. These solutions are built natively on the Salesforce Lightning platform. The company's offerings help sales and account teams map stakeholder relationships and manage qualified opportunities. The solutions are designed for industries including life sciences, manufacturing, high tech, and financial services.
- Apr 2022Seed$1.7M
#10
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2021 · 12 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based solution for drug pharmacovigilance. The company offers AI-assisted tools for collection, monitoring , researching upon, assessing and evaluating information from scientific abstracts, journals and literature.
- Apr 2022Seed$1.1M
#11
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2012 · 67 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Developer of a digital health collaboration platform intended to bring together key market stakeholders in digital health to collaborate with each other. The company's platform offers insights from key influencers in healthcare that helps healthcare investors, clinicians and innovators with evidence review, market mapping, business model analysis, competitive intelligence and regulatory milieu, thereby enabling organizations to take a step forward in achieving their final innovation objective.
#12
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2014 · 16 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Provider of clinical trial management software system. It offers an electronic case report form (eCRF) for capturing data in pharmaceutical and medical device clinical trials. The platform is web-based and customizable and offers full control over trials with its step-by-step design process.
- Apr 2017Seed$223.4K
- Jun 2016Seed$401.9K
- Dec 2014Seed$559.4K
- Jun 2014Seed$272.8K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Life Sciences Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth flat
How research on Biotechnology is moving in Ireland
A read on the academic research around Biotechnology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 163 Ireland-affiliated papers.
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority53
- University College Cork34
- University College Dublin31
- APC Microbiome Institute18
- Environmental Protection Agency9
- Gene5
- Mutation3
- Mutant3
- Cell biology2
- Ex vivo2
- Food science4
- Health benefits4
- Fermentation4
- Antimicrobial4
- Gene4
- Antibiotic resistance4
- Sustainability3
- Plant virus3
- Plant disease2
- Phage therapy2
Where biotechnology is researched across Ireland
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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