Top 10 CleanTech Startup Investors in Ireland (August 2026)

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• Oncomark — OncoMark is a UCD spin-out that develops companion diagnostic tests to support cancer drug development. Companion diagnostics allow pharmaceutical companies to select patients for which a drug may be particularly effective (patient stratification).The test can also be used during clinical trials to help reduce the numbers of patients required tocomplete a clinical trial and its duration, while also increasing the likelihood that the trial will be successful. The end result is improved outcome for cancer patients.The company has a portfolio of diagnostic tests in development, covering some of the key cancer types (breast, colorectal, prostate, melanoma), supported by €3.9m in EU R&D funding. There are currently 12 employees funded through 6 grants.The company was founded by Prof. William Gallagher in UCD and is led by Dr. Mairin Rafferty, the CEO/COO. The company has a strong advisory board, which includes Prof. John Crown and Prof. Bryan Hennessy.
• Foodcloud — We connect businesses that have surplus food with Charities and Community Groups that need it.
• Finovation Limited — Finovation Limited

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• Exergyn — Exergyn is a pioneer in the commercial scale application of shape memory alloys. We develop game-changing product applications

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• Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
• Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.
• Ceartas DMCA — Ceartas is the leader in piracy protection for creators, brands & enterprise. Powered by AI, we have the highest removal rate in the industry

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• Fincovi — Powering Every Connection Purpose-built autonomous drones perform at record-setting inspection speed to minimize downtime while capturing the
• Luna Connect — Luna Connect provides easy online loan applications for alternative lenders. We replace expensive, manual, underwriting processes with automated data driven algorithms using alternative data and machine intelligence.

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• iQure Pharma — iQure Pharma preclinical and clinical drug development
• Levered Learning — Levered Learning is a classroom-tested and teacher-designed instructional system providing 3rd-5th grade mathematical learning. The company was founded in 2017 by Mitch Slater and is headquartered in Soquel, California, United States.
• Vartega — Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds.

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• Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
• Peroptyx — Peroptyx is a platform that provides managed solutions for machine learning. At Peroptyx, they have assembled and pre-screened a qualified network of data evaluators across the globe. They strategically match ideal evaluators with each product to ensure authentic experiences through consistency and appropriate real-world contexts.
• Galway Biomedical — Galway Biomedical partners with global medical device companies to bring complex braided devices from early concept through to full-scale production.

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• Afterwind — Afterwind® exists to preserve natural resources for future generations by recycling glass fibre assets into circular advanced materials with full traceability.We help asset owners and industrial manufacturers in Advanced Materials, Renewable Energy, and Construction recover and reuse end-of-life and byproduct materials without compromising theiroriginal properties, including glass and carbon fibres, PET and PVC foams, and resin powders.Team Afterwind is expanding across Europe, working on- or near-site to help our clients cut costs, CO2, and risks, while supplying stable, high-quality, circular advanced materials that deliver on EU Taxonomy and green targets.
• RECYCLLUX — RECYCLLUX is making use of the collected satellite Earth Observation data and applies machine-learning algorithms to identify the marine plastic litter problem spots, where actions need to be taken.
• GreenPow — GreenPow is The Adaptive Computing Platform. MAIZX, our continuously-deciding control plane, routes workloads across regions based on energy, carbon, cost, performance, and compliance signals - so infrastructure thinks, not just runs.

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• Cirdan — Cirdan provides highly reliable, innovative LIS & imaging solutions for the acceleration & enhancement of diagnosis, optimized for pathology & clinical lab.
• preico — Preico Network empowers Web2 and Web3 developers to create, own, and monetize crypto-native AI models on a decentralized platform
• Pretto — Pretto is the only truly transparent online real estate price comparator.Pretto accompanies you until the signing of your loan, free of charge and without commitment.

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• Nuritas — Nuritas is revolutionising the discovery of novel, natural and scientifically proven active ingredients that can manage and improve human health. The company’s disruptive computational approach to discovery uses artificial intelligence and genomics to, for the first time ever, rapidly and efficiently predict and then provide access to the mosthealth-benefiting components hidden within food, called bioactive peptides.
• Ecorobotix — ecoRobotix contributes to an agriculture that respects the environment, focusing on soil and hydrological resources conservation and using a minimum amount of energy. ecoRobotix aims to offer precise, safe, reliable and affordable robotic solutions that simplify farmers’ life to produce healthy food. In particular, its revolutionary solar-poweredweeding robot offers a more sustainable use of herbicides while reducing farmers costs.
• The EVERY Company — The EVERY Company, Formerly Clara Foods making Protein | Vegan Egg Protein Ingredients.

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• Junk Kouture — Junk Kouture is an integrated media and entertainment company combining fashion with sustainability.