New Frontiers participant Adelin Diac and his co-founder Emmanuel Karibiye are interviewed on independent.ie about their startup CallCrewAI, which aims to transform how trades, facilities and field-service firms by operating as a round-the-clock team member, answering calls 24/7 to boost bookings and improve customer satisfaction.
Well done to the many New Frontiers alumni who made it through to the finals of this year’s National Startup Awards and to gold winners Meneliswa McDonald of Umoja linn (Early-stage Start-up) and Maurice Bryson of Silicate Carbon (Social/Sustainable Start-up). Read more at siliconrepublic.com.
Congratulations to Alpaca Assessment, founded by Joe Fernandez. The team won awards for Best use of AI for Social Good and young AI Role Model of the Year. Learn more at aiawards.ie.
Congratulations to alumna Heidi Davis of MyPeri (a wearable for perimenopause) on winning the Health Award at the Irish Tatler 25th Women of the Year Awards. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Co-founded by Dr Ciara McEnteggart, PBBT Institute plans to raise €500,000 early next year and add five staff over the next three years. Read more on businesspost.ie.
We’re delighted to see so many New Frontiers alumni feature in the Irish Times 2025 list of Innovators to Watch: Clinic Notes AI (Chris Cornwall), hirehire.ai (Kostya Gorsky), Frensei PhDPeer (Syed Ali Adnan Rizvi), Early Intervention Tools (Gerard Murphy), CogniStream.ai (Alexandra Harris), Marker Video (Greta Dunne), Konree Innovation (Margaret Rae), Flexera (Hannah Joyce), BioEnz Technologies (Dr. Tim Roche), Forest Living (Conor Fay), Bánór (Nicola Lyons), Wild & Co (John Duffy), Hytropics (Anna Malsam and Dave Saunders), URHired (Owen Murray), LegalMoov (Joanna Frivet), Leapifai (Beibei Flynn), Sizible (Aileen Bodkin), UnitMode (Séan Boyle), Vox Talk AI (Mark Harkin), and Alpaca Assessment (Joe Fernandez). Read the profiles at irishtimes.com.
Imvizar, co-founded by New Frontiers alumnus Michael Guerin, is raising €5 million in its next funding round. It currently employs 15 staff members and has raised a total of €2 million in funding to date. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Huge congratulations to Richelle Flanagan of My Moves Matter, who won the TrailblazHER™ of the Year 2025 Award at the recent ceremony. Congratulations also go to Joanna Frivet of LegalMoov (winner of the Technology Award) and Melissa Hayward (winner of the Allyship Award). More info at tudublin.ie.
Co-founded by New Frontiers alumnus John Duffy, Wild & Co turns locally sourced 100% wild venison into high protein, low calorie snacks with nothing artificial added. Read the interview with John and his partner, Laura McGoran, on agriland.ie.
Founded by alumna Dr Sarah Cosgrove, RestoreBlue is a climate-tech startup helping offshore developers to deliver renewable power while creating space for marine life to flourish. Read more on siliconrepublic.com.
The 2025 edition of Business Post’s Hot 100 Startups – the innovators who are transforming Ireland – has been published. Congratulations to the 40+ startups that have come through the New Frontiers programme: Slick+ (Linda Hegarty and Paul Conneally), Cytidel (Matt Conlon and Conor Flannery), Homebuyer’s Hero (Colm Casey and Constantin Gurdgiev), Craoi (Clodagh Ryan), Capisso (Pratheesh Chambeth), RenewableBOT Ltd (Prasad Gade), Flex Power Solutions (Helen O’Sullivan), GoChallenge (John Barron and Dr Caitríona Mooney), GoodBrew (Dee and Jeff Schroeder), BackAware Belt (Eoin Everard), Scopey Onsite (Jenna Farrell), Omuu Pet (Frank Clarke), Sports Impact Technologies (Eóin Tuohy), Lurgan Foods (Niamh and Ruairí Dooley), Trave (Paul Gilcreest), Digi Food NPD (Sean Gilbride), ClubSpot (John Hyland), MAYA Data Privacy Limited (Aaloka Anant, Ravish Mani, Natalia Cackowska, Ben Ramhofer and Abhinava Singh), Persuva.ai (Peter Horvath), URhired (Owen Murray), Little Red Edu (Anna Carmody), Novus Diagnostics (Kellie Adamson, Elaine Spain and Keith O’Neill), Bold Donut (Kate Williams and Nathan Cruz Coulson), Protostars (Kim McKayed and Mohamed Fayez), Capella (Criona Turley and Victoria Yanakos), Imvizar (Michael Guerin), Leapifai (Beibei Flynn), Anyscor (Colin Deering), Skippio (Daniel Coen), Run Audit (Donal Kerr and Tony Hughes), Assiduous (Fergal Meegan and Barry Murphy), Simple Probate (Isabella Hughes and Oisín Dolphin), Penny (Lesley Tully), Alpaca Assessment (Joe Fernandez), MarketSizer Data-Driven Decisions® (Niall O’Gorman). Discover the full list on businesspost.ie.
HaPPE Earth, co-founded by New Frontiers alumna Mary O’Riordan, aims to raise €1.5 million in its upcoming funding round, which is expected to close by the end of this year. The company has previously raised €600,000 in funding. Read the interview on businesspost.ie.
Co-founded by Joanna Frivet, LegalMoov is an AI-powered platform that aims to fix the gap between free online information and costly legal consultations. Read the interview on irishtimes.com.
Alumna Susan O’Neill is the co-founder of Paygentic, a fintech start-up freshly out of stealth that has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round. The San Francisco-based company plans to use the raise to grow its workforce and accelerate product development. Read more on siliconrepublic.com.
New Frontiers participant Connor Feehily has launched Quantum POS after three years working in retail showed him how outdated shop technology was holding back local businesses. Read more on independent.ie.
Congratulations to alumnus Raj Lyons Chohan, whose startup AffinityEV has been acquired by UK-based Jumptech. The company had recently secured €550,000 in pre-seed funding from businessman Brian Conneely and Enterprise Ireland. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Founded by Dr Beibei Flynn, Dublin-based AI start-up Leapifai has launched a digital tax co-pilot to support accountants and financial advisers with real-time insights, and aims to raise €500,000 to expand to the UK. The company is fundraising to extend its pre-seed round to €750,000. Read more on siliconrepublic.com.
Congratulations to the LaunchLoop team on winning first place at the National AI Challenge. The team included three New Frontiers participants on our programme at IADT/NovaUCD – Kevin Collins of echofold.ai, Alwin Stephen of neuramodal.com, and Daniel Smyth of tendr.ie. Over a two-week sprint, they built GradGenie (gradgenie.net), a production-ready platform for grading Leaving Certificate exams.
New Frontiers participant Dearbhla McGailey Lynch is working on an app, Align Care, which will help families create care plans for their loved ones, give carers instant insight into the person they’re supporting, and track key health details for easy sharing with healthcare professionals. Read more on independent.ie.
Paul Murphy, the founder of Mindful Maker, is a furniture designer and maker based in Cork. He describes his business as part of his legacy to his children and future grandchildren. Read about his journey on thejournal.ie.
Sports Impact Technologies, led by New Frontiers alumnus Eóin Tuohy, has secured €650,000 in pre-seed funding to roll-out the company’s beta product. The round was led by private investors with the support of Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Start-Up (HPSU) funding. Read more on independent.ie.
Co-founded by New Frontiers alumna Sorcha O’Grady, the compliance software business TruckScience is targeting revenue of €2 million this year. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Congratulations to Banu Balaji and the Therapix team on being named Social Impact finalists in the Diversity in Tech Awards 2025. Therapix helps parents, teachers, and therapists to use therapy skills with children who have additional needs.
A recent alumnus of the New Frontiers programme, Lee Bristow is a cybersecurity and AI governance expert with a decade of experience in third-party risk management, compliance, and information security. He shares his journey and insights with thinkbusiness.ie.
Congratulations to alumna Dora Jean Gillespie and the Starilum team who won the national competition of the global Creative Business Cup, a competition is creative and innovative startups.
Congratulations to Karen Kearney and the Soak in Wellness team on their wins at the Attracta Beauty Awards in the UK. The company won two awards in the Hands & Body category and highly commended in the Skincare category.
Goosey Goo, created by Sean Fox with his partner Clodagh Kelly, sells organic hypoallergenic clothing for infants and was inspired by their one-year-old daughter’s health issues. Read about Sean’s journey on irishexaminer.com.
Linda Chanders has created a fabric face shield for UV protection catering to skin cancer patients and for preventative care. The face shield acts as a physical barrier to UV rays penetrating the skin and is designed and manufactured in Ireland using SPF50 fabric. Linda is featured on siliconrepublic.com.
Contratulations to alumnus Jens Köpke and the team at MotoKlik on reaching the finals of the Startup World Cup pitches during Dublin Tech Summit. MotoKlik is selling its AI-powered motor sports suspension optimisation in 28 international markets.
Watch Meg Brennan, founder of Polliknow, on RTÉ News. Polliknow’s devices streamline the monitoring of wild pollinators, empowering efforts to foster greater biodiversity.
Congratulations to alumnus John Barron and his team at GoChallenge. The startup has successfully closed an oversubscribed €500,000 pre-seed funding round.
Congratulations to New Frontiers participant Sadhbh Wood and the Bean Around team on winning the Biobased Product of the Year award at the All-Island Bioeconomy Summit.
New Frontiers alumnus Jason O’Gorman and his co-founder Stephen Dooley extended their pre-seed raise for Roamr to $3 million. Roamr incentivizes employees to stay with a friend or colleague instead of a hotel on business trips and were featured on inc.com in April.
Co-founded by Matthew Conlon, cybersecurity startup Cytidel is aiming to raise a €2 million seed funding round this year ahead of its Series A round in 2026. The company currently employs 14 people and has raised €1.3 million to date. Read more on businesspost.ie.
The Business Post Connected Magazine 30 Under 30 featured four New Frontiers participants: Emily O’Gorman of Report D and Fendr, Pierre Yimbog of Solobook, Meg Brennan of Polliknow, and Donagh Ó Buachalla of Ailtir. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Founded by alumnus Conor Duggan and co-founder Aaron Hickey, TaxZap uses AI and open banking technology to automate the tax return process. The company has raised £2.2 million (€2.6 million) in a funding round led by Affinity Ventures. They will use the new financing to aid expansion in the UK market. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Lorcan Melia is co-founder of AdLab, an app that aspires to bridge the gap between consumers and Irish fashion brands, with the aim of creating collaborative and authentic marketing campaigns via user generated content (UGC). Learn more on irishtechnews.ie.
PR company Everhaze, a startup co-founded by alumnus Cormac Glynn and James McCann, has launched its new real-time radio and online media monitoring platform for Ireland and the United Kingdom. Learn more at irishtechnews.ie.
Product designer Kostya Gorsky put his experience in digital product development to work to create Hirehire, an AI co-pilot aimed at recruiters and designed to save them time and improve the quality of candidate interviews. Learn more on irishtimes.com.
Founded by Stephen O’Dwyer, TrojanTrack is an award-winning startup that uses advanced AI and pose estimation technology to detect early signs of lameness or imbalance in horses through smartphone video recordings. Read the interview on siliconrepublic.com.
Alumna Nicola Lyons and her co-founder Elaine Crosse are the brains behind Bánór, a new skincare company using sheep’s milk and wool to create hand and body products. Read their interview on irishtimes.com.
Slick+, a Sligo-based education business, aims to raise €1.2 million in a funding round later this year. The business, which was founded by spouses Linda Hegarty (a New Frontiers alumna) and Paul Conneally in 2022, has 10 staff and has raised €500,000 in funding to date. Read more on businesspost.ie.
Born from Karen Kearney’s own wellness journey and her challenges as a full-time carer and single mum, Soak helps people prioritise self-care. Read more on image.ie.
Seán Boyle is a New Frontiers alumnus and founder of UnitMode, a startup combating greenwashing by evaluating the overall performance of a company, the sector relevance, and the greenwashing trends most associated with that sector. Read more on irishtimes.com.
Itus Secure Technologies expects to raise £1 million (€1.2 million) in its next funding round, which will take place over the next 15 to 18 months. Founded by spouses Clare Ryan (a New Frontiers alumna) and Paul Daly in 2018, the startup has raised €500,000 to date. Read more at businesspost.ie.
Fed up with waiting in long lines for drinks at music festivals, New Frontiers alumnus Daniel Coen set out to create a tech solution for the problem. Read more on businessplus.ie.

