The Irish Health Tech Guide
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2. WHO ARE WE?
HealthXL is the world’s first truly global
network for Health Tech.
From Australia to Africa, the US to
Europe, we are supporting the most
exciting entrepreneurs as they scale
internationally.
Our network of investors, entrepreneurs
and sponsors are leaders worldwide.
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3. THEWORLD’SBIGGESTPROBLEM
OLDER
By 2050, over 60s
will outnumber
under 15s
FATTER
Physical inactivity
is the world’s 4th
leading killer
MORE EXPENSIVE
US Healthcare
expenditure is
over 18% GDP
4. WHY HEALTH TECH?
A fusion of digital technology and
healthcare innovation
Improving access
Empowering patients and professionals
Reducing costs
6. INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE NEEDS AN ECOSYSTEM
Innovation benefits every stage of the health ecosystem
Hospitals
Entrepreneurs
Bio-pharmaceuticals
Investors
Health Plans
Education
Individual
Family
NGOs
Medical Devices
Government
Employers
8. WHAT MAKES A
COMMUNITY GREAT?
Talent
Strong Pool of Innovators
Local Capital
Killer Events
Great Universities
Local Press
Connected Alumni and Diaspora
10. A STRONG POOL OF INNOVATORS
4/5 leading
ICT
companies
8/10 leading
online game
companies
9/10 leading
pharma
companies
17/25 leading
MedTech
companies
11. TALENT
One third of
the population
are under 25
Only English
speaking
country in
Eurozone
The highest
number of
engineering
grads in the EU
Access to EU
population of
500m
16. LOCALPRESS
Adrian Weckler
Carmel Doyle
Sunday Business Post Silicon Republic
Gavan Reilly
Today FM
Gavin Daly
Sunday Times
Chris Horn
Freelance
John Collins
Irish Times
Ciara O'Brien
Irish Times
RTE
Irish Times
Gabrielle Monahan
Irish Examiner
John Murray
Michelle Hennessy Pamela Newenham Philip Connolly
The Journal
Conor Keane
Sunday Times
Johnny Ryan
Irish Times
Thomas Molloy
Sunday Business Post Irish Independent
Karlin Lilington
Irish Times
Tom Lyons
Irish Times
18. SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Alan Clayton
SOS Ventures
Alan O’Connell
Seroba
Andrew Murphy
Sláinte Healthcare
Aviva Cohen
Neuro Hero
Avril Copeland
Physiotherapy
Barry O’Sullivan
INSIGHT, UCC
Barry Smyth
INSIGHT
Bill Liao
SOS Ventures
Brendan Casey
Swiftqueue
Brian Caulfield
INSIGHT, UCD
Brian Moore
ORRECCO
Caelen King
WhatClinic.com
Colm Galligan
Merck
Conor Hanley
RedMed
Cormac Kilty
Argutus Medical
Damian O’Kelly
Nutritics
Darren Daly
ByrneWallace
Dave Gibson
GSK
19. SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
David Cooper
Cooper Engineering
David Nash
Sláinte Healthcare
David Prendergast
Intel
Declan Kelly
Aspirico
Derek Young
i360medical
Emer O’Reilly
MPRII
Emma Murphy
The Turning Institute
Enda Madden
GroupNos
Eoghan Murphy
TD
Graham Lowe
Molecular Medicine
Grant Verstandig
Audax Health Solutions
Howard Beggs
Helix Health Group
Iarfhlaith Kelly
Kitman Labs
James Malone
Friends Through Food
Jean Dunne
ICON
Jim Joyce
Point of Care
Joe Wiley
Sofinnova Ventures
Joey Mason
Delta Partners
20. SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
John Dineen
FTI Consulting
John Dinsmore
CPHI, TCD
John McKeown
Allergy Standards
Johnny Walker
Health Founders
Julie O’Donnell
Lundbeck
June Shannon
Irish Medical News
Keith O’Neill
Lifescience & Food
Commercialisation
Ken Cahill
SilverCloud
Kerrill Thornhill
Maithú IT Solutions
Kieran Daly
Health Founders
Krystian Fikert
MyMind
Leonora O’Brien
Pharmapod
Liam Ryan
Health2.0
Lisa Domican
Grace App
Lorraine Dempsey
Inclusion Ireland
Marie Ennis-O’Connor
Health2Dublin
Mark Ferguson
Science Foundation
Ireland
Mark Ledwidge
St. Vincent’s
University Hospital
21. SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Martin Kelly
IBM
Mary Cronin
ThousandSeeds
Mary Ivers
All Hallows College
Michael Caulfield
Intelesens
Michael John Gorman
Science Gallery
Michael Mitchell
Sense of Skin
Niall O’Neill
Deloitte Consulting
Niall Rafferty
Medxnote.com
Noel Toonan
Naloot Ltd
Orla Tinsley
Campainer
Paddy Cosgrave
Web Summit
Paddy Holahan
NewBay
Padraig McKeon
DCU
Paul Galvin
Tyndall
Paul Mooney
HealthComms
Paul O’Hara
Ashoka Europe
Rhona O’Mahoney
National Maternity
Hospital
Robert Cairnduff
3D4Medical
22. SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
Robert Kelly
UPMC Beacon
Ronan Kavanagh
Consultant
Rheumatologist
Ronan McDonnell
TCD
Ryan Quigley
Abbvie
Seamus Donnelly
UCD Medical Practice
Sean Mulvany
Enterprise Ireland
Shane Owens
iOS and Web Developer
Shay Garvey
Frontline Ventures
Stephen Young
Blg
Teri Morris
YouSteps
Tom Gray
Kainos
Tom O’Callaghan
iheed Institute
Tom O’Leary
ICON
Trevor Duffy
Consultant
Rheumatologist
Vicky McGrath
Catapult Lifesciences
Will Prendergast
Frontline Ventures
William Cirillo
Insulcheck
William Lyons
Shimmer
23. FRIENDS ABROAD
Andrew Broderick
Public Health Institute
Gareth Keane
Qualcomm Ventures
Barry O’Brien
Silicon Valley Bank
John Nosta
Forbes
Chris Coburn
Partners Healthcare
Kate Gunning
Market Strategist
Stuart Coulson
Stanford University
Dave Shanahan
Abbvie
Eoghan Jennings
HealthXL
Esther Dyson
HICCup
Maneesh Juneja
Digital Health Futurist
Peter Milner
SinuSys Corp
Steve Seuntjens
Personal Health Solutions
Vishal Gulati
Specialist Investor
24. GETCONNECTED!
If you are active in Health Tech
and would like to be included
in this report please let us
know. Otherwise if you are
interested in creating a report
for your local community
please contact us at:
healthxl.co
Isa@healthxl.co
@health_xl
