SFI funding gives birth to Alimentary Health plan

Barry Kiely, chief executive, Alimentary Health

Company: Alimentary Health

Done deal: funding of €2.5m

The clincher:“We’ve designed our whole probiotic research platform to develop different strains for different areas” – Barry Kiely, chief executive, Alimentary Health

Alimentary Health, the Cork-based probiotic-maker, has secured grant funding of €2.5 million from Science Foundation Ireland to develop bacterial cultures specifically for gut health in newborns. The company has earmarked €1.5 million of its own funding for the research, which it will carry ...