Medtech

Irish medtech company Luminate Medical raises €5m

Company founded in 2018 has developed a device to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy

Martin O'Halloran, Aaron Hannon and Barbara Oliveira founded Luminate Medical in 2018. Picture: Andrew Downes, Xposure

Luminate Medical, a medtech company that has developed a novel device to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, has secured €5 million in funding.

The financing comprises €2.7 million in equity from investors led by Elkstone, and a previously announced non-dilutive investment of over €2 million from the State's Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.

Luminate was founded in 2018 by Aaron Hannon, Barbara Oliveira and Martin O'Halloran, co-lead of Health Innovation Hub Ireland in Galway, and a ...