The KPMG in Ireland finalists are based in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Louth and Monaghan, and offer tech innovations and solutions in a variety of real world fields.

Eight Irish companies have been shortlisted for the national final of the 2026 KPMG Global Tech Innovator competition.

The KPMG in Ireland finalists are based in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Louth and Monaghan, and are nominated for their technology platforms and solutions in the areas of biotech drug delivery; accessible digital products; AI governance and assurance; cardiac health monitoring; management of AI agents; childcare management; AI-powered patient engagement; and menopause and hormonal care.

ArrayPatch has developed proprietary, polymer-free microneedle drug delivery systems that aim to enable painless, targeted and self-administered delivery of medicines. It began as a biotech spin-out at University College Cork.

DevAlly is an AI-powered accessibility compliance platform that aims to assist software teams in building and maintaining compliant, inclusive digital products and websites for accessibility to people with disabilities. Last October, it raised €2m in pre-seed funding to expand its team and scale its presence in the US.

Disseqt is a compliance testing platform designed to enable IT teams to discover and resolve undesirable AI agent behaviours for maintenance of standards and compliance by an organisation’s agentic systems.

Galenband offers an upper-arm wearable designed to capture up to 90 days of continuous electrocardiogram data without adhesives, daily charging or apps, with a specific focus on aiming to improve detection of silent atrial fibrillation after stroke.

Jentic offers a platform and agentic process aiming for safe connection between AI and enterprise APIs and platforms. It became the first Irish company to be selected for the AWS generative AI accelerator last year, and completed a €4m pre-seed raise in 2024.

Öogo has built a childcare-focused infrastructure layer to connect parents, caregivers, employers and hospitality partners on a single platform for the purpose of matching families with trusted service providers.

Spryt provides an AI-powered patient engagement and medical care organisation platform aiming to improve efficiencies in booking, planning, scheduling and care delivery through an integrated AI ‘medical receptionist’. A January investment valued the company at around $12.5m.

The MenoPal offers a unifying intelligence layer for menopause and hormone health by aiming to combine fragmented symptoms, wearable data and clinical information into structured and predictive insights.

Anna Scally, global head of technology, media and telecommunications at KPMG, said: “Our finalists are all focused on solving real world issues. From childcare and women’s health to management of AI agents and effective delivery of drugs, these companies cover almost every corner of the tech landscape and are superb examples of the breadth of innovation occurring across the island of Ireland.

“Each of the CEOs and founders are also hugely ambitious for their companies and the impact their technology can deliver.”

The panel judging the eight finalists will comprise Scally; Cyril McGuire, entrepreneur and CEO of Infinity Capital; Colin Goulding, vice-president for trust and safety at Google; Caroline Gaynor, partner at Lightstone Ventures and chair of the IVCA; and Conor Stanley, founder of Tribal.vc.

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