NanoMind-GenAI
An AI formulation platform helping pharma companies and CDMOs design lipid nanoparticles for RNA therapeutics faster and with fewer experiments.
Lead: Dr. Nan Zhang
Healthcare & Medical Applications
Shona Darcy
Advisory Board
Dr. Shona D’Arcy is an electronic engineer and digital-health innovator who founded Kids Speech Labs in 2018—creating AI-driven tools to streamline speech and language therapy for children and help reduce healthcare system waitlists
She currently serves as Entrepreneurship Lead at EIT Health Ireland–UK, where she supports early-stage health-tech startups in scaling across Ireland, the UK, and Europe
She holds a Ph.D. in speech recognition—with a dissertation on accents and children’s speech—and has a strong research background in speech-tech and medical devices
Last updated: 23 November 2025
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Pro-Advance
Takes ProACT, a validated digital platform for managing multimorbidity, from research prototype to a commercial product for community-based care.
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Lead: Dr. Julie Doyle
Healthcare & Medical Applications
ProstheticAI
An AI platform recommending personalised prosthesis configurations from patient data, improving socket fit, comfort and rehabilitation outcomes.
South East Technological University
Lead: Kurt Jan Pumares
Healthcare & Medical ApplicationsReady to start collaborating?
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