Luminate Medical is developing LILY, the world's first pain-free and portable solution to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy.
Location: Ireland, Galway City
Total raised: $7.9M
Founded date: 2018
Founders name: Edward Jones
Founders Related Locations: Ireland, Connacht, Galway
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 02.07.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | SciFounder... | scifounder... |
| - | Elkstone P... | elkstonepa... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 28.06.2022 | - | $5M | - |
| 30.05.2022 | Seed | $2.9M | - |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Edward | Jones | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.02.2026 | From blood tests to orbital labs: Europe’s next generation of cancer tech | Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. Cancer kills around 10 million people each year — more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Fortunately, European startups are accelerating innovation across the cancer care pipeline, fr... |
| 11.01.2026 | Luminate Fuels Home Cancer Care Revolution with $21 Million Investment | Luminate secures a pivotal $21 million. This Series A extension boosts total funding past $50 million. The substantial capital fuels a significant shift. It accelerates home-based cancer treatment solutions. Luminate expands its reach drama... |
| 07.01.2026 | Luminate Raises $21M in Expanded Series A Funding | Luminate, a Galway, Ireland-based healthcare technology company, raised $21M in expanded Series A funding. The round was led by ARTIS Ventures and Lachy Groom, with participation from Western Alliance Life Sciences alongside existing invest... |
| 07.03.2025 | Female founders raised €145m last year but overall numbers raising capital drops | Female founders raised €145m last year but the number of women-founded companies that raised capital was down on 2023. According to a new report from TechIreland, 48 Irish women-founded startups fundraised a total of €145m. Deal size also i... |
| 19.03.2024 | María González Manso wins 2024 European Prize for Women Innovators | At a ceremony held in Brussels last night as part of the European Commission’s Research and Innovation week, The European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Innovation Council announced EIT Health-supported innovator, M... |
| 20.06.2023 | Four innovative Irish medical start-ups granted €18m in EU funding | Irish medical start-ups, backed by Enterprise Ireland, Luminate Medical, Hooke Bio, BioSimulytics, and Celtic Biotech have won €18m in funding under the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme. Irish co... |
| 01.07.2022 | Launches, Partnerhsips & Expansions: Interesting startup milestones we tracked this week | The European startup ecosystem is full of interesting and exciting news, twists and turns. At EU-Startups, our aim is to keep you informed on everything that’s going on and share the inspiring entrepreneurial spirit this continent has to of... |
| 27.06.2022 | Irish startup Luminate Medical picks up €4.7 million to tackle the side effects of cancer treatment | 08/02/2022 Luminate Medical, NUIG. Andrew Downes, Xposure Medtech startup Luminate Medical has announced a fresh capital injection of about €4.7 million. The Irish startup is developing medical devices to eliminate the side effects of cance... |
| 27.06.2022 | Ireland’s Luminate Medical shines with $5 million to bring chemo hair loss device | Irish medical device company Luminate Medical has raised over $5 million in grant financing and a seed round investment to develop medical devices to eliminate the side effects of cancer treatment such as chemotherapy-induced hair loss. The... |
| 30.05.2022 | EXCLUSIVE: Irish Startup Luminate Developing A Product That Prevents Hair Loss During Chemotherapy Raises $5 Million | Luminate Medical's cofounders (L to R): Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Martin O’Halloran, CEO ... [+] Aaron Hannon and CTO Dr. Barbara Oliveira Andrew Downes, XPOSURE |
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