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 17
| 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... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| 27.05.2022 | EIT Health Catapult 2021-22 names winners | This year’s EIT Health Catapult competition crowned Ebenbuild, Leuko and SolasCure as champions at the EIT Health Summit. The Catapult competition looks to boost the development of European health start-ups by exposing them to world-class e... |
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