KPMG in Ireland today announced the shortlisted companies that will compete in the Ireland final of the KPMG Global Tech Innovator competition 2026. The competition, now in its sixth year, provides a platform to showcase the best of Ireland’s emerging tech innovators across diverse sectors.
The finalists were selected after evaluating a high volume of exceptional entries and will pitch their innovations and growth ambitions to an esteemed panel of judges: Cyril McGuire, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, CEO, Infinity Capital; Colin Goulding, Vice President, Trust and Safety, Google; Caroline Gaynor, Partner, Lightstone Ventures and current Chair of the IVCA; Conor Stanley, Founder, Tribal.vc and Anna Scally, Global Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications, KPMG.
The finalists
The shortlisted companies from Cork, Dublin, Galway, Louth and Monaghan are innovating in a broad range of areas. The finalists have developed technology platforms and solutions to address many complex challenges including, management of childcare, building of accessible digital products, menopause and hormonal care, cardiac health monitoring, AI governance and assurance, management of AI agents, AI-powered patient engagement and biotech drug delivery.
Speaking about this year’s Global Tech Innovator finalists, Anna Scally, Global Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications, 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. I am really excited to see how each of our finalists develop.”
2026 GTI finalists include:
ArrayPatch
ArrayPatch is an Irish biotechnology company developing next-generation microneedle drug delivery systems that enable painless, targeted, and self-administered delivery of medicines. The company’s proprietary platform uses drug-only, polymer-free microneedles to improve drug loading, dosing precision, and patient convenience. ArrayPatch is advancing programmes in GLP-1 therapies, skin cancer, and fungal infections while building a strong foundation for future clinical trials and product launches.
DevAlly
DevAlly is an AI-powered accessibility compliance platform that helps software teams build and maintain compliant, inclusive digital products. It combines site-wide scanning, real user workflow auditing (via its Chrome extension), and automated compliance reporting in one tool. By focusing on real user journeys rather than static checks, it embeds continuous accessibility into everyday product development. Whether starting or scaling an accessibility compliance program, DevAlly helps product teams automate and streamline compliance under EAA, ADA and Section 508.
Disseqt
Disseqt is the Assurance Layer for Enterprise AI Operations. AI agents hallucinate, drift, and go off-script at runtime, and most enterprises can’t see it happening. Disseqt gives IT teams one platform to test and detect, protect and enforce, prove and comply across the full agent lifecycle, meeting frameworks like the EU AI Act and ISO 42001.
Galenband
Galenband is a Galway-based MedTech startup developing an upper-arm wearable to capture up to 90 days of continuous ECG data without adhesives, daily charging, or apps. The company is initially focused on improving detection of silent atrial fibrillation after stroke, where longer monitoring could help clinicians more effectively apply treatments that prevent stroke recurrence.
Jentic
Jentic connects AI safely to enterprise APIs and platforms. AI transformation programs are stuck on integration, reliability, security, compliance and maintainability. Jentic provides a platform and a comprehensive agentic process that automates AI-ready API modernisation, proves agent ROI in a sandbox environment, and scales into production with a unified governed execution layer. AI-native, platform neutral and enterprise-first, Jentic has already established a leadership over relevant standards, is selling to Fortune 500s, and was one of 40 companies in the 2025 AWS Global AI Accelerator.
öogo
öogo is the global infrastructure layer for childcare, connecting parents, caregivers, employers and hospitality partners on one intelligent platform. They match families with trusted, vetted Minders using a proprietary algorithm built on years of expert concierge matching. They are post-revenue with enterprise recurring contracts, and are building the system that makes childcare work the way everything else in the modern economy works. They are building the global platform that brings the childcare industry in line with all other industries.
SPRYT
SPRYT is an AI-powered patient engagement and care orchestration platform built to close the gap between booked care and delivered care. At its core is an AI medical receptionist that lives on WhatsApp, SMS, and RCS, allowing patients to book, reschedule, cancel, pay, ask questions, and manage appointments in over 140 languages, 24/7, without downloading an app. SPRYT uses predictive AI to identify no-shows and cancellations with up to 90% accuracy helping providers reduce wasted capacity, improve utilisation, and intervene before care is missed.
The MenoPal
The MenoPal is the central intelligence layer for menopause and hormone health, transforming fragmented symptoms, wearable and clinical data into structured, predictive insights that power personalised care, clinical research and the future of women’s health innovation.