Irish deep‑tech firms highlighted in SiliconRepublic list

SiliconRepublic.com has compiled a list of ten Irish‑founded deep‑tech companies that are gaining attention.

Horizon Quantum, founded by Dr Joe Fitzsimons in 2018, is based in Singapore and listed on Nasdaq after a merger with SPAC dMY Squared Technology Group. The company plans to locate a 256‑qubit “IonQ” testbed at its Dublin European headquarters, citing Ireland’s quantum ecosystem and talent pool.

Licovolt, a 2024 spin‑out from University College Dublin (UCD), has created a patented chemical compound and process to recycle minerals from spent batteries and black mass at lower cost and emissions. It received an undisclosed investment from Davencor Holdings last year.

UCD spin‑out LirOptic, co‑founded in 2020 by Prof Dominic Zerulla, Simon Forsyth and Joe O’Keeffe, has developed a new optical lens technology that it says improves smartphone camera performance. The firm joined the Luminate NY accelerator programme last year.

Marama Labs, co‑founded by Brendan Darby, Prof Eric Le Ru and Dr Matthias Meyer in 2019, operates from New Zealand and Ireland and is working on next‑generation genetic sequencing. It was named one of the inaugural winners of the Irish Genomics Business Plan Competition.

Other companies on the list include Oscil, which offers data‑analytics tools for the pharmaceutical and dairy sectors; Nax, developing nucleic‑acid extraction technology with Enterprise Ireland support; and ProvenMetal, an advanced‑manufacturing start‑up that joined the Y Combinator accelerator.

Source: Silicon Republic. Photo: Joaquin Carfagna / Pexels.