Nocomed, a
Dublin-based sustainability software company, has raised €650,000 in seed
funding to support the continued development and expansion of its platform,
which focuses on supply chain-related emissions in the healthcare sector. The
investment came from independent medtech investor Barry Comerford (Founder of
Sauleen Holdings and Cambus Medical), software angel investor Edmund Wilson
(Co-Founder of Titian Software), and Enterprise Ireland.
Healthcare
is responsible for more than 4 per cent of global carbon emissions, exceeding the
aviation sector. More than 70 per cent of these emissions occur outside hospital
facilities, primarily through purchased goods, manufacturing, and logistics. As
health systems across Europe strengthen climate and procurement requirements,
suppliers face growing expectations to provide credible, auditable emissions
data and demonstrate measurable progress over time.
Founded through the Dogpatch Labs Founders Talent programme, Nocomed has built a platform for life sciences and healthcare organisations to measure, report, and reduce emissions, automating data collection and applying region-specific factors aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
Designed to
integrate into the day-to-day operations of healthcare organisations and
suppliers, the platform functions as an ongoing system rather than a standalone
carbon accounting tool or one-off reporting solution. Customers use it to
continuously collect emissions data, maintain auditable baselines, and update
reduction plans as suppliers, operations, or energy sources evolve.
Rosemary Durcan, CEO and co-founder of Nocomed, said that while healthcare aims to
improve human health, the sector’s emissions and pollution are increasingly
contributing to related health challenges.
We built
Nocomed so healthcare and life sciences organisations can clearly see where
emissions sit in their supply chains and take practical steps to reduce them,
not just produce reports.
Many
suppliers continue to rely on fragmented spreadsheets or one-off, project-based
approaches that can be costly and may not provide full visibility into
underlying data or assumptions. Nocomed positions its platform as an in-house
alternative designed to retain data ownership, build institutional knowledge
over time, and streamline recurring reporting requirements.
Co-founder
and CTO Dónal Adams said the platform is intended to serve as an ongoing
system, enabling customers to build on existing data when tenders, audits, or
reporting deadlines arise rather than starting from scratch.
The new
funding will support further product development and commercial expansion as
the company grows customer adoption. Nocomed plans to expand its presence
across Ireland, the UK, and wider European markets, while continuing to enhance
the platform’s capabilities to support healthcare and life sciences
organisations in managing supply chain emissions.