SeamlessCare, a UCD digital health spin-out venture, has secured €700,000 in seed funding from angel investor and former HSE chairman Dr Frank Dolphin and Enterprise Ireland.
The company said the funding will enable it to accelerate the roll-out of its innovative assistive technologies.
SeamlessCare’s products are focused on enhancing communication and support the care of people with autism, acquired brain injury, dementia, intellectual disability and a wide range of other conditions.
The business was founded in 2021 by Dr Aviva Cohen, Ian Kennedy and Dr Çağrı Çubukçu.
A spin-out from the UCD School Mechanical and Materials Engineering, SeamlessCare was established with the support of NovaUCD following the completion of Enterprise Ireland commercialisation funding.
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CEO Aviva Cohen commented: “Frank Dolphin is a well-known businessman and entrepreneur in the health sector and a chartered psychologist by profession, and we are already learning so much from his wealth of experience. We now look forward to rolling out our range of assistive technologies to improve the lives of individuals with complex needs and those who provide their care and support.”
“Our first product Empathic enables non-verbal people to independently communicate their feelings. We are now running a closed Beta test. The feedback from testers so far has been fantastic and we are rapidly progressing towards an open Beta version.
“Later this year Empathic will become available through the Apple app store and Google Play where families and institutions can purchase low-cost subscriptions. They include a version of the app to share with everyone who interacts with the non-verbal person,” Dr Cohen added.
The company is also accelerating the development of a second product called Focus. This is a video-based care planning API, accompanied by a user-friendly mobile app. It enables carers to record short videos of daily activities, take notes, send alerts and update written care plans from any device, quickly and easily.
Frank Dolphin has invested €350,000 through his company Craiganure Holdings Ltd.
“The SeamlessCare team are ambitious for their business while genuinely wanting their technology to improve outcomes for others. I’m delighted to support this dynamic young company,” he said.
