Top 10 Healthtech Startups in Ireland (2026)
Gina Lupu Florian
Founder & co-CEO
Reading time: 7 min
Jun 15, 2026
A guide to Ireland's top 10 healthtech startups in 2026 and what it takes to build a compliant, fundable health product.
Product & UX/UI design
We design thoughtful, user-centered products that combine usability, strategy, and visual clarity to drive engagement and business growth while solving the pain points of the end customers. After our Product Design phase, you'll receive five key deliverables: a flowchart, high-fidelity concept screens, UI Style Guide and Components, and a functional prototype. Scroll down to explore our process in detail and see how we bring your ideas to life!
Product Design covers every stage of building a digital product, from concept to final interface. The product design phase is essential in shaping your app to effectively meet user needs and business goals. Starting with rapid assumption validation, this phase focuses on gathering user feedback early and often, which helps refine the app's features and usability.
Product discovery
defining your idea
Our product discovery workshop is the first step in turning your app idea into reality. By bringing together developers, product managers, and product designers with extensive experience across various industries, we ensure that your app starts off with a well-crafted, solid groundwork.
UX/UI design
shaping your vision
User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design are essential for any digital product. UX design ensures a smooth, intuitive, and efficient experience by understanding user needs and creating logical, user-friendly flows. UI design focuses on the visual elements users interact with, enhancing the product's look and feel.
Enhanced user satisfaction
We are dedicated to performance and beauty, and both mobile app development services and web development services combined with a good UX/UI ensure that users find the app easy and enjoyable to use, boosting user retention and engagement rates.
Brand strengthening
A consistent and appealing UI boosts brand recognition and trust, showing your company's values and personality through a stunning visual and interactive experience.
Faster product validation
Product Design, led by our skilled team and assisted by AI, involves early prototyping and user testing, helping you validate ideas before development. By validating ideas in days rather than weeks, this reduces risks, saves costs, and ensures the final product truly meets user needs.
Improved accessibility
Good design is inclusive, considering the needs of all users, including those with disabilities. Accessible design broadens your product's reach, meets legal standards, and enhances user satisfaction.
benefits
value of product design for your business
guide
product design process
SHARP VISION
Discovery and research
- Goal Identification: We work closely to understand the business objectives and define the project's goals.
- User Research: We conduct surveys, interviews, and observations to uncover the needs, preferences, and behaviors of your target audience.
- Competitor Analysis: We evaluate competing products to pinpoint strengths, weaknesses, and unique opportunities for differentiation.
USER-CENTRIC APPROACH
Strategy and planning
- User Personas: We develop detailed personas based on the research to represent the diverse users of your product.
- User Journey Maps: We create journey maps to visualize each persona's full experience with your product, from initial contact to final interaction.
- Feature Roadmap: We strategically prioritize and map the features to align with business goals and user needs, ensuring a focused and effective development path.
STRUCTURING AND FLOW MODELING
Design concept
- Information Architecture (IA): We streamline your website or app's content and flow to create an intuitive and easy-to-navigate user experience.
- Functional Prototype: Using AI tools, we move from a validated concept to a working prototype that establishes your product's foundational structure and simulates the user interface and interactions of the final product, skipping traditional low-fidelity wireframing.
VISUAL INTERACTION EXPERIENCE
UI design and finalization
- Visual design: We enhance your product with beautifully chosen color schemes, typography, and design elements that boost aesthetic appeal and usability and reinforce brand consistency.
- Interaction Design: We incorporate subtle animations and transitions to elevate the interactivity and responsiveness of the interface, making the user experience smoother and more engaging.
guide
product design process
SHARP VISION
Discovery and research
- Goal Identification: We work closely to understand the business objectives and define the project's goals.
- User Research: We conduct surveys, interviews, and observations to uncover the needs, preferences, and behaviors of your target audience.
- Competitor Analysis: We evaluate competing products to pinpoint strengths, weaknesses, and unique opportunities for differentiation.
USER-CENTRIC APPROACH
Strategy and planning
- User Personas: We develop detailed personas based on the research to represent the diverse users of your product.
- User Journey Maps: We create journey maps to visualize each persona's full experience with your product, from initial contact to final interaction.
- Feature Roadmap: We strategically prioritize and map the features to align with business goals and user needs, ensuring a focused and effective development path.
STRUCTURING AND FLOW MODELING
Design concept
- Information Architecture (IA): We streamline your website or app's content and flow to create an intuitive and easy-to-navigate user experience.
- Functional Prototype: Using AI tools, we move from a validated concept to a working prototype that establishes your product's foundational structure and simulates the user interface and interactions of the final product, skipping traditional low-fidelity wireframing.
VISUAL INTERACTION EXPERIENCE
UI design and finalization
- Visual design: We enhance your product with beautifully chosen color schemes, typography, and design elements that boost aesthetic appeal and usability and reinforce brand consistency.
- Interaction Design: We incorporate subtle animations and transitions to elevate the interactivity and responsiveness of the interface, making the user experience smoother and more engaging.
tech stack
tools used
Figma
Sketch
Adobe Ilustrator
Adobe After Effects
Marvel
projects
our work
We specialise in premium mobile app development services, web development services, and everything that revolves around them: Product Design, Product Strategy, AI integration, QA and maintenance. Over the years, we’ve not only built powerful digital products but also played a key role in boosting conversion rates, optimizing performance, adapting to growing user bases, and improving app store rankings and reviews. These efforts have driven greater user engagement and significantly increased revenue.
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From startups to scale-ups and industry giants—brands across various industries choose us as their trusted partners. They rely on us to transform their ideas into stunning products, deliver innovative solutions, and enhance existing projects to help them stand out in the market.
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Reading time: 5 min
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FAQ
frequently asked questions
Yes, we offer comprehensive web design services. Our skilled designers specialize in creating visually appealing, user-friendly, and responsive websites tailored to your needs. We focus on understanding your brand, goals, and target audience to craft a website that looks great and delivers an exceptional user experience. Our services include everything from initial concept development to final design and implementation, ensuring that your website is optimized for performance, accessibility, and search engine rankings.
The cost of our product & UX/UI design services varies depending on the scope and complexity of the project. We offer customized pricing based on factors such as the number of screens, the level of interactivity, the need for user research, and the overall design requirements. We recommend scheduling a consultation with our team to provide you with an accurate estimate. During this consultation, we will discuss your project details, goals, and specific needs to create a tailored proposal that fits your budget.
As a Product Design company, we are committed to creating inclusive and accessible experiences for all users. We adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to ensure that our designs are accessible to people with disabilities. This includes considerations for visual impairments, hearing impairments, motor difficulties, and cognitive limitations. We implement best practices such as using appropriate color contrasts, providing text alternatives for non-text content, ensuring keyboard navigability, and designing for screen readers.
Yes, our Product Design services strictly adhere to both Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and Google's Material Design guidelines. These guidelines are essential for creating intuitive, user-friendly, and aesthetically pleasing applications that meet the high standards set by these major platforms. By following Apple's guidelines, we ensure that our designs are consistent with the iOS ecosystem, providing a seamless and enjoyable experience for iPhone and iPad users. Similarly, by following Google's Material Design guidelines, we create applications that are visually coherent and functionally consistent across Android devices. Learn more about our custom iOS app development and Android mobile application development services.
UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) are closely related but distinct concepts in design. UI refers to the visual elements that users interact with, such as buttons, icons, and layouts. It focuses on the look and feel of an application, ensuring that it is aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. UX, on the other hand, encompasses the overall experience a user has with a product or service. It involves understanding user needs, behaviors, and pain points to create a smooth, efficient, and satisfying interaction. While UI is concerned with the presentation, UX is about functionality and user satisfaction. Together, UI and UX work hand-in-hand to create intuitive and effective user experiences.
Yes, you can absolutely provide your own design for us to develop. We understand that some clients prefer to create their own designs to match their unique vision and brand identity. Our team is experienced in collaborating with client-provided designs, ensuring that your concepts are accurately and effectively translated into a functional and high-performing application. We will work closely with you to review your design files, offer any necessary adjustments for technical feasibility, and ensure that your design adheres to best practices for user experience and accessibility. Our primary goal is to bring your unique vision to life while maintaining the highest quality and performance standards.
