Nocomed Secures Funding To Help Healthcare Tackle Least Visible Most Significant Blindspot

Irish Sustainability Startup Nocomed Targets Healthcare’s Biggest Emissions Blind Spot

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Sector-specific software helps healthcare suppliers cut supply chain emissions and meet rising buyer requirements.

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Dublin, Ireland – January 2026 – Nocomed, a Dublin-based sustainability software company, is tackling one of healthcare’s least visible but most significant climate challenges: emissions buried deep in supply chains. The company has secured backing 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, raising €650,000 in seed funding to support the development and scale-up of its platform.

Healthcare accounts for more than 4% of global carbon emissions, exceeding the aviation sector, with over 70% of that footprint generated outside hospital walls through purchased goods, manufacturing, and logistics. As health systems across Europe tighten climate and procurement requirements, suppliers are under growing pressure to provide credible, auditable emissions data and demonstrate year-on-year progress.

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Founded in Dogpatch Labs’ Founders Talent Accelerator programme, Nocomed has built a purpose-designed platform for the life sciences and healthcare sector that enables organisations to measure, report, and reduce emissions across scope 1, 2, and 3. The software automates data collection through bill uploads, CSV integrations, equipment label scanning, and manual inputs, applying region-specific emissions factors aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

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Unlike generic carbon accounting tools or one-off reports, Nocomed is designed to sit inside everyday business operations of healthcare organisations and suppliers. Customers use the platform to continuously collect emissions data, maintain auditable baselines, and update reduction plans as suppliers, operations, or energy mixes change.

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“Healthcare exists to improve human health, but its emissions and pollution burden increasingly contribute to the very challenges the system is trying to solve,” said Rosemary Durcan, CEO and Co-Founder of Nocomed.  “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.”

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Today, many suppliers rely on fragmented spreadsheets or costly once-off expensive project approaches, often without owning their underlying data or assumptions. Nocomed positions itself as a practical alternative: a system that stays in-house, builds institutional knowledge over time, and reduces the friction of repeat reporting cycles.

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Co-Founder and CTO Dónal Adams, an ex-Apple engineer, brings deep experience in building scalable SaaS products. “We don’t just generate a report and disappear,” said Adams. “Our customers use Nocomed as an ongoing system. When tenders, audits, or reporting deadlines come around, they’re building on what already exists rather than starting from scratch.”

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Nocomed is currently working with customers and counts internationally operating Kora Healthcare as a reference customer in Dublin. The company is initially focused on Ireland, UK and European markets. 

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“As we expand our portfolio and bring healthcare products to patients internationally, it’s important that how we operate reflects our values,” said Conor O’Daly, CEO of Kora Healthcare. “Nocomed gives us a clear, auditable view of our emissions and embeds sustainability into day-to-day operations, helping us meet growing customer expectations while focusing on delivering high-quality products that improve patients’ quality of life.”

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While formal “green procurement” policies continue to evolve, sustainability performance is already influencing healthcare purchasing decisions. Nocomed believes suppliers that embed emissions management into organisational workflows and use this data to inform strategic, long-term emission reduction planning will be best positioned as climate requirements become a standard part of tenders and long-term contracts.

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About

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Nocomed is a sustainability software company helping life sciences and healthcare organisations measure, report, and reduce carbon emissions across their operations and supply chains. Built specifically for the regulated healthcare sector, Nocomed enables companies to meet healthcare compliance requirements, identify meaningful carbon reduction opportunities, and strengthen their position as preferred suppliers in a net-zero healthcare system.

Press Contact:

‍Emma Heaton-Esposito, Nocomed Communications Representative Dogpatch Labs, Dublin, Ireland (Ireland’s Leading Startup Hub) emma@dogpatchlabs.com