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An exclusive event in Dublin honored outstanding female entrepreneurs across various sectors, including Zoe O'Sullivan of Lymphia, Deirdre Lyons of Acuru, Heidi Davis of Peri, and Fidelma McGuirk of Payslip, recognizing their innovations in health tech, education, and FinTech.
These awards celebrate the best and brightest female entrepreneurs in Ireland, across the worlds of fashion, technology, beauty, lifestyle, wellness and more! The winners, decided by an expert panel and awarded at an exclusive lunch in Dublin’s Anantara Marker Hotel on November 20th, will be profiled in VIP Magazine.
Zoe O’Sullivan, a graduate from the University of Maynooth, created Lymphia, a device that allows people living with conditions such as lipoedema and lymphoedema to perform lymphatic drainage at home. Those suffering from these conditions rely on compression devices of professional massages by a physiotherapist, but with this device it empowers them to perform the drainage independently, while also saving time and cost.
Beginning her career in PwC, before moving into roles within investment companies and lecturing in tax, Deirdre Lyons founded Acuru in 2020, the learning platform to learn complex topics and acquire challenging skills. Previously Examfly, the educational technology company rebranded for expansion in the United States and United Kingdom. Heidi Davis is the co-founder and CEO of Peri, which develops an AI-powered wearable device to help manage perimenopause symptoms.
Established with Donal O’Gorman in 2022, she is focused on closing the women’s health data gap by using physiological insights to help women better understand and manageFidelma McGuirk is the founder and CEO of Payslip, a global payroll technology platform she established in 2016 to help multinational companies automate and manage internationalWith over 25 years’ experience scaling global businesses, she is an award-winning entrepreneur and recognised leader in the FinTech and global payroll industries, as well as a strong advocate for female entrepreneurship. Initially training as a physical therapist, Ciara Clancy founded Beats Medical, a digital health company developing personalised physical therapy programmes for people with neurological movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
Passionate about advancing therapies, Ciara Clancy has helped to transform the lives of thousands of people with Parkinson’s disease all over the world and allows people to reclaim their mobility and independence. Claire McHugh is the co-founder and CEO of Axonista, which she established with Daragh Ward in 2010. The Irish technology company develops software that brings interactive experiences to television, working with major broadcasters and brands including TV3, QVC, MTV and ESPN.
As CEO, Claire McHugh focuses on growing the company, developing partnerships and building a strong team to drive innovation in the future of television. Rosanne Longmore is the CEO and co-founder of Coroflo, a Dublin-based company developing technology to support breastfeeding. After 15 years in financial services, she moved into entrepreneurship, helping develop Coro, a smart nipple shield and app that uses a patented sensor to measure milk flow in real time.
Under her leadership, Coroflo won Richard Branson’s Virgin Voom Competition and the ESB Spark of Genius at Web Summit, among other early-stage awards. Launched in 2025, Emer Mugisha is the co-founder of Cyberminds, an Irish education platform to make cybersecurity and AI learning more accessible, practical and engaging. Founded with her husband Josh, the platform uses learning, gamification and a mobile-first approach, and has grown organically to almost 20,000 learners worldwide.
The company’s future developments include expanding into SME and enterprise markets, with plans for multilingual learning and practical AI labs.
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