Irish start-up revolutionising clinical trials crowdfunds €1m in a week

Some 85% of clinical trials globally fail to enrol enough patients and 80% of clinical trials fail to finish on time

Dr Oran Rigby, founder and CEO, Akkure

An Irish start-up that aims to solve systemic problems in the global clinical trials industry by matching patients with the most relevant clinical trials has raised over €1m in just seven days through crowdfunding.

NovaUCD based start-up Akkure set out to raise €500,000 at a pre-money valuation of €4m.