Trinity spinout Oghma wins €500,000 to help turn scattered data into scientific breakthroughs
Posted on: 04 November 2026
Oghma has developed an AI platform for scientific R&D that rapidly processes unstructured, scattered data into a useable form.
Oghma has won a €500,000 investment prize (subject to due diligence) from Germany-based caesar. at the prestigious Stage Two pan-European spinout competition.
Founded by Professor Stefano Sanvito from Trinity’s School of Physics and Director of CRANN, along with Dr Luke Gilligan and Dr Matteo Cobelli, Oghma addresses a major challenge faced by data-driven enterprises; it helps companies access and use the vast amounts of valuable scientific knowledge that remain trapped in scattered, unstructured data sources.
Unlocking this information presents significant opportunities to accelerate R&D, improve modelling capabilities, reduce costs, and drive innovation.
Co-Founders Dr Luke Gilligan and Dr Matteo Cobelli accept the Investment prize offer from Dr Carolin Gabor, caesar. Also present are Stage Two Founders. Credit: Stage Two.
To date, the technology has been validated by major global companies, including chemical giant BASF and pharmaceutical process development company APC. It had 99.7% accuracy over a control dataset and BASF cited a 330-fold productivity gain. In other words, a task that would normally take 100 hours now takes about 18 minutes – a priceless efficiency increase for companies looking to accelerate their impact.
Professor Stefano Sanvito, Founder of Oghma, said: “We are delighted by our success at the Stage Two spinout competition in Berlin and the recognition and support of caesar.
“At Oghma, our mission is to unlock fragmented R&D data to construct predictive models. By making this data accessible, we will shorten development times, reduce R&D costs and enable the discovery and optimisation of next-generation material and chemical solutions.
“Oghma's ambition is to help drive the next generation of data-driven industrial innovation across the materials, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and semiconductor sectors, where AI and machine learning can transform how companies research, develop and bring new technologies to market.”
Oghma’s recent success at the Stage Two final in Berlin saw them compete among eight finalists that rose to the top of the pyramid from over 50 European spinouts pitching for investment at the pan-European university spinout competition. Stage Two is dedicated to showcasing the best emerging start-ups and spinouts from leading European universities, helping founders turn academic ideas into scalable ventures.
The investment offer came from caesar., a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital fund, specialising in DeepTech, GreenTech, HealthTech and FinTech. They write first cheques into pre-seed and seed-stage startups, primarily in the DACH region and across Europe, and work closely with founders from the very first round onwards.
Dr Carolin Gabor, caesar., said: “Oghma solves the unglamorous problem that keeps AI out of materials R&D: getting messy, siloed research data into a state where it can be used. With a strong scientific founding team and first industrial validation, it’s exactly the kind of company we are looking for at the earliest stage.”
Supported by Trinity College Dublin’s Technology Transfer Office, Oghma is currently nearing the end of a Commercialisation Fund award from Enterprise Ireland.
For more information visit the Oghma, and caesar. websites.
