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Our Mission

By 2030, ReaDI-Watch will transform how the world does R&D.

R&D is the engine of human progress — yet most of the knowledge created through it is lost, buried in documents, inboxes, and the memories of people who move on. ReaDI-Watch exists to change that. We are building the platform where every experiment, every result, and every breakthrough is captured, structured, and ready to build on — so that the next breakthrough starts further ahead.

By 2030, we will
01Empower 10,000 innovators

to execute world-class Research and Experimental Development with our product.

02Radically improve Time to Market

of new and improved products and processes, through 'best practice' and 'next practice' R&D management tools.

0350x reduce the burden of documentation

for engineers, scientists and developers, with our AI-assisted platform.

04Bridge academic and industrial R&D

through the platform's shared ontology.

05Bridge the funding language gap

between R&D funders (private and public), R&D/IP tax incentives, and companies — to truly fund the technologies that will drive humanity's progress.

What we're building to get there
AI-powered R&D Management OS
  • R&D knowledge capture and reuse
  • Identifying and planning R&D in the context of innovation, product development and customer delivery
AI-powered Financial R&D OS
  • Measuring and planning spend (attribution) to R&D
  • Measuring and planning fundable R&D (qualification)
Virtual R&D Assistants & Experts
  • Execute faster
  • Collaborate
Meet the team

The leaders of ReaDI-Watch

Dave Byrne
Dave Byrne
Co-founder & CEO

Dave leads ReaDI-Watch on its mission to help companies increase the return on their R&D and Innovation investment. He was Highly Commended as Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2025 AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards.

Prof. Gerry Byrne
Prof. Gerry Byrne
Co-founder

Gerry is the former Dean of Engineering at UCD and Former Senior Adviser to the President of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. He founded GB Innovation, the consulting practice whose success and methodology inspired ReaDI-Watch, and his years advising companies on R&D investment, tax credits, and grant funding are the expertise now encoded in the platform.

Aisling Kirwan
Aisling Kirwan
Co-founder

Aisling is a former Senior R&D Leader at Kerry Foods. She co-founded ReaDI-Watch in 2021 with a clear goal: to change the way companies invest in R&D and Innovation, and to make a proven approach accessible to companies of every size and stage.

Supported By

Brian Alderman
Technology Officer
Brian Alderman
Rob Giles
Canada RD&I Expert
Rob Giles
Sam Irving
Corporate Finance
Sam Irving
Dr. James Ryle
Systems & Software Expert
Dr. James Ryle

Our Presence

Toronto
Dublin
London
Berlin

Tech Start-Up of the Year

Ireland's National Startup Awards, 2023

Entrepreneur of the Year — Dave Byrne, CEO

AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards, 2025

Innovation Awards (IT & Fintech) — Shortlisted

The Irish Times, 2023

Frequently asked questions

Still have questions?

Book a 30-minute consultation with a ReaDI-Watch expert to explore how to get the most out of your RD&I.

ReaDI is a structured platform, supported by an expert team, that helps R&D-intensive organisations capture, document and fund their Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) activity. It keeps the work organised, defensible and ready for reporting, funding and decision-making, instead of leaving it scattered across people’s memories, inboxes and spreadsheets.

Both. The platform provides a structured environment, while our team can help define projects, maintain momentum and support reporting where needed. You get a managed system with expert support, as well as access to the software.

No. Many organisations we work with do not have a formal R&D function. The work can sit across engineering, product, operations and quality. ReaDI helps when your team is solving technical problems but cannot easily show what was tried, what worked and why.

RD&I becomes more structured and easier to manage. Projects are framed clearly from the outset, documentation is captured as the work happens and leadership gains better visibility. This reduces the need to reconstruct technical activity at year-end.

The aim is to make capturing your team’s work feel like a natural part of the process, without adding a separate administrative burden. ReaDI works alongside your existing tools and workflows, so engineers do not have to adopt a completely different way of working.