5 days ago
Accessibility platform company DevAlly closes €2m funding round
Irish
accessibility compliance platform DevAlly has closed a €2 million funding round to help expand its business and grow its
US
presence.
The pre-seed funding round was led by Miles Ahead, with participation from
Enterprise Ireland
,
NDRC
and prominent European angels.
The company is targeting growth in the United States, with the funding used to expand its product and engineering team, growing to 15 people.
'DevAlly is redefining digital accessibility; this isn't just a compliance checklist – it's an end-to-end solution that empowers product teams to embed accessibility into design, development and culture,' said Miles Ahead's Luc Burgelman. 'That approach is what makes DevAlly so powerful: it enables intuitive, inclusive digital experiences across all devices. The company has tremendous potential to become a global leading player in this field.'
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DevAlly, which was cofounded by Cormac Chisolm, Patrick Guiney-Fox and Darren Britton last year, has developed an AI-driven compliance management platform designed to make it easy for businesses to incorporate accessibility into their products as they are building them, assess how accessible their product is and identify what steps they need to take to be compliant with the European Accessibility Act.
The act officially came into force on June 28, 2025 and sets standards for digital accessibility across the EU. Among the organisations it applies to are ecommerce platforms, banking apps, public sector websites and hardware. Failure to comply with the act can lead to penalties including fines of up to €500,000, exclusion from public contracts, product bans or even criminal penalties in some jurisdictions.
However, the majority of websites have some form of accessibility issue, recent reports have shown. DevAlly's platform helps businesses to audit and fix accessibility issues within minutes, detecting accessibility problems in digital products and providing guidance to help solve the issue.
'If your product isn't accessible, it's broken. Accessible products reach more people, reduce legal risk and strengthen your brand,' said Mr Chisholm, chief executive of DevAlly. 'As we make it effortless to build in, then suddenly you're not just compliant, you're ahead, creating products that don't just feel better, but perform better too. With this investment we're doubling down on great talent to help democratise accessibility once and for all.'
