Finnish start-up NurseBuddy has shown a healthy appetite for Dublin by opening an office here.

Last spring its four founders left the freezing tundra to spend three months embedded in Irish digital health accelerator HealthXL.

Simo Hännikkälä, its chief executive, said their experience of Dublin was so good they decided to open their first office outside their native land in Ireland. "We love being in Dublin and hope to win business in Ireland and use it as a springboard to expand into the UK," said Hännikkälä.

NurseBuddy’s product is a clever communications tool for everyone in the home care loop – from care providers, to carers, to clients and families anxious to keep an eye on loved ones.

Its main investor is Reaktor Polte, the busiest seed investor in the technology sector in Finland, and the company has made firm inroads into the home care business in its homeland.

“We want to win business in Dublin too,” Hännikkälä said,

“There is a huge opportunity to help both home care providers ensure they are giving the best service, and reassure families in real time that their loved ones are being looked after,” he said.

It's a good win too for Martin Kelly and his team at HealthXL as they bid to put Ireland firmly on the exciting digital healthcare map.