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Lisa Bailie, Barclays Eagle Lab and Harvey Beilinsohn, iSensing
Neurovalens Neurovalens’ vision is to transform lives through groundbreaking technology products across a wide range of medical applications. Based in Belfast, the company prides itself on being one of the world’s leading developers of new neurostimulation technologies. Modius, its first device, manages signals in the brain that control appetite, fullness and cravings, making it easier to lose weight. It’s stated goal is to make life better one body at a time. Modius was launched in August 2017 on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo and has growth rapidly from a team of three in July 2017 to over 30 by March 2018. Neurovalens spent 9 months at Eagle Labs connecting with many important people and businesses to help the team grow their ideas and product. Modius launched on Amazon UK this May and has won numerous awards including Best New Concept or Innovation at the 2018 Yahoo Sports Technology Awards, Winner Start Up of the Year at the 2018 Digital DNA Awards, 2018 Consumer Electronics Show Innovation Award, Placed 3rd at 2018 CES Last Gadget Standing, Start Up World Cup Northern Ireland Winner 2018 and received the Business Eye Small Business Awards Healthcare Business of the Year 2018. Neurovalens has now graduated the Eagle Lab and has an office to call its own.
iSensing iSensing designs, builds, operates and owns citywide sensor networks to monitor citizen behaviour and provide data used in the planning of civic services and capacity. Its systems are at work in the UK, Spain, Mexico and Brazil providing analytics and instant data access. The company was born out of a research and development project in 2013 and has already won major awards, including the Urban Solution Award at the Smart City World Congress in Barcelona. It has ambitious plans to build networks in 600 cities across the globe. “Barclays has always been very supportive of iSensing,” says founder Harvey Beilinsohn. “It really feels like they care and the service is much more than a traditional banking offering. One of the reasons we are with Barclays is to grow our business and make use of the wider Barclays network.”
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