Cortechs was named winner of the FutureHealth programme in NDRC at an event last night. The early stage venture developed a wearable brainwave platform that helps children with ADHD focus on tasks more effectively.
Ten start-ups that took part in the eight-week FutureHealth programme. The Cortechs team, led by founder Aine Behan, will receive €15,000 worth of mentorship services from EY.
Developed by NDRC, with partner UCD and supported by ICON, EY and Enterprise Ireland FutureHealth is the first pre-accelerator programme focused on health tech in Ireland. NDRC, which has previously worked with later stage healthcare ventures, worked with theentrepreneurs to build their teams, test business concepts, reach customers and establish whether their health tech idea could become a high potential growth business.
Helen McBreen, venture leader, NDRC said: “Our aim was to find individuals with disruptive health ideas who with the right team and support could bring digitally orientated health technologies to the marketplace…..We had 10 very strong teams take part with a focus on personalised therapies, participatory medicine and empowering patients, with winner Cortechs really demonstrating strong early stage commercial traction.”
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