Breathing rate start-up CEO scoops entrepreneur prize

Spyras, a London-based start-up developing technology to monitor breathing for both the health and sports industries, has recently won a number of accolades.

The company has developed sensors that measure a person’s breathing rate, which could be used to collect real-time breathing data of hospital patients and quickly detect patient deterioration due to infections that develop into sepsis. The sensors could also be used to aid athletes and sportspersons during training to monitor their performance or effort levels.

The company was a runner-up in the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards 2019. George Winfield, founder and CEO of Spyras, was announced as the UK’s most promising young entrepreneur in technology and engineering by the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub

Spyras is working with Appleyard Lees to secure patents for their breath monitoring and AI algorithms, and the company has been awarded another grant from the Appleyard Lees Growth Fund to help them to do so. Associate Parminder Lally said: “It’s so exciting to work with George, and I’m pleased that he’s getting recognition for the amazing, and potentially life-saving, technology he has developed. It is also great to see the start-up beginning to grow, and I’m sure that with an expanded team, there will be even more innovation coming out of the company.

Winfield said: “It is starting to get exciting at Spyras. With our recent developments in the technology to potential partnerships in line with major health providers and various other industry leaders, to have been awarded the JC Gammon award by the Royal Academy of Engineering is testament to the teams and sacrifices so far. We look forward to welcoming our new team members into Spyras and announcing some more exciting news soon.”