Preemie Sensor Wins Gold and Silver Awards from the International Design Awards (IDA)

February, 2021

Tellspec is pleased to announce that Preemie Sensor has received two awards for its beautiful, ergonomically friendly design from the 14th Annual Edition of the International Design Awards (IDA) within the Children’s Product Category. A Gold prize winner in the Pregnancy and Maternity and a Silver prize winner in the Health and Baby Care.

“When we were first approached to design a medical device that would analyse breast milk, we challenged ourselves to do something different. We wanted to create something extraordinary that went beyond complicated medical interfaces typically seen in healthcare. This is why we think the colour, size, texture and simplicity in design resonates not only with the IDA Jury but with professionals within the industry as well.”  Massimiliano Datti and Alessandro Spalletta, from Tellspec’s Industrial Design Team 

This year IDA received thousands of submissions from over 80 countries in 5 primary design categories: Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Product Design, and Fashion Design. The international Jury evaluated the entries and sought out designs beyond the ordinary, seeking those that reflected the revolutionary leading the way into the future.

“The IDA seeks out truly visionary designers showcasing creativity and innovation. As the world struggled with an unprecedented challenge in 2020, the IDA received a record number of outstanding entries which presented the Jury with an enormous task in selecting the winners,” commented Jill Grinda, VP Marketing and Business Development as stated in the IDA press release.

Receipt of this internationally celebrated award comes within months of the Preemie Sensor garnering the prestigious German Design Award in the category of Medical, Rehabilitation and Healthcare. 

“When developing the Preemie sensor, we wanted to keep the functionality and configuration as user friendly as possible. Its simplistic design makes it easy to use for NICUs and Human Milk Banks professionals.” Remarked Isabel Correa, CEO and Founder of Tellspec LTD. “There is nothing else like it on the market; the Preemie system is the  first complete platform for the management of preterm feeding. We are honoured by the recognition given to us by the IDA Jury.”

About Tellspec
Tellspec LTD is a big-data company that offers real-time, affordable, reliable, non-destructive, portable food analysis, and is active in the field of sensors, Internet of Things (IoT) and uses blockchain technology. Tellspec provides predictive intelligence about food, by combining spectral sensors, and machine learning algorithms, in a revolutionary technology that analyses foods, in real-time and at the molecular level.

For further information:
Info@tellspec.com

Tellspec’s Wins German Design Award for its Preemie Sensor in the Category of Medical, Rehabilitation and Health Care

November 13th, 2020

The German Design Award is one of the most prestigious awards on the European and international scene in the design sector. Only the best products and innovative projects are awarded, after a selection by a commission of renowned experts, who are members of the German Design Council. We are proud to announce that our Preemie sensor is a recipient of this prestigious award in the category of Medical, Rehabilitation and Healthcare.

We believe that participation in this competition, which over the years has become a showcase for the best international projects, provides a global platform that strategically positions the Preemie System with respect to the design of the products it develops.

“Winning this prestigious award is a great honour for our team,” says Isabel Correa, CEO and Founder of Tellspec LTD, the company that is developing the Preemie System, “It confirms our company’s ability to innovate across the board in all aspects of product development, including design. The German Design Award also allows our Preemie sensor to be present in the different European and International communication channels, further amplifying the scope of our mission of helping preterm infants get a healthy start in life”.

The design of the Preemie sensor was developed to reflect the brand, and took into account operational functionality, portability, weight, and ergonomics, with the aim of simplifying our users’ understanding of how to use the device. This design flow is reflected in the user interface of our Preemie software ecosystem:

• The Preemie Fortification software for Neonatal Intensive Care Units, to test milk composition, freshness, and safety, and to store and keep track of key data about infants’ nutrition and growth;
• The Preemie Feeding Tracker software, designed for neonatologists to track and manage each infant’s nutritional intake, correlate it with the infant’s growth, and to prescribe the fortification needed;
• The Preemie Milk Quality software, designed to allow personnel at Human Milk Banks to test milk composition, freshness, and safety, to store all the key data about donor milk, and to automatically print information labels for donor milk.
• The Preemie Milk Tracker software, designed for Human Milk Banks, to track information about the origin and journey of donor milk, and to tailor the milk pooling process.

A great deal of work has been done on the language of the device and on the semantic design aspects, so as to convey the perception of a smart and easy-to-use product. The Preemie sensor, soft in colour compared to other medical devices, at the same time is portable and durable. The goal was to create a product design which stands out amongst commonly used medical devices within the marketplace, for its user-friendly design, thus making it disruptive and innovative.

About Tellspec
Tellspec LTD is a big-data company that offers real-time, affordable, reliable, non-destructive, portable food analysis, and is active in the field of sensors, Internet of Things (IoT) and uses blockchain technology. Tellspec provides predictive intelligence about food, by combining spectral sensors, and machine learning algorithms, in a revolutionary technology that analyses foods, in real-time and at the molecular level.

For further information:
Info@tellspec.com

Tellspec LTD is pleased to announce that it has received EU funding for developing Preemie, a revolutionary rapid and portable human-milk screening sensor

November 11th, 2019

The Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 is one of the key instruments promoted by the European Commission for funding research and innovation in Europe. Its aim is to support high-potential SMEs with up to 2.5M€ to develop and commercialize ground-breaking products, able to shape new markets or disrupt existing ones in Europe and worldwide.

Tellspec presented its Preemie Project in the 2019 June cut-off, both in form of a written proposal and then pitching in front of a jury of business experts and investors. The project scored an outstanding evaluation of 14.6 over 15, and was one of the 63 proposals funded amongst the 2025 submitted from 40 different countries, thus succeeding with less than 3% success rate.

Such result confirms that the European Commission strongly believes in the high innovation potential of Tellspec in the fields of data analytics software, bioinformatics, and Artificial Intelligence, and in its capacity to innovate the Food and Health sectors with new AI-backed NIR systems.

The Preemie project applies the patented company’s technology in the Health sector. Each year 500,000 preterm babies are born in Europe and they often have poor health, with a severe lifetime impact on their quality of life and that of their families. Inadequate nutrition is the major reason for preterm infants’ ill health, since they need more nutrition than is provided by their mother’s milk. So, the milk needs to be fortified to avoid undernourishment, but the fortification typically done at Hospitals does not take into account the individual differences in the human milk’s composition and the infant’s nutritional needs. This is because current tools for measuring human milk composition are expensive, labour intensive, and require specially trained personnel.

Thanks to the EU endorsement, Tellspec will finally develop, certify and commercialize Preemie, the first rapid, portable, affordable, and easy-to-use milk testing system calibrated with human milk, that automatically calculates the fortification needed for each pre-term baby. Preemie also uses blockchain technology to trace the origin and confirm the authenticity of the donor’s milk. The system is poised to disrupt the existing market by allowing Hospitals and milk banks to scan all donor milk and automatically suggest fortification based on each infant’s individual needs, resulting in optimal babies’ growth and health.

Tellspec’s Preemie will complement the vast range of current and potential applications of the company’s technology. Tellspec LTD was incorporated in 2015 with the mission to build trust in food by offering a rapid, affordable, reliable, and non-destructive food analysis system. Thanks to the first comprehensive solution for AI- based NIR spectroscopy, its system can be used across the complete food and beverage supply chain for rapid food safety, quality and adulteration analysis. Tellspec’s current sensor, the Enterprise Scanner, is coupled with a suite of mobile applications connected to the cloud infrastructure, which offer different analysis services to any player in the food supply chain, ranging from fish, milk, fruits, vegetables, baby formula, cocoa beans, soil, feed, and many others.

As confirmed by the European Commission in its evaluation, “The innovation has the potential to disrupt several markets with further applications of the technology. The product will have a significant impact in the efficiency of the existing markets”. The funding will allow Tellspec to finalize the mass-production of the Preemie device, accelerate the company’s growth and further consolidate its scientific reliability and overall brand reputation amongst its customers.

About Tellspec
Tellspec LTD is a big-data company that offers real-time, affordable, reliable, non-destructive, portable food analysis, and is active in the field of sensors, Internet of Things (IoT) and uses blockchain technology. Tellspec provides predictive intelligence about food, by combining spectral sensors, and machine learning algorithms, in a revolutionary technology that analyses foods, in real-time and at the molecular level.

For further information:
Info@tellspec.com

EIT Food partner Isabel Hoffmann, CEO of Tellspec, wins EU woman innovation award

Tellspec CEO Isabel Hoffmann speaks at The Future of Food,

an event organized by SONAE in Portugal

Porto, Portugal, June 28,-29 2017

This morning, TellSpec CEO Isabel Hoffmann, leader of the company behind the world’s first consumer food scanner, will speak at The Future of Food in Porto Portugal. Hoffmann’s talk about the impact of the work that Tellspec is developing and give examples of this work.

“We are creating a digital trace for food, which so far has never been done. “ said Hoffmann.

TellSpec is made up of a pocket-sized scanner, a proprietary algorithms and mobile app that work together to report what’s in your food directly to your smartphone.

The Future of Food is a 2-day conference that celebrates human ingenuity by exploring ideas, innovation and creativity for food solutions. This event is organized by Sonae, a Portuguese retail company with two big partnerships in the shopping centres areas and the Software and Information Systems, Media and Telecommunications. Sonae has around 40,000 employees and is present in more than 60 countries.

Tellspec selected as to participate in Impact Growth acceleration program led by ISDI, Acelerace and FundingBox.

Read The Official Document Here

Tellspec CEO Isabel Hoffmann speaks at Seeds and Chips,

on The Power of Big Data

Milan, Italy, May 8th-11th, 2017

In the afternoon of May 9th, TellSpec CEO Isabel Hoffmann, leader of the company behind the world’s first consumer food scanner, will speak at Seeds & Chips, in Milan Italy. Hoffmann’s talk about the power of big data in the food system.

“Our patented AI-based real-time cloud analysis can one day help monitor events of food fraud as well as of food contamination locally and in specific regions, thereby helping consumers and authorities to make choices to prevent the onset of health issues related to food.” said Hoffmann.

TellSpec is a data company with the mission to build trust in food by offering real time, affordable, reliable, nondestructive food analysis. Our disruptive technology can be used across the complete food and drink supply chain.

Seeds & Chips is a 3-day conference that brings food and technology together, from farm to fork and beyond. Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit is one of the top Food Innovation events worldwide. The 44th US President Barack H. Obama will be the guest of honour at the third edition of Seeds&Chips and will be at The Global Food Innovation Summit on Tuesday May 9.

Watch Event Video Online

Tellspec is one the three winners of the Food Scanner Horizon Prize awarded

at CeBIT by European Commission H2020

Toronto – March 20th, 2017, Tellspec LTD, a data company that provides predictive intelligence about food by combining spectral sensors and machine learning in a revolutionary technology that analyzes foods at the molecular level, announces that the company is one of the three winners of the Food Scanner Horizon Prize, awarded by the European Commission Horizon 2020. The Horizon Prizes are ‘challenge’ prizes (also known as ‘inducement’ prizes) offering a cash reward to whoever can most effectively meet a defined challenge. The aim is to stimulate innovation and come up with solutions to problems that matter to European citizens. A total of 1 million euros was awarded to three innovative companies, including Tellspec LTD., who cracked the challenge of developing an affordable and non-invasive mobile solution that analyses precisely, quickly and efficiently food composition, nutrition facts and potentially harmful ingredients such as allergens.

Isabel Hoffmann, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, represented the company and its mission, to help create a clean food revolution, in this competition on both November 29th, 2016 in Brussels and then on March 20th 2017 at the award ceremony that took place at the opening of CeBIT in Hannover Germany.

Isabel Hoffmann, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Tellspec, commented: “I feel very honored to receive this prestigious prize and I would like to thank the European Commission for the endorsement and support to our work. Also, I would like to thank the entire Tellspec team for the hard work and the unforgettable precious memories when working together over many nights and weekends.”

Isabel Hoffmann is an entrepreneur who has successfully founded eight companies over the last 26 years in the fields of preventative medicine, interactive multimedia, and digital health. She has negotiated strategic investments with groups such as Mitsubishi International and raised equity investment and convertible debenture notes worldwide, and she was the main strategic negotiator on several business acquisitions, including a US$28M acquisition of Corel Multimedia business division. She has shared her experiences as an entrepreneur and as knowledge on commercializing technologies by teaching MBA-level entrepreneurship courses at the University of Porto in partnership with the London Business School and the North Carolina University. Her awards in the technology and entrepreneurial field include The Women in Technology Award presented by Bell Canada and the Toronto Sun; Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by Ernst & Young; and MacLean’s Honor Roll for Canadian Excellence presented by MacLean’s Magazine

About the Food Scanner Prize
Food-Scanner Prize
Prize money: €1 million
Timeline: Contest opens at the beginning of 2015 and runs until end of 2015
The objective is to unlock the eHealth market with solutions that support citizens in adopting a more active lifestyle and in improving their health by better monitoring food intake. The expected results are an eHealth solution that enables citizens to assess their food intake and provide optimal recommendations to improve their health and well-being. The solution should benefit a wide range of the EU population, from healthy citizens to citizens suffering from food disorders, obesity or allergies.

About Horizon 2020 and the European Commission
Horizon 2020 is a funding program created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster research in the European Research Area (ERA). It is the eighth of the Framework Programs for Research and Technological Development funding research, technological development, and innovation with the focus on innovation, delivering economic growth faster and delivering solutions to end users that are often governmental agencies.

About Tellspec
Tellspec LTD is a company with a mission to help create a clean food revolution by providing the most relevant and accurate information about what is in food. We offer an end-to-end solution for food testing, food-safety, food-authenticity and diet tracking. Tellspec awards include Winner of the Seeds & Chips award for Best Diet Solution, April 2016, Italy; Winner of the Innovation Prize, category Health, MedPi, May 2016, Monaco; Award winner at the European Food Venture Forum, September 2016, Denmark; Award winner at the European Venture Summit, December 2016, Germany; Winner of Humanitarian Water, Air and Food award (WAFA), January 2017, Denmark.

Contacts:
Info@tellspec.com
www.tellspec.com

Tellspec is one of the 4 finalists of the 2017 Venture Madness competition

Toronto – March 10th , 2017, Tellspec USA, a data company that provides predictive intelligence about food by combining spectral sensors and machine learning in a revolutionary technology that analyzes foods at the molecular level, announces that the company has own the third top prize at the 2017 Venture Madness competition.
Isabel Hoffmann, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, represented the company and its mission, to help create a clean food revolution, in this competition on a three-day live event on March 8-10, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Isabel Hoffmann, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Tellspec, commented: “We are very honored and proud to have achieved third place in this competition, alongside such amazing start-ups, and we thank the organizers and the judges. It was a lot of work but great fun!”

Isabel Hoffmann is an entrepreneur who has successfully founded eight companies over the last 26 years in the fields of preventative medicine, interactive multimedia, and digital health. She has negotiated strategic investments with groups such as Mitsubishi International and raised equity investment and convertible debenture notes worldwide, and she was the main strategic negotiator on several business acquisitions, including a US$28M acquisition of Corel Multimedia business division. She has shared her experiences as an entrepreneur and as knowledge on commercializing technologies by teaching MBA-level entrepreneurship courses at the University of Porto in partnership with the London Business School and the North Carolina University. Her awards in the technology and entrepreneurial field include The Women in Technology Award presented by Bell Canada and the Toronto Sun; Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by Ernst & Young; and MacLean’s Honor Roll for Canadian Excellence presented by MacLean’s Magazine

About Venture Madness and Invest Southwest
Venture Madness is presented by Invest Southwest in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority. Since 1992, Invest Southwest has helped startups raise more than $300 million in capital while being the premier organization that connects investors with the best and brightest ventures in the region. For more than 20 years, it has served the entrepreneurial community primarily through the annual Invest Southwest Capital Conference. In 2013 Invest Southwest introduced its signature event, Venture Madness, in partnership with Arizona Commerce Authority. This inaugural event has led to the year-round calendar of events to help strengthen the growing ecosystem.

About the Arizona Commerce Authority
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) is the state’s leading economic development organization with a streamlined mission to grow and strengthen Arizona’s economy. The ACA uses a three-pronged approach to advance the overall economy: recruit, grow, create – recruit out-of-state companies to expand their operations in Arizona; work with existing companies to grow their business in Arizona and beyond; and partner with entrepreneurs and companies large and small to create new jobs and businesses in targeted industries.
For more information about the Venture Madness, please visit the event web site.

About Tellspec
Tellspec USA is a company with a mission to help create a clean food revolution by providing the most relevant and accurate information about what is in food. We offer an end-to-end solution for food testing, food-safety, food-authenticity and diet tracking. Tellspec awards include Winner of the Seeds & Chips award for Best Diet Solution, April 2016, Italy; Winner of the Innovation Prize, category Health, MedPi, May 2016, Monaco; Award winner at the European Food Venture Forum, September 2016, Denmark; Award winner at the European Venture Summit, December 2016, Germany; Winner of Humanitarian Water, Air and Food award (WAFA), January 2017, Denmark.

Contacts:
Info@tellspec.com
www.tellspec.com

Tellspec is selected to be a finalist for the 2017 Venture Madness competition

Toronto – February 3rd, 2017, Tellspec, a data company that provides predictive intelligence about food by combining spectral sensors, bio-informatics techniques & learning algorithms in a revolutionary technology that analyzes foods at the molecular level, announces that the company has been selected to be one of the top 16 companies that will advance to the live-demo portion of the 2017 Venture Madness competition.

Isabel Hoffmann, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will represent the company and its mission, to help create a clean food revolution, in this competition at a three-day live event on March 8-10, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Isabel Hoffmann, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Tellspec, commented: “We are very honored and proud to have been selected to take part in this competition, alongside such amazing start-ups. We will be pleased to demonstrate how the Tellspec food sensor can be used to analyze food in real time and in a non destructive manner.”

Isabel Hoffmann is an entrepreneur who has successfully founded eight companies over the last 26 years in the fields of preventative medicine, interactive multimedia, and digital health. She has negotiated strategic investments with groups such as Mitsubishi International and raised equity investment and convertible debenture notes worldwide, and she was the main strategic negotiator on several business acquisitions, including a US$28M acquisition of Corel Multimedia business division. She has shared her experiences as an entrepreneur and as knowledge on commercializing technologies by teaching MBA-level entrepreneurship courses at the University of Porto in partnership with the London Business School and the North Carolina University. Her awards in the technology and entrepreneurial field include The Women in Technology Award presented by Bell Canada and the Toronto Sun; Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by Ernst & Young; and MacLean’s Honor Roll for Canadian Excellence presented by MacLean’s Magazine

About Venture Madness and Invest Southwest
Venture Madness is presented by Invest Southwest in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority. Since 1992, Invest Southwest has helped startups raise more than $300 million in capital while being the premier organization that connects investors with the best and brightest ventures in the region. For more than 20 years, it has served the entrepreneurial community primarily through the annual Invest Southwest Capital Conference. In 2013 Invest Southwest introduced its signature event, Venture Madness, in partnership with Arizona Commerce Authority. This inaugural event has led to the year-round calendar of events to help strengthen the growing ecosystem.

About the Arizona Commerce Authority
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) is the state’s leading economic development organization with a streamlined mission to grow and strengthen Arizona’s economy. The ACA uses a three-pronged approach to advance the overall economy: recruit, grow, create – recruit out-of-state companies to expand their operations in Arizona; work with existing companies to grow their business in Arizona and beyond; and partner with entrepreneurs and companies large and small to create new jobs and businesses in targeted industries.

For more information about the Venture Madness, please visit the event web site.

About Tellspec
Tellspec USA is a company with a mission to help create a clean food revolution by providing the most relevant and accurate information about what is in food. We offer an end-to-end solution for food testing, food-safety, food-authenticity and diet tracking. Tellspec awards include Winner of the Seeds & Chips award for Best Diet Solution, April 2016, Italy; Winner of the Innovation Prize, category Health, MedPi, May 2016, Monaco; Award winner at the European Food Venture Forum, September 2016, Denmark; Award winner at the European Venture Summit, December 2016, Germany; Winner of Humanitarian Water, Air and Food award (WAFA), January 2017, Denmark.

Contacts
Tellspec USA
Info@tellspec.com
www.tellspec.com

Biosystems and Food Engineering Conference in Budapest awards Tellspec as the best scientific poster for the work presented on freeze-dried meats.

From left to right Dr. Zoltan Kovacs, VP Data Analytics, and Dr. George Bazar, Head Scientist receiving the prize.[/caption]

Tellspec is a winner of the European Venture Contest in the Life Science category.

110 presenting companies at the European Venture Summit were invited as the top rated companies of the European Venture Contest, selected over a series of regional or sector–focused qualifying events which composes the Contest. These 110 companies were reviewed online and onsite by investors and the investor jury on 7 criteria. The Top winners got the highest review ratings following the online screening and onsite pitches, and Tellspec was selected to be one of those winners.

Tellspec wins The Humanitarian Water Air and Food Award (WAF award): awarded in the category of food safety.

Tellspec wins the Best Health and Diet Solution Award at Seeds and Chips 2016 in Milan, Italy.

Dr. Maurizio Martina, Italian Minister of Agriculture, scanning food with the Tellspec’s food sensor.

Tellspec has been selected to take part in TEDMED’s “Hive” in November 2015 in Palm Springs, California.

Tellspec to participate in the 3rd edition of the mHealth Grand Tour, September 3 and 12, open to cyclists with Type 1 and 2 diabetes, along with other sponsors such as Orange, Samsung and Intel.

Tellspec CEO Isabel Hoffmann Speaks and Demos BETA Food Scanner Today at TEDGlobal 2014

Tellspecopedia by Tellspec Educates Consumers on Food Ingredients and Their Health Impacts

Tellspec CEO Isabel Hoffmann Selected To Speak at TEDGlobal 2014

Tellspec Works with Texas Instruments to Incorporate DLP® Technology Into the Tellspec™ Scanner, the World’s First Consumer Food Scanner

Tellspec Indiegogo Campaign Success

Tellspec Nearly Quadruples its Indiegogo Crowdfunding Goal and Is Now Set to Develop Handheld Scanners that Tell Consumers What’s in Their Food

Tellspec Indiegogo Campaign Launch

Tellspec Launches Campaign for the World’s First Handheld Consumer Device that Analyzes Chemicals and Allergens in Food