Ava was founded in Switzerland in 2014 by Pascal Koenig, Philipp Tholen, Peter Stein, and Lea von Bidder. The company specializes in new developments in the field of medical technology related to reproductive health. Ava was voted startup of the year in Switzerland in both 2017 and 2018 and won the Swiss Medtech Award in 2018.
The Ava bracelet is the firm's first product for the consumer market and uses state-of-the-art sensor technology together with clinically proven methods to pinpoint a woman's fertile days in real time.
Ava has received USD 42.6 million of funding to date and is based in Zürich, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Makati.
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Medical approval and sales launch in Canada
Opening of the Hong Kong office
Launch of the re-designed bracelet Ava 2.0
1st place - Swiss Startup Award 2018
1,000 Ava babies born & over 10,000 pregnancies
Finalist - Swiss Economic Award 2018
1st place - Swiss Startup Award 2017
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Lea von Bidder at Web Summit 2018