The baby bracelet Lilio It features a newly developed sensor module that continuously monitors the baby's well-being indicators and transmits them directly to the parents' smartphone. These include heart rate and oxygen saturation. Wearable day and night without restrictions, it is designed to give parents peace of mind at all times that their child is doing well. An AI algorithm monitors the values and informs parents of any deviations from the normal pattern. The continuous recording of the indicators in the app is also intended to facilitate the clarification of any abnormalities with the pediatrician. Leevi Health also aims to simplify long-term monitoring of the child's health development.
Now the company, founded in 2021 by Nadine and Björn Wunderlich, Startup successfully completed its seed round. The oversubscribed financing brought Leevi Health a total of €2.2 million. Lead investor is the Swiss VC Emma Ventures. Additional investors include business angels Robert Ermich, Mengting Bönsch, Dr. Gesa Miczaika, and Michala Rudorfer and Martina Pfeifer from Encourageventures, who had previously invested in the startup. New investors include the founders of the Swiss medical supply chain Bestsmile, the Toniebox founders, and Kintower Ventures, the family office of the Schadeberg family, owners of the Krombacher brewery.
Leevi Health: “Making parents’ lives much easier in the future”
“The idea for Lilio arose from our own need to better monitor and understand the long-term health of our newborns,”
says Nadine Wunderlich, which Leevi Health founded together with her husband Björn.
"We are delighted that we have been able to raise a total of over 3.5 million euros to realize our vision of relieving parents of the burden of worrying about their child's health. This will make parents' lives much easier in the future."
Björn Wunderlich explained:
"With the technical development of such a small sensor module, we are able to bring a comfortable wearable for babies and toddlers to market for the first time. Our cutting-edge technology and AI algorithms will also provide completely new insights into the health of children – from newborns to toddlers."
Katja Baur, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Emma Ventures, says:
"The outstanding and highly motivated founding couple, as well as the entire Leevi Health team, have convinced us that they will successfully meet the challenge of bringing an innovative lifestyle wearable for babies and toddlers to market."
And Christian Diller, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Emma Ventures, adds:
"We are very excited about Leevi Health's upcoming market entry, as we believe the company will meet a real need for parents and add significant value to the healthcare space for babies and young children."
