Irish medtech company Coroflo has raised €1 million from private investors as it gears up for a commercial launch of its groundbreaking breastfeeding assistance device in late 2020. The start-up, which is behind what it claims is the world’s first accurate breastfeeding monitor, was recently awarded a €2.1 million accelerator grant from the European Commission under its Horizon 2020 programme. The device has its genesis in the personal experience of Ms Longmore’s two co-founders, Dr Helen Barry and James Travers. The company’s university research partners are currently readying themselves to begin trials to assess the impact of the Coro device on breastfeeding rates. There are obviously lots of reasons why women stop breastfeeding but by far and away the largest globally is concern over low supply,” Ms Longmore added.

Source: The Irish Times October 31, 2019 06:11 UTC