The 7th edition of the Premis Emprenedors Digitals (Digital Entrepreneur Awards), organised by the Catalunya Ràdio programme, took place on Wednesday 18 June at the Antigua Fábrica Damm in Barcelona. The award recognises companies that have demonstrated exceptional growth and innovation in their field.
The 7th edition of the Catalunya Ràdio Premis Emprenedors Digitals (Digital Entrepreneur Awards), organised by the Revolució 4.0 Catalan radio programme, took place on Wednesday 18 June at the Antigua Fábrica Damm in Barcelona. This year, LUMIRIS, a spin-off from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) specialising in improving assisted reproduction treatments, won the Catalunya Ràdio Digital Entrepreneur Award in the Revelation category.
We are very grateful for this award and recognition. It has been a long journey, involving effort and dedication from the entire team.
Anna Seriola
LUMIRIS has developed a non-invasive diagnostic imaging technology capable of analysing the metabolism of human embryos and selecting the most suitable ones for implantation in the uterus. This innovation has the potential to significantly reduce the time and treatment cycles required for in vitro fertilisation, thus optimising the results of fertility treatments and minimising their emotional toll.
“We are very grateful for this award and recognition. It has been a long journey, involving effort and dedication from the entire team. This recognition gives us the strength to continue working to bring our technology to clinics and help those in greatest need,” said Anna Seriola, co-founder and scientific director of LUMIRIS, during the awards ceremony.
Samuel Ojosnegros, the company’s co-founder and CEO, as well as the principal investigator of the IBEC’s Reproductive Health Bioengineering group, emphasised:
With this technology, we aim to alleviate some of the emotional distress that can accompany these processes and make them more efficient.
Samuel Ojosnegros
“We are dedicated to assisted reproduction patients, who generously donate their embryos so that we can conduct research. With this technology, we aim to alleviate some of the emotional distress that can accompany these processes and make them more efficient.”
The event, which was hosted by journalist Xantal Llavina, featured the participation of Catalunya Ràdio director Jordi Borda and digital consultant Genís Roca, who was the gala’s patron. There was also a musical performance by the band Habla de Mí en Presente.
You can listen to the entire LUMIRIS award ceremony on the special programme Revolució 4.0:
🎧 The winners of the 7th edition of the Digital Entrepreneurs Awards (in Catalan)
In January of this year, the founders of LUMIRIS were also interviewed in depth by Revolució 4.0, where they explained the origins of their technology and their objectives as an IBEC spin-off.
🎧 Lumiris: The Company That Transforms Assisted Reproduction by Analysing Embryo Metabolism (in Catalan)
