Welcome to the twenty-ninth edition of our newsletter, as we build up to our mobile app launch with beta testing and a rebrand! This newsletter is aimed at investors, collaborators, future hires and early adopters of our products.
But before we get into product updates, a reminder of why we are doing this. Air pollution affects everyone but it impacts the most vulnerable the most. The tragic case of Awaab Ishak, which led to the recent introduction of Awaab’s Law, highlights the urgent need to address poor housing conditions and indoor air pollution - a significant public health issue. This week, a new indoor air quality study, co-authored by Will as part of Imperial's WellHome project, was published. It provides a protocol to examine pollution levels in 100 homes across West London to better understand how air quality affects respiratory health of different families. At Air Aware Labs, we believe everyone should have access to tools that help them understand and reduce pollution exposure. That’s why we’re committed to keeping a free version of AirTrack - ensuring air quality insights remain accessible to all. Please join us on our mission - Personalising Air Quality, for everyone.
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Hot off the press
- we have kicked off beta testing for our AirTrack app with our fantastic user group. We have also been working on our branding with thanks to Sustainable Ventures and are giving you a sneak preview today. Feedback welcome!
- we continue work on our strategy for our work with other businesses and have opened new conversations with major fitness organisations
- we are famous in Germany! William Hicks' interview with Tagesspiegel Stadtplanung has landed. And after our last blog with World Economic Forum being translated into Spanish and Japanese, we are working on further outreach.
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Go with us towards clean air
- thanks to everyone who provided their thoughts on our AI/data job description. We're putting the finishing touches on the exciting role. Keep an eye on our LinkedIn and please repost it to your networks!
- we have been analysing the air pollution data from our users (now up to 1000!) and found some great examples of where people have significantly reduced their exposure. As all our data is anonymised, we don't know which users have achieved this! If you'd like to be interviewed on how AirTrack has improved your health, please get it touch
- we continue to be amazed by all the support we get from far and wide. Big shout outs to Emily Brown Yuxi Pan Yi Zhang Yasin Gulam Ohad Zivan David Sully Katherine Prescott Doug Morrison (Minimalist) Richard Saldanha Brigitte Small FRSA Karina Savoie Alex Cornean, PhD Olivia Thomasson Rebecca Thomas Josh Wilson Daniela Valdés Claire Phelan Mark Kennedy Erick Sperandio Olivia Sibony Tamara Polajnar Sepi Aghajanpoor, MSc Catherine Muirden Jim Gradwell Samuel Crump Esme Verity 🪡 Aisha Yusaf Tim Cook Chris Leighton Scott Matthews Miranda Sharp Ben Brabyn Ian Ozsvald Ben Kaube Marjo Palanee Miriam Johnson Nysa Wilson Jason Bootle Jonathan Gilmour Sara Boltman David Bent Richard Marshall Himanshu Agarwal Vaida Ska-McNeill Christina Chen Miguel Martinez Shishir Malhotra Zackarie Fortin-Brazeau Véronique Rapetti Tom Maverley. We hope you'll all continue with us towards clean air.
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Meet the team
This week, we are meeting Richard Coates one of our recent investors. Richard says "In 2009 after a 19 year career in the energy industry working in all parts of the supply chain, driven by a desire to develop myself whilst helping others via investment, my experience and time, I moved on to follow my passions of health, fitness and the transition to a greener sustainable world. I run my own running coaching business working with athletes of all levels on an individual / group basis, via charities and at training camps in the UK and abroad. Alongside this I’ve started up a gym in London (Stars Gym) and helped expand a bouldering and climbing centre chain (Climbing Hut) in the Midlands. I volunteer as a running coach at London City Runners taking great pleasure in helping runners and coaches of all ages and levels to develop their running and leadership skills.
"I have provided substantial financial support via capital and debt to numerous start-ups in my areas of interest, some successfully, some not so successfully such is the arena of start-up investment! I’ve learn as much from failure as I have from success. I am an active investor who doesn’t just provide support financially / my network of contacts, giving as much time as is needed to the companies I invest in.
"Having seen the effect of poor air quality on so many, Air Aware Labs' mission to provide accurate and insightful data to help users make choices that will improve their performance and day to day health fully aligns with my core values. I’m really looking forward to going on the their journey with them!"
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Get in touch
Please follow Air Aware Labs to stay in touch with our progress. If anything in this newsletter has piqued your interest, please send me (Louise Thomas) or William Hicks a message! You can also email us at hello@airawarelabs.com
