Who created Healyan and why?

Healyan is an audio visual wellness company, founded by a collective of imaginative engineers, artists and neuroscientists from the University of California, Berkeley and Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany. We created Healyan because we were frustrated with the inefficiencies of today's lighting systems, which rely on the manual syncing of light and sound, leaving room for human error. Light stimulation is a growing field with profound benefits, and we believe everyone deserves enjoyable and accurate results that are based on hard science and data. We have since partnered with Fraunhofer IDMT, the highest ranked organization in audio-light technology and pioneers behind the MP3, to create one of the most powerful wearables for maximizing performance and recovery.

  • Philipp Caspari

    Philipp Caspari, head of mechanical & electrical engineering, applies his prePhD education and work experience from UC Berkeley, Airbus, Mercedes Benz, and surgical instrument provider Erbe to ensure that the Healyan Glasses stay up to date to modern neuroscientific standards.

  • Laurin Martins

    Laurin Martins, head of software engineering, advances in his PhD from TU-Ilmenau and experience from Actian and SQB to enhance Healyan’s system, ensuring it applies accurate neuroscience-backed light rhythms to supportive soundscapes.

  • Christian Reyes

    Christian Reyes, head of neurological research, formerly a computer science & cognitive science researcher at UC Berkeley and programmer at Carpe Data, leads Healyan's medical research development and product refinement to maximize the effectiveness of the Healyan system.

  • Leon Yushin

    Leon Yushin, head of sales & marketing, utilizes his expertise from his tenure as a consulting analyst with the Global Intelligence - Berkeley Research Group, UC Berkeley, and Wall Street Bound to ensure neuroscience-backed light information stays accurate and well known.

Our progress and partnerships

In 2023 Healyan received the Innovation Cluster finale award, ranking it as one of the top startups in Europe.

  • Healyan team holding the award for first place at IQ Innovationspreis Mitteldeutschland

Investors and Partners

Gleb Yushin

Co-Founder & CTO of Sila Nanotechnologies

Thomas Caspari

Co-Founder of VIA Laser, CTO of Karl Pfestorf

Fraunhofer IDMT

Research institute for AI and audio intelligence

CiS

Prototype center for research and development

TRIP

Top accelerator program in Europe

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  • ThEx Award Winner 2023
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  • TRIP Thuringian Regional Innovation Program logo
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