Horus Technology, based in Milan, Italy, combines robotics, health tech and augmented reality to create a medical device for blind and visually impaired people. Led by Saverio Murgia and Luca Nardelli, the company is advancing a wearable personal assistant worn like a headset that scans surroundings and transforms visual information into verbal messages. The device can read written text aloud and notify the wearer of known persons, objects or obstacles. In January 2016 the company raised $900k in funding from 5Lion Holdings. The company intends to use the funds for continued R&D activities.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jan 2016