Welcome to the forty-second edition of our newsletter, as summarise our last 18 months of newsletters - and yes, we did try to do this via genAI but it struggled with so much content! This newsletter is aimed at investors, collaborators, future hires and early adopters of our products.

Each edition we feature the latest research in the world of air pollution. We have covered the impact on children and schools, economic impact, asthma, two major Lancet reports, cardiovascular disease, traffic-related pollution, major Health Effects Institute research, pregnancy, fertility and maternal health, effect on olympians, athletes and marathon runners, impact during commuting, brain health, pollution in South Asia, woodburning, indoor air quality, high pollution episodes, intersection with other environmental issues, overall health impacts and communicating air quality. Unfortunately the evidence all points to the significant harm from air pollution, but our aim is to help people protect themselves effectively. Please join us on our mission - Personalising Air Quality, for everyone.

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Hot off the press

• in the first six months we featured our journey through the Zinc venture builder, launched our website, did various pitches, published early research, completed our SEIS advance assurance and data room, worked on impact metrics, joined Sustainable Ventures, appointed advisers, launched with Strava, joined Google for Start ups, saw international uptake of our product, joined the Every Breath Counts coalition, undertook user testing, developed data and IP strategies, featured in Springwise, joined Goodtech Ventures, worked with Ride for their Lives and Patagonia, welcomed our first interns, launched a Clean Air Day challenge, first got shortlisted for an award and joined JustTransition
• then we launched the web version of AirTrack, appeared on podcasts including Tech Talks, were named as a start up to watch by ClimateHack, started work with NHS teams, welcomed a new set of interns, launched AirTrack premium for international Clean Air Day, joined Imperial Enterprise Lab, presented at Zero Carbon Commuting Conference, launched AirTrack on employee wellbeing platforms and as a resource for schools, starting working with the World Economic Forum Clean Air Alliance with a first blog, announced our first investors, joined the Centre for Business and Industrial Transformation accelerator, engaged software engineers from Arcanys, had our first adviser strategy session, joined Innovate UK Business Growth and Lambeth Climate Partnership, won ‘most VC-backable start up’, won the GoodTech ventures end of programme pitch, appointed our first full employee, started working with Sustrans and Institution of Civil Engineers, commenced work on our mobile app, joined Barclays/AccelerateHER, worked with Sustainable Ventures on our AirTrack brand and closed our pre-seed round
• and in the most recent six months we hit 1000 users, posted three more blogs with the World Economic Forum, recruited an AI scientist, featured on further podcasts including international ones, launched our new website, filmed a corporate video, were listed as one of London’s fastest growing start ups, launched AirTrack mobile, had our first full Board meeting, undertook lots of international engagement including a visit to India, launched a blog with Google, started developing low pollution routes, exhibited at London Tech Week, were shortlisted for three awards, published a series of user stories, joined Global Sustainable Sport network, brought on our CTO as permanent staff, hit 2000 users, received trademarks for AirTrack and Air Aware Labs, engaged a strategic communications agency, joined the Innovate Zero programme, were featured by RCPCH and rolled out new AI-enabled AirTrack features.

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Go with us towards clean air

• we’ve asked for support on access to elite athletes, followers as we launch our social media, connections with investors, votes in competitions
• and on corporate partners, survey respondents, product testers, support on pricing models, highlighting grant opportunities, waiting list sign ups
• each time we thank people so this edition we thought we’d give the leader board of who we thank the most! In total we have thanked 698 people - it takes a village to raise a start-up! The top supporters are: Ben Brabyn Tom Maverley Geoffrey Lloyd Sam Simpson Véronique Rapetti Jasmin Thomas Helen Buchan Connor Morrison Olivia Sibony Vaida Ska-McNeill Roddy Weller Alex Cornean, PhD Daniel Wardle David Bent Katherine Marcham Amanda Vine Marjo Palanee Nina Hampson Sam Kinsey-Briggs MBE MA Simon Brown Zhenghong Liu Alexander Hirsch Emily Pilsworth Colette Harris Dr Moira Nicolson Harry Apperley Ravi Nar Ruaraidh Dobson Tamara Polajnar, PhD Ula Caroto 👑, ACC, PVI Viola Jardon Yuxi Pan Abigail Whitehouse Ashlie Tapias Silva Charlotte Day David Janner-Klausner (he/him) David Savage Emily Brown Gideon Stott Jonathan Gilmour Jordan Fletcher Katherine Prescott Kitty Harris Leith Greenslade Noelle Morgan ACC, CPC, ELI-MP Richard Coates Travis Bramley Yasin Gulam. In addition, there are many not on LinkedIn who have provided huge support including: Chinthika Piyasema, Martin Johnson, Sarah Stephens, Paul Day and Lisa Douglas. We hope you'll all continue with us towards clean air.

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Meet the team

Over the past 41 editions we’ve given introductions to team members (William Hicks Louise Thomas Dan Harris Yiqun Han Sacha Manson-Smith Daniel Catindoy Roy Evangelista Lía Budnik Tianxiang Song Kenneth Ruelan), advisers (Dan Hardy Zhenghong Liu David Janner-Klausner (he/him) Adesola Adebowale Helen Stewart Tom Maverley), interns (Fallon Parrish Mary-Julian Brewer Orlando Bell Lydia Jin Lila Goldberg Abigail Manthous Kaushal Mody Anika Pruntel Annika Budhwani), investors (Kitty Harris Richard Coates Ksenia Fortin-Brazeau Fred Joye Alan Debonneville Zackarie Fortin-Brazeau Helen Stewart) and users (Noelle Morgan ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, Chinthika Piyasema, Kaja Milczewska, Sean Owens). All these are owed the biggest thanks!

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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

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