Get to know us

Our history

Our multidisciplinary team is composed of long-term friends and colleagues forged in 4-5 years of research on supporting neonatal comfort, starting in 2019.

We deeply understand the clinical importance of this project, the technical, business, and regulatory aspects of solving it, and where to find the missing pieces in the medtech community.

Understanding the unmet need for sleep quality monitoring and the urge to commercialize the technology, NICOWL Ltd. was founded in July 2024, participated in the EIT Health Innostars award program, and secured a 500k Euro nondilutive grant for product development.

The NICOWL team at work around a meeting table

Also, our scientific background is the medical university's (Semmelweis University, Hungary) and HUN-REN SZTAKI, Budapest, Hungary, which are key players in the fusion of medical and AI industrial applications in the region.

Our team has grown since our company by the end of 2024. We are opening a new office in downtown Budapest, we are working to take off and expand in early 2026!

The NICOWL team at a medtech event

And yes, our team has grown even more. In March 2026, we finally moved into the new office — a bright space that started with no furniture, just ambition and bagels.

The NICOWL team in the new, still empty Budapest office

Our management team and advisors

Prof. Péter Földesy

Prof. Péter Földesy

CEO / CO-Founder Electrical engineer

Horváth Kornél

Horváth Kornél

CTO / Medtech research engineer

Lilla Strobel

Lilla Strobel

MDR, FDA Regulatory expert

Prof. Dr. Miklós Szabó

Prof. Dr. Miklós Szabó

Co-founder / neonatologist

Dr. Judit Varga

Dr. Judit Varga

Neonatologist