PCH International, the Cork, Ireland-based consumer electronics accessories business, has unveiled Dublin-based Zinc Software, a developer of next generation heart sensors aimed at the health and wellness market, as the first European start-up in its accelerator programme.
The partnership will give Zinc access to PCH’s global product development and supply chain solutions to develop and achieve scale for its health and wellness product, the Zen Sensor, a wireless biosensor that clips onto an ear lobe and transmits heart pulse data to an iPhone or iPad.
Zinc has just raised a €650,000 ($850,906) seed round with Kernel Capital, AIB Seed Capital fund and Enterprise Ireland, the state investment agency.
The Zen will be priced at $99 and will be available online in mid 2013 in the US and Europe.