March 24, 2020
HabitAware, a Twin Cities tech company, creating a bracelet to make users aware of behaviors like nail-biting has found a new mission during the COVID-19 outbreak: getting people to stop touching their faces.
The HabitAware team hopes the situation will help more people empathize with those fighting body-focused repetitive behaviors.
“For me, the silver lining is that we as BFRBers finally have something that the world can relate to,” said cofounder, Aneela Idnani, “I think this will help us be more comfortable in seeking support from friends and family, and shift from hiding to healing.”
January 04, 2020
Minneapolis mental health startup HabitAware has been awarded a grant for just under $225,000 from a division of the National Science Foundation to continue the development of Keen, a bracelet intended to stop body-focused repetitive behaviors.
Read more here!
December 14, 2019
Good money for good causes is something we can certainly get behind, and the latest news from HabitAware definitely fits the bill. The St. Louis Park-based company announced in a blog post that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $224,795 by the National Science Foundation. This marks the second grant the company has received; it was awarded a $300,000 federal research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health in 2018.
Read more here!
December 13, 2019
Founders Aneela and Sameer Kumar of HabitAware with the "Keen" behavior-alerting bracelet.
HabitAware, a 2018 Minnesota Cup entrepreneur sweepstakes grand prize winner, has been awarded a $225,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Science Foundation to improve its “real-time” awareness solution for those who suffer from body-focused repetitive behaviors, such as nail biting, skin picking or hair pulling.
Read more here!
December 13, 2019
Minneapolis mental health startup HabitAware has been awarded a grant for just under $225,000 from a division of the National Science Foundation to continue the development of Keen, a bracelet intended to stop body-focused repetitive behaviors.
Read more here!
December 12, 2019
St. Louis Park-based HabitAware has been awarded a $224,795 grant from the National Science Foundation.
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant will be used to design and test a new sensor for HabitAware’s wearable device aimed at curbing obsessive behaviors like skin picking, hair pulling, and nail biting.
Read more here!
December 12, 2019
Minneapolis mental health startup HabitAware has been awarded a grant for just under $225,000 from a division of the National Science Foundation to continue the development of Keen, a bracelet intended to stop body-focused repetitive behaviors.
Read more here!
October 31, 2019
In preparation for this interview, I went into a YouTube rabbit hole, learning about people who struggle with obsessive-compulsive behaviors. What I learned is that some people are really struggling with this stuff.
Read more here!
October 19, 2019
A winner of two awards last year points to how the event helped in "building connections and building relationships."
Read more here!
