TThe Blue Box
The Blue Box (legally The Blue Box Biomedical Solutions, S.L.) is a Barcelona-based medtech startup building a pain-free, radiation-free breast cancer screening device that analyses volatile organic compounds in a urine sample using proprietary AI algorithms, sold as a diagnostics-as-a-service model to gynaecology clinics. The company reports ~88% sensitivity in its research to date, has run studies with 7 hospitals and 450+ women, and is using its July 2025 €3M seed round to fund clinical trials across seven European hospitals targeting CE marking by end of 2026. Founder Judit Giró Benet won the international James Dyson Award for the technology, and the company has been covered by BBC News, TechCrunch, The Guardian and Vogue. It also has a US presence in Menlo Park.
Profile updated 10 Aug 2026
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| 2026-06-04 |
European Prize for Women Innovators 2026: winners announced ↗
European Innovation Council
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| 2026-03-10 |
Finalists announced for the 2026 European Prize for Women Innovators! ↗
European Innovation Council
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| 2025-10-15 |
The Future of Cancer Screening: Pain-free, Radiation-free ↗
Femtech Spain
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| 2025-07-10 |
The Blue Box raises €3M to advance AI-powered, urine-based breast cancer test ↗
Tech.eu
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| 2025-05-12 |
Judit Giró, la española creadora de un método para detectar el cáncer de mama sin salir de casa ↗
Telecinco
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| 2024-09-02 |
Entrevista a Judit Giró, Cofundadora y CEO de The Blue Box ↗
Hospitecnia
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