Validated before a single device has shipped
ISARS has earned recognition from enterprise competitions, accelerators, and leading academic researchers — entirely on the strength of our AI results and technical approach.
Catalyst Programme
Selected for the 18-week deep-technology accelerator at Southampton Science Park. Zero equity taken. Dedicated mentorship, facilities access, and introductions to the regional investor network.
ESBF Champion of Champions
Nominated to compete at the national ESBF Champion of Champions competition, November 2026 — representing our accelerator cohort against ventures from across the UK.
ESBF Southampton — 3rd Place
Placed third at the Enterprise and Social Business Forum (ESBF), competing against venture teams from a competitive cohort of student-led enterprises.
Enterprise Fund Award
Awarded a competitive grant following rigorous assessment by an enterprise panel to support prototype development and hardware procurement.
Dr Marianne Sinka — Advisor
Dr Marianne Sinka, a leading malaria vector researcher in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford and a lead on the HumBug and Vector Atlas projects, has joined ISARS as a named advisor — supporting our acoustic dataset access and research direction.
NGO Field Partnership
Formal partnership with a Southampton-based NGO, providing direct community access in malaria-endemic regions for field deployment and real-world efficacy testing.
Phase 1 — AI Model Training
CompleteDetection and classification models trained on 433,851 samples. All five candidate models verified running in real time on Raspberry Pi 5 edge hardware. Acoustic output chain fully integrated and tested.
Phase 2 — Acoustic Chamber Testing
In ProgressControlled experiments with live Anopheles mosquitoes in an acoustic chamber. Objective: quantify repulsion efficacy and generate publishable results.
Built on credible domain relationships
Dr Marianne Sinka
Advisor — University of OxfordA leading malaria vector researcher in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford, and a lead on the HumBug and Vector Atlas projects. Dr Sinka has joined ISARS as a named advisor, providing specialist acoustic dataset access and research guidance to support Phase 2 and 3 validation trials.
NGO Field Partner
Field Deployment PartnerCharitable organisation with established presence in malaria-endemic communities, providing the on-the-ground access required for real-world field trials and community-level impact measurement.