Dublin firm racks up €1m of pre-orders for digestive tracker

Aonghus Shortt, chief executive, and LIsa Ruttledge, chief operating office, Food MarbleAlan Rowlette

FoodMarble, the Dublin-based healthtech start-up, has secured close to €1 million of advance orders for the personal digestive tracker it launched last Tuesday.

The pocket-sized Aire device uses digestive science for users to identify food allergies by analysing breath.

FoodMarble chief executive Aonghus Shortt began developing the product in 2015, and established the start-up the following year with co-founders Lisa Ruttledge and Peter Harte. James Brief, a New York-based gastroenterologist, has since joined ...