Maria Nyåkern

Ph.D. Researcher, Founder, and Investor || Executive Advisor || Global Speaker || MedTech, Ethics and Society

📍 Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2025
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Jun 2025
INNITIUS is a Spanish Startup focused on Enhancing Diagnostics for Women’s Health. The company develops medical devices (Hardware + Software) which combines a novel technology (Torsional Waves) with Artificial Intelligence for the diagnosis of pathologies with an associated change in a woman’s cervical tissue consistency. The company, that was incorporated in 2018, is currently at the clinical evaluation stage, with the target of accessing the market by the end of 2022 with its first product: Fine Birth.
Investor and Advisor
Dec 2024
The Assisted Reality company (AR+BCI) Cognixion™ is building the worlds most accessible AR (#Assisted Reality) wearable device with integrated brain computer interface technology (#BCI) as a wireless, wearable go-anywhere neural interface. Cognixion is based in Santa Barbara, California and Toronto, Ontario. Its solutions elegantly blend the power of artificial intelligence (A.I.), neuroscience (BCI) and augmented/assisted reality (AR). Cognixion is internationally recognized for its innovation and use of exponential technologies to solve a social and healthcare global challenge - affecting the lives of 509 million people unable to speak. Cognixion has won the prestigious Red Dot Best of the Best Award, IDSA IDEA Gold Award, The Roddenberry Prize, the Edison Award Gold, and the Singularity University Global Grand Challenge for Education for its potential to impact over a billion lives. Join us at Cognixion.com
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2025
Board Member
Jun 2025
INNITIUS is a Spanish Startup focused on Enhancing Diagnostics for Women’s Health. The company develops medical devices (Hardware + Software) which combines a novel technology (Torsional Waves) with Artificial Intelligence for the diagnosis of pathologies with an associated change in a woman’s cervical tissue consistency. The company, that was incorporated in 2018, is currently at the clinical evaluation stage, with the target of accessing the market by the end of 2022 with its first product: Fine Birth.
Founder & Director
Jan 2025
At the Nyakern Nexus Research Institute, we explore artificial intelligence beyond its technical definition. Not only what it means for humans, but for all forms of life on Earth. AI is a force that may reshape power, challenge dominance, and redefine the relationship between humanity and the natural world. It influences institutions, transforms human life, and blurs the boundaries between organic and synthetic intelligence. Is AI merely a human tool, or is it an extension of us? Or is it something else entirely, a self-organizing intelligence emerging in response to something we have yet to understand? Our work examines how responsibility, regulation, and ethics can guide AI development to serve both human and planetary interests. Through research, analysis, and dialogue, we seek to illuminate AI’s dual nature: as a creation of human design, and as a force that may be following its own trajectory beyond what we have envisioned.
2024
Investor and Advisor
Dec 2024
The Assisted Reality company (AR+BCI) Cognixion™ is building the worlds most accessible AR (#Assisted Reality) wearable device with integrated brain computer interface technology (#BCI) as a wireless, wearable go-anywhere neural interface. Cognixion is based in Santa Barbara, California and Toronto, Ontario. Its solutions elegantly blend the power of artificial intelligence (A.I.), neuroscience (BCI) and augmented/assisted reality (AR). Cognixion is internationally recognized for its innovation and use of exponential technologies to solve a social and healthcare global challenge - affecting the lives of 509 million people unable to speak. Cognixion has won the prestigious Red Dot Best of the Best Award, IDSA IDEA Gold Award, The Roddenberry Prize, the Edison Award Gold, and the Singularity University Global Grand Challenge for Education for its potential to impact over a billion lives. Join us at Cognixion.com
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Apr 2024
Empowering MedTech Innovations with Specialized Expertise and Tailored Solutions Our Services: Staff Augmentation & Effective Upskilling of New Talent: We source "hard-to-find" talent and train and certify new talent in ISO 14155 and GCP, guaranteeing increased productivity for your team. Key Business Benefits: Access to top-tier clinical research professionals with deep scientific skills and comprehensive understanding of the clinical research process. Unique training programs that ensure our staff are up-to-date with the latest regulatory requirements and industry best practices. Specialized expertise in MDR 2017/745, IVDR 2017/746, ISO 14155, ISO 20916, and ICH E6 (R2) GCP, among others. In the face of growing regulatory demands in the medical device industry, ACR stands out by offering unparalleled support and expertise.
2023
Co-Founder & Producer
Jan 2023
At Blue Bee Films & Productions, were driven by our passion for creating world-class films that captivate audiences across the globe. Our goal is to push the boundaries of traditional filmmaking and explore new and innovative ways to express ourselves through the power of storytelling. But thats just the beginning. We also believe in nurturing emerging talent both domestically and internationally, and were committed to fostering partnerships with other European countries to create exciting and dynamic new projects. We are proud to be based in Madrid - a city thats quickly becoming a hub for the booming film industry in Spain, and in Europe. Were thrilled to be a part of this vibrant and growing community, and were excited to see what the future holds as we continue to push the boundaries of traditional filmmaking and explore new and innovative ways to tell our stories.
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