WeavAir
Venture Overview
WeavAir believes that all people have a right to breathe clean air and stay healthy, yet over 70% of ventilation systems have contamination that affects especially vulnerable populations, such as front-line workers. Founder Natalia Mykhaylova brings a rare combination of technology, business, and life science expertise, holding degrees in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry, along with a design background. With 11+ years in sensor and IoT product development, algorithm design, manufacturing at scale, and enterprise sales experience with IBM and other global corporates, Natalia has founded companies across Canada, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Recognized as Corporate Knights Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability and Clean50 Emerging Leader, she leads WeavAir in combining advanced sensors and predictive software to detect air contamination faster, more accurately, and at lower cost—improving health outcomes while reducing maintenance costs and energy waste.
Website: weavair.com/
Venture Issue Area: Energy & Water
Venture Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
Venture Founder
Natalia has a background in technology, business and life science. She has a BASc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, PhD in Chemical Engineering, BASc in Chemistry as well as design background. She has 11 years’ experience with sensor and IoT product and algorithm development as well as product manufacturing from concept to tested product at scale. She also has experience with technical sales over last 3 year (working with IBM and other large corporates), analytics, algorithms and data processing. She founded companies in Canada, South Korea and Hong Kong. She worked in business development in these geographies as well as in Taiwan, Chile, Netherlands and Austria and has direct connection with customers across industry sectors, particularly in traditional industries like real estate and HVAC system solutions. She has experience with sales and adapting tech for industrial, healthcare, commercial and transportation systems. She has been named Corporate Knights Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability, Clean Top 50 Emerging Leaders and received over 15 awards.
