Higia empowers people to take control of their well-being through the development of innovative technology that allows access to actionable information about their health. Higia is fulfilling that mission through EVA, the first wearable device for breast cancer detection. An accessible and personal device that is democratizing access to early breast cancer risk assessment.

Higia was named one of the 30 most promising businesses of 2018 by Forbes Magazine and is part of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 program, the most prestigious startup accelerator in the world. Higia was also named as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world by the Kairos Society and in 2017 became the first startup to be awarded with Mexico's Presidential Medal for Technology and Innovation, the highest honor granted by the President of The Mexican United States to inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology.

Higia is one of the best venture-funded hardtech startups in Latin America. Raising venture capital from Khosla Ventures, Hummingbird VC and form notable angel investors like Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, Jessica Livingston, Paul Graham, Paul Buchheit, and Ramtin Naimi.