Startup Partners
Our start-up partners provide solutions for the future and make non-financial contributions such as sharing their expertise, advisory, acting as ambassadors, and granting access to their network.
Akina
Akina builds AI-powered medical software to enable connected physiotherapy at home. Our AI technology uses the webcam in typical smart devices to understand patient movements and to provide real-time guidance. With a unique, personalized user experience, Akina tailors the mood and content of each training session to each user’s preferences. And through a connected cloud portal, healthcare professionals can follow their patients’ progress, review exercises, and adjust therapy - all 20x faster than possible today.
Auxivo
Auxivo develops wearable exoskeletons that support workers executing physically demanding tasks. Their products reduce workload, exhaustion, and fatigue to ensure the workers' long-term wellbeing.
Auxivo AG was incorporated in 2019 as a spin-off from the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at ETH Zürich. Today their exoskeletons such as the LiftSuit and CarrySuit are used across many different industries ranging from construction to logistics and agriculture.
Leitwert
Leitwert is specialized in the development of software for wearable devices and their integration into clinical research and healthcare processes. The continuous and location-independent measurement of health data with wearable devices is a crucial component of many digital health applications for chronic disease management and personalized treatments. It also enables a more seamless patient journey before, during and after treatment, leading to better prevention and more transparency on treatment outcomes. We offer the IT backbone for organizations to integrate wearable devices from different manufacturers and enable interoperability between these data sources and digital health applications. We collaborate with wearable manufacturers, healthcare organizations and researchers to create new insights with decentralized clinical trials and discover new data driven applications to improve the quality of life and health outcomes for patients.
Myoswiss
At Myoswiss, we believe that our cutting-edge technology can help people with mobility impairments make the most of their untapped potential to be physically active. Our flagship product, the Myosuit, supports users in being physically active and enhances the work of the healthcare professionals involved in their care.
The Myosuit is a next-generation exoskeleton that enables intensive training of strength, endurance, and balance activities in any setting. Whether at home or in a physiotherapy center, use the Myosuit today to get the most out of your training sessions. It works like an e-bike by supporting the movements initiated by the user. It is the lightest and most affordable exoskeleton that actively supports the hips and knees.
SKAALTEC
SKAALTEC is an early stage, pre-incorporated spinoff at ETH Zurich pioneering neuroscience-based healthcare solutions, such as the SmartVNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation). SmartVNS seamlessly integrates neurostimulation and wearables, supporting recovery both in the clinic and at home. SmartVNS seeks to transform daily living into cutting-edge neural therapy for faster and more accessible recovery.
Scewo
Scewo AG is the result of a student project at ETH and ZHdK in 2017. The young team produces the world’s only electric wheelchair that combines driving on two wheels and climbing stairs. The Scewo BRO can be operated without torso stability, is able to master uneven surfaces, ensures easy transferring and makes it possible to talk to other people at eye level. Thanks to the unique combination of technology and design, the Scewo BRO not only moves people but also inspires a change in thinking.
The work of the 40-strong team has already received several awards, including the Swiss MedTech Award 2021, the German Design Award 2021, the iF Design Award 2019 and the RedDot Award 2019 Best of the Best.
TWIICE
TWIICE brings gait training to real life with advanced robotics. Neurological patients enjoy the benefits of more focused, task-oriented training in engaging environments. From passive mobilization to active training with customized assistance, TWIICE accompanies its patients throughout their recovery process. With a focus on patients with high degree of impairment such as motor-complete SCI and stroke, TWIICE allows a wide range of activities to be performed during gait training.
VAY
VAY is developing a leading-edge technology which enables monocular human motion analysis with the use of a RGB camera from any device. VAY being founded in 2018 with the intention to create a fully virtual fitness coach, however after receiving many requests for their technology from companies in the fitness & health sector they realized that this technology deserves their full attention and has even great potential to change lives for the better.
The team put all focus on combining computer vision and human biomechanics to democratize professional motion analysis. With the novel approach of teaching a computer to understand human motion, VAY is building the largest and highest quality motion library that their business customers can plug-and-play to create more immersive and patient focused solutions.