High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in medical engineering of the future
Kumovis develops 3D printers specifically for medical technology. With its technology the team of Kumovis enables the manufacturing of individualized medical products, like patient-customized implants. The HTGF now participates in the seed financing round. This investment especially supports Kumovis‘ market launch of the innovative printers.
The founders of Kumovis have set themselves the goal of enabling the additive production of plastic implants and are developing innovative 3D printers for this purpose. The printers are specially tailored to medical technology requirements. The focus is on the processing of high-performance polymers such as PEEK or PPSU, which are already established in medical technology and approved for manufacturing of medical products.
In recent months, the Munich high-tech start-up has received great feedback and support from industry such as founder scene and has won the Munich Business Plan Competition by BayStartUP, for example.
Dr. Carsten Rudolph, Managing Director BayStartUP: “Kumovis offers a very good combination of digitalization and medical technology. Over all three phases in the Munich business plan competition in 2018 we observed a strong and growing team, developing their company systematically.”
With the completed seven-figure seed financing round with HTGF and a family office, the young company can now prepare for market entry.
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