TEDIRO funding news – Germany-based TEDIRO Healthcare Robotics Raises Seven-Figure Investment in Seed Funding

The idea for the robot originated at the Waldkliniken Eisenberg - one of the largest orthopedic clinics in Germany - with the Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Jena, together with the Technical University of Ilmenau (Department of Neuroinformatics and Cognitive Robotics) and the company MetraLabs.

The team behind TEDIRO, primarily software developers, experts in artificial intelligence and robotics, have developed the demonstrator into a medical product over the past few years and established the necessary business processes for this. TEDIRO relies on MetraLabs' platforms for robot hardware and navigation and concentrates on the development of medical applications and system integration.

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The robot is currently undergoing final testing by a medical technology testing laboratory. TEDIRO is doing pioneering work to bring the first mobile robot for various therapeutic applications that complies with the new EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) onto the market.

TEDIRO founder Anke Mayfarth said, "Our robot THERY helps medical and therapeutic staff to improve the mobility of patients regardless of the presence of staff, As a physiotherapist, I have always wanted a robot that would take over repetitive tasks for me. This wish is now becoming a reality."

With the funds from the financing round, it will soon bring the robot onto the market as a medical product and implement test installations in various clinics. In the future, the robot will cover a variety of other applications - from orthopedics to neurology to geriatrics. TEDIRO will also develop these applications together with partners in order to position the robot on the market as an innovative therapy platform.

Olaf Jedersberger, also an investor in TEDIRO, emphasizes: "A highly forward-looking solution to the severe shortage of skilled workers in the healthcare sector. As COO of Helios, I was looking for solutions like this years ago - here it is." The severity of the shortage of skilled workers also surprised the founding team: "Since we founded TEDIRO, the number of vacant therapist positions in clinics has continued to rise," explains co-founder Dr. Christian Sternitzke. And he continues: "You can hardly find a clinic where a significant proportion of therapist positions are not vacant."

Sören Schuster, Managing Director of TGFS, adds: "With our investment in TEDIRO Healthcare Robotics GmbH, we are supporting a technological milestone in healthcare. The combination of advanced robotics and therapy software in the mobile robot platform THERY has the potential to revolutionize therapy. We are proud to accompany the innovative TEDIRO team on its way to becoming an integral part of the field of medical robotics. We are also pleased to be making another investment together with bm|t."

Kevin Reeder, Managing Director of bm|t: "With the therapy robot THERY, the young company is bringing an innovative assistant to hospitals and rehabilitation clinics that will support specialist staff in completing routine tasks. The experienced founding team convinced us from the outset with its technical solution to the social challenge of the shortage of skilled workers that lies ahead of us. We are pleased that the robots are being built in Thuringia and that we are part of the TEDIRO financing consortium."

About TEDIRO

TEDIRO was founded by Anke Mayfarth and Dr. Christian Sternitzke. The growing team with experts from the areas of software development, robotics, physiotherapy, quality and product management works for the company from Leipzig and Ilmenau.