Startup
Medtech startup tackling difficult intravenous access
Leederville, WA
Programs: WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund (Innovation Seed Fund)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round VeinTech raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Medtech Actuator | Accelerator | - |
| State Government | Accelerator | - |
| WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund | Accelerator | - |
Companies VeinTech acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Nikhilesh Bappoo | CTO · Founder | Carbon Group, @AuManufacturing, Startup News (WA) |
| Nick Buckley | Co-founder, Director and CEO | Startup News (WA), Carbon Group |
| Nickilesh Bappoo | Chief Technology Officer and Director | Startup News (WA) |
| Dr Katherine Arenson | Chief Medical Officer · Founder | Carbon Group, @AuManufacturing, Startup News (WA) |
| Jamie Davison | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | Carbon Group, Startup News (WA) |
| Nicholas Buckley | CEO | @AuManufacturing, Startup News (WA) |
Stories naming VeinTech. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: OncoSil, K-TIG and Aurora Labs complete or commit raises, Amplia opens an offer, Siemens agrees to buy Altair, CSIRO unveils a printed-solar facility, and a WA medical alliance grows.
Western Australia's government has awarded $8.5 million in grants across three schemes, a health innovation seed fund, commercialisation bridge grants and innovation booster grants, naming dozens of local recipients.
Podcast episode in which the co-founders of a medtech startup discuss their vein-visualising device, last year's seed raise, a grant win, and progress toward trials.
Carbon Group's case study describes how its CFO and accounting services supported medtech startup VeinTech, whose founders met through Perth Biodesign, including helping close the company's recent seed round.
Western Australia's government is distributing $8 million through its new Innovation Seed Fund to 17 health research projects, including $500,000 for medtech VeinTech, and has opened the Major Research Application Support program.
Perth medtech VeinTech, maker of the VeinWave imaging device, has partnered with early backer Carbon Group, whose co-founder Jamie Davison has joined as CFO, while its founders keep raising their seed round.