#vleadersLifeScience 2017: Meet Andreas Schmocker from Lumigbo
12.05.2017
Leaving to Boston on June 11 until June 17, this year’s venture leaders Life Science forming the ‘Swiss National Startup Team Life Science 2017’ reflect the impressive quality of Swiss startups, whose innovations come from the best universities and research institutes of Switzerland. Learn more about their growth objectives before the trip in our short interview series, running from May 9 to May 22 on venturelab.ch, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
 Andreas Schmocker from Lumigbo (Medtech, EPFL)
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You can see the whole campaign on twitter.com/venturelab_ch searching the hashtag #vleadersLifeScience.
Every day, more than 1 million implants are placed using open surgery. Lumigbo developed a technology to build up implants inside the body using an access channel of less than half a millimeter in diameter. The procedure can be used for almost any type of polymer-based implant.
Why do you choose Boston as your business development destination?
The US market is the key market for our products, as the most important investors are concentrated in this region of the globe. Moreover the venture leaders Life Science program focuses on life science and medtech which is ideal for our startup.
What do you want to achieve from the trip?
I want to get in touch with KOLs (Harvard / Massachusetts General Hospital / MIT / Mount Sinai), investors, VCs (Clarus Ventures / Flagship Ventures / Third Rock Ventures) and to forge strong bonds with the other venture leaders team members.
Why is venture leaders Life Science really beneficial for your company?
We are currently going through a very important shift of transferring the IP, prototypes and know-how from our host universities (EPFL & ETHZ) to a company. It is crucial that we expose ourselves internationally now to ensure that once we launch we have the right products with the right people in place. venture leaders in the ideal opportunity to achieve this. It allows us to get deep insight into our most important future export market. The established network of venture leaders, swissnex and the Hansjörg Wyss foundation in Boston is a unique opportunity to establish strong bonds locally with key industry players and investors.