#vleadersLifeScience 2017: Meet Rafael Hostettler from Medical Templates
16.05.2017
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 23 on venturelab.ch, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
 Rafael Hostettler is the founder of Medical Templates. On April 26, he won the Startup Champions Seed Night Award in front of 400 startup enthusiasts.
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You can see the whole campaign on twitter.com/venturelab_ch searching the hashtag #vleadersLifeScience.
Medical Templates developed the “Puncture Cube”, an ingeniously simple approach to computed tomography guided needle navigation in the body for biopsies and pain therapy. Targeted at interventional radiologists, the technology reduces radiation, intervention time and variance, while increasing patient comfort and safety. The solution has seen extremely positive user feedback. MedicalTemplates is now aiming towards FDA approval by the End of 2017 to enter the US market.
Why do you choose Boston as your business development destination?
We already have good contacts into the medtech scene in Silicon Valley. Now we are looking to expand our network. This trip is a prime chance to do so. On the East coast, Boston with its elite universities and strong startup ecosystem is certainly the best spot to start.
What do you want to achieve from the trip?
We are looking toward to verifying numbers (case counts, reimbursement rates, application domains) of our business model, getting market insights and test sites. Furthermore, we hope to meet investors with smart money that will help us entering the US market and making our product a success.
Why is venture leaders Life Science really beneficial for your company?
Building up new networks in a new market is difficult. Having a team of like-minded entrepreneurs and a guided program will certainly be helpful to find the right connections to spark our network and subsequent company growth in the US.