Born in Western Australia, and now scaling in Rhode Island, US, VeinTech’s journey from Perth Biodesign ’s 2019 Flagship Program to establishing a global presence shows how strategic partnerships can accelerate global expansion.   In 2025, the company became the first beneficiary of the  Perth Biodesign–New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) BioBridge , securing USD $750,000 in non-dilutive funding from the  Rhode Island Life Science Hub  to support US expansion.   Cli

and CTO named as a finalist in WA Premier’s Science Awards Australian medical device company VeinTech is honoured to announce it has secured $500,000 to develop its innovative handheld vein imaging system for clinical studies and progress towards commercialisation. A portable, AI-driven vein imaging device, the VeinWave will help clinicians target the right vein, first time every time when performing cannulations. The product is expected to lower training requirements, reduce

The medical technology and pharmaceutical sector shone brightly at this year’s WA Innovator of the Year Awards. Four of the six awards were taken home by medtech companies, applauding some of the most cutting-edge innovations in the state. Delivered under the New Industries Fund by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation on behalf of the WA State Government, the WA Innovator of the Year program proudly encourages and celebrates innovation originating in Wester

Perth Biodesign for MedTech winner 2019, VeinTech , has taken out the $10,000 Medtronic Prize in the prestigious 2021 MedTech Actuator Origin pitch competition. VeinTech's device, the VeinWave, aims to reduce the failure rate of first pass cannulation (inserting a needle into a vein), hence reducing staff and patient stress and saving valuable time and hospital resources. ​ The MedTech Actuator Origin program is one of the premiere pitching competitions for Medical Technology

Perth Biodesign graduate and Course Co-Director of Perth Biodesign for Digital Health, Eldin Rostom, has been accepted into the 2020 cohort of the MedTech Actuator with his HealthTech startup Diag-Nose, injecting up to $200,000 of investment into the company. In a time where people are now hyper-aware of every cough, itchy throat or sniffle, a (virtual) visit to the GP for common cold symptoms may be more urgent than ever. But even up until now, upper respiratory tract infect

In late 2017, Dr Matthew Oldakowski was sponsored by Accelerating Australia and St John of God Healthcare to attend the Global Faculty in Training course at Stanford Biodesign. Matt and his team at Stanford were awarded the Robert Howard Next Step Award for their device, EarBuddy. Matt Oldakowski is a bioengineering postdoc at Curtin University and medtech entrepreneur who recently joined the team at Accelerating Australia as co-course director of the 2018 Perth Biodesign co

The 2018 Perth Biodesign course was officially launched on Wednesday 28th March, with an event at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation featuring talks from 2017 SPARK Co-Lab Design Course alumni as well as world leading burns specialist and medtech entrepreneur, Dr Fiona Wood. As part of the launch event, several participants of the 2017 course (then called SPARK Co-Lab Design) spoke on their experiences and what they learned from taking part. Martina Maria

SPARK Co-Lab Design team, NIMo, have been on the innovation fast track this year with their wearable device for the self-management of...