Zurich, Switzerland
200 million women live with endometriosis. On average, they wait 7–12 years for a diagnosis. That's a systemic failure, and one that ultrasound, used well, can help fix. I spent 15 years at VirtaMed building simulation-based surgical training tools. We helped surgeons and health care professionals to get better, faster. I asked myself: what if we could encode expert knowledge directly into the diagnostic tools themselves, so that more clinicians could perform at expert level from day one? That question became Scanvio Medical. We build AI-powered ultrasound software that helps gynecologists and sonographers diagnose endometriosis with the consistency and depth of a specialist, regardless of where they trained or how many cases they've seen. Ultrasound is already the best non-invasive tool for this. Most clinicians just never get enough exposure to use it at that level. That's the gap we're closing. Since founding Scanvio, we've raised a $3.4M seed round backed by 40 angels and key Swiss ecosystem partners (Venture Kick, Innosuisse, Gebert Rüf), won Startup Days 2025 and many other startup competitions, and are now working with leading endometriosis researchers across Europe. Outside of Scanvio, I'm a dad to three kids, which means I've become reasonably good at context-switching between clinical & investor calls, school pickups, and whatever is on fire that day. I try to be honest about that balancing act, because I think more founders should be. If you're working on endometriosis or ultrasound diagnostics, or if you're an investor or partner who believes diagnostic equity matters, I'd love to connect.
Help millions of women get a faster endometriosis diagnosis with our AI-augmented ultrasound software
• Entrepreneurial consulting for Startups and Scale-ups with focus on Medical, AI & Robotics • Mentoring & Board of Directors mandates in Switzerland
• Mentoring aspiring student entrepreneurs & affiliated researchers, start-up and scale-up companies • Support strategic research of the ETH AI Center within surgery, medtech and health-related activities • Work closely with the Executive Director and the Executive Office Operations team to lead initiatives to improve processes as well as fostering and strengthening culture of collaboration • Be involved in teaching activities as coach and guest speaker
Transition from operative role to Board of Directors
• Team size: from 64 to 120 • Hiring and hand-over to strong management team: SVP Product Management, CFO, General Manager USA • Medtech: cumulated over CHF 100 Mio revenue since incorporation with various global key players • Robotic Surgery: product definition & winning first 4 robotic customers within 18 months • Thought leadership within Digital Surgery with various podium and panel presentations at key conferences
• Team size: from 25 to 64 • CFO: Responsible for budgets and business plan, consistently reaching growth (>30% CAGR) and profitability targets • Legal: Negotiated several multi-year agreements with medical device companies, valued at >CHF 15 Mio • Internationalization: established global network with sales partners, set up VirtaMed Subsidiary in USA • Successful exit of all initial investors to Private Equity firm, returning 8x cash multiple