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Flander, Belgium-based Watcherr, a supplier of plug-and-play well being misery techniques, introduced on Thursday, July 6, that it has raised over €2M in a funding spherical.
The spherical noticed contributions from numerous buyers, together with personal buyers affiliated with the esteemed Enterprise Angels Community (BAN) Flanders and Angelwise.
With a powerful presence in Belgium, the UK, and Canada, Watcherr says it intends to utilise the funds to expedite its gross sales and advertising and marketing endeavours. It additionally intends to attain worldwide growth by way of respected distributors.
New adjustments inside senior administration staff
Moreover funding, the Belgian firm introduced the appointment of Erik Horemans as its new Chief Government Officer. Horemans brings a wealth of expertise in scaling startup groups inside the software program sector.
“We’re grateful to have acquired such constructive suggestions from buyers throughout this spherical, aiding our worldwide growth. It’s an thrilling time for the corporate as we proceed to develop the enterprise, and assist to avoid wasting lives due to our well being misery system,” says Mr Horemans.
Moreover, Piet Steenberghs will assume the position of Chief Monetary Officer. Steenberghs boasts an intensive finance background throughout numerous industries and has lately shifted his focus towards know-how and SaaS firms.
Watcherr has additionally expanded its board by appointing new members who possess intensive enterprise networks and years of expertise scaling firms.
Watcherr: Gives SaaS and AI to nursing properties
Based by Nikolai Stevens, Frederick Pouders, and Jonathan Stevens in 2016, Watcherr gives SaaS and AI to nursing properties, hospitals and folks at house. That is carried out by way of an built-in plug-and play system of software program and units.
“Watcherr captures as a lot knowledge as potential. Prevention is essential : as a substitute of intervening when an individual falls, with Watcherr we wish to stop that particular person from taking the danger of falling,” says Nikolai Stevens, founder and CEO
The system repeatedly screens the consumer to establish irregular (well being) patterns to foretell, notify and stop emergency conditions.
The system consists of a wristwatch related to complementary units akin to wall buttons, gateways and beacons.
A central software program platform registers all knowledge and repeatedly screens important parameters. It was designed to attach all stakeholders – the affected person, the physician, the nurse, the physiotherapist, and members of the family.
The exact location willpower works each indoors and open air.
It consists of location monitoring and geofencing (indoors and open air), two-way voice communication, and coronary heart charge monitoring.
“It has been an honour to steer Watcherr with the co-founders and such an awesome staff,” says Stevens.
“We acquired quite a few awards in numerous areas around the globe and are rapidly increasing in Europe, Canada and the UK. Because of the fast growth, we determined to get an skilled CEO to steer Watcherr in its worldwide journey,” he continues.
