Hyderabad-based Makers Hive is the maker of a Made-in-India bionic arm.
Basic Information
Set up in 2018, Makers Hive is focused on assistive-tech industry, especially prosthetics, to help differently-abled people. It has developed a mobile app-enabled bionic hand – KalArm, which is a 3D-printed, EMG sensors embedded lightweight device. The bionic arm is indigenously developed and has bagged the first batch of pre-orders of over 200 numbers. KalArm is focused on below elbow interventions and it is also currently working on above elbow solutions in the space. It is also building exoskeletons for defence and medical applications. In January 2021, the startup raised $9 million from Starfish Growth Partners and Investpad.
Headquarters
:
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Founding Date
:
2018
No. of Employees
:
41 to 60
Core Team
:
1.
Pranav Vempati
Co-founder & CEO
2.
Harsha Reddy Ponguleti
Co-Founder
Funding
Total Funding
$9.0M
Investors
:
1.
InvestPad
2.
Starfish Growth Partners
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