Munich Startup: What does your startup do? What problem do you solve?
Sqior Medical: We develop smartphone-based digital assistance systems that support clinical staff in their work and thus enable more efficient and better treatment of patients.
Our current focus is on the operating room and the perioperative process. To ensure patients receive the best possible surgical care, a variety of professional groups, departments, and individuals must work together perfectly. This is where our software helps. Information from various sources is consolidated and made available in the most up-to-date format, so everyone can see at a glance where patients are and at which stage of the process. When changes occur, our assistance system actively supports communication between colleagues, and tasks are automatically assigned. This means everyone involved spends less time on queries and searching for information. This allows scarce resources such as staff, operating rooms, and expensive medical technology to be used much more effectively.
Digitalization potential in hospitals
Munich Startup: But that's been around for a long time!
Sqior Medical: You'd think so, but it's not true. We've spent a lot of time in operating rooms around the world in recent years, and the level of digitalization there is unfortunately lagging far behind that of the business world and the private sector. We've set out to bridge the existing gap between the demands of the mobile and fast-paced working world in hospitals and the existing HealthcareIT systems. The feedback from our first users confirms that we are on the right track.
Munich Startup: What is your founding story?
Sqior Medical: As a team of four, we have worked in various roles in the medical technology industry for a total of 60 years and have been involved in the largest digitalization projects in hospitals worldwide. We believe in the enormous potential of digitalization and automation in everyday clinical practice when it is focused on clinicians and patients.
Munich Startup: What have been your biggest challenges so far?
Sqior Medical: After just a short time, many clinics had approached us about our solution, so we had no problem finding new customers compared to other startups.
Due to the large number of people involved – depending on the clinic, there can be several hundred –, the tight timing, and the very different professional backgrounds of the people involved, the surgical process is one of the most complex choreographies within a hospital.
One of our biggest challenges was mapping the entire process into a software that's easy to use for all users. Our experience definitely helped here!
“In five years, smartphone-based assistance systems will be an integral part of everyday clinical practice.”
Munich Startup: Where would you like to be in one year, where in five years?
Sqior Medical: Within a year, we aim to be in clinical operation with multiple use cases and, above all, to have satisfied users. Proximity to clinicians is a central component of our DNA.
And in five years, smartphone-based assistance systems will be an integral part of everyday hospital life, connecting employees, IT systems, and medical devices. We want to play a central role in this and offer the best solution.
Munich Startup: How have you experienced Munich as a startup location so far?
Sqior Medical: Munich offers a unique ecosystem for startups with many great events and funding opportunities. We are also continually impressed by the solidarity and openness among startups.
Munich Startup: Quick exit or long breath?
Sqior Medical: We want to rapidly advance our vision and sustainably improve patient care with our solutions. This requires staying power.
