Startup of the week: Peracutus

How can healthcare professionals obtain a clearer picture of a limb’s volume, and reliably compare it over time? For Peracutus, that question is the starting point for a MedTech business with an initial focus on upper-leg prosthetics fitting.

The company’s Volue technology uses water-based measurements to create detailed limb volume profiles. Rather than providing only a total volume, it measures individual sections along the limb. A standardized reference methodology supports comparisons between repeated measurements, with an emphasis on speed, accuracy and reproducibility.

Peracutus sees potential beyond its initial application, in other clinical settings where accurate volume information is relevant. But communicating that broader opportunity brings a challenge: how do you explain a technology’s long-term potential while keeping customers and investors focused on a specific starting market? Alongside that fundraising challenge, the company must balance competing priorities and navigate the complex regulatory requirements of MedTech.

In this interview, Peracutus shares the motivation behind the business, the difficulty of balancing focus with ambition, and why progress and encouraging feedback from early customers make the work rewarding.

Tell us about Peracutus.

Our Volue technology transforms body-part measurements into fast, accurate and reproducible volume profiles using a standardized reference methodology, replacing subjective, inaccurate time-consuming processes. There is value in volume measurement.

What made you become an entrepreneur?

The drive to make a serious impact in the field of healthcare.

What is the most challenging part of running your own startup?

Combining all challenging priorities. This is specifically challenging in the realm of MedTech with the field of complex regulations.

What is the biggest challenge you have faced when looking for funding?

Balancing the conversation on the clear short term focus on upper-leg prosthetics fitting and the total realm of clinical applications where accurate volume profile measurement is relevant.

What is the most rewarding aspect of entrepreneurship?

Seeing the progress we make with the encouraging feedback from our launching customers.

A Focused Start, a Broader Vision

For Peracutus, the challenge extends beyond developing its Volue technology. It also means explaining where the business starts, and how far it could go.

The company’s focus on upper-leg prosthetics fitting gives customers and investors a specific application to understand. Exploring other clinical uses remains part of its broader ambition, but communicating that potential without losing focus is one of the fundraising challenges highlighted in the interview.

Its story offers a useful reflection for MedTech founders: a technology can have several possible applications, while the business still needs a clear starting point.

For the Peracutus team, seeing progress and receiving encouraging feedback from early customers are among the most rewarding parts of building that business.

Explore Peracutus and its Volue technology: www.peracutus.com