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machineMD
Bern, Switzerland · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
machineMD is the Swiss neurodiagnostics company machine MD AG, headquartered in Bern, with a Boston subsidiary. Its own imprint identifies Swiss register CH-036.3.079.921-3 and UID CHE-143.068.099. Founded in 2019 from University of Bern and Inselspital research, it develops neos, a headset and software system for standardized measurement of eye alignment, movements, pupillary responses and visual fields. Infrared eye tracking, virtual-reality visual stimuli and cloud reports provide quantitative neuro-ophthalmic data. Its research and machine-learning team explores digital biomarkers relevant to multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other brain disorders; research associations do not establish disease-specific screening accuracy or broad diagnostic authorization. The published TÜV SÜD EU MDR certificate covers the NEOS head-mounted display and software as a Class IIa device, valid from October 7, 2024. Its June 2026 issuer article describes US FDA Class I registration, which is recorded as a company-stated registration claim and not FDA approval or clearance. The complete published directory contains four board members, four external medical advisers and thirty named team members; listed concurrent HR leadership is preserved as published rather than assuming a departure. Financing includes the contemporary December 2021 CHF1.4M convertible-loan closing, September 2022 CHF3.2M seed led by Guido Fluri Foundation, and Topcon Healthcare’s March 2025 pre-Series A investment. A later CHF1.2M description of the 2021 note is a conflicting retrospective conversion figure, not additional cash. Collaborative research grants are recorded with unknown company allocations; consortium budgets, grant programme caps and proposed round targets are not machineMD proceeds.
Founded 2019
Team
 Ana CoitoSenior Clinical & Medical Affairs Manager |
 Andreas RaabeMedical Advisory Board Member |
 Avantika NaiduVP Business Development |
 Bruno HauserHead of Analytics |
 Carsten LaueChairperson |
 Christian StuderHead of Development |
 Christoph TschantréCommercial Director, Europe |
 Cédric MadelaineHead of Usability |
 Céline StegerRequirements Engineer |
 Dina KouznetsovaHead of HR |
 Dominic SennCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
 Dominik BrüggerCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer |
 Gael MoccandPrincipal Software Engineer |
 Ilona HubbardSenior Clinical & Medical Affairs Manager |
 Isabella VisariusHR Assistant |
 Jeroen van Lidth de JeudePrincipal Machine Learning Engineer |
 Joseph F. Rizzo IIIMedical Advisory Board Member |
 Konrad WeberMedical Advisory Board Member |
 Konstancja Maciejewska-GrünigHead of Operations |
 Lara NoldJunior Scientific Collaborator |
 Lena ArnoldHead of HR |
 Léa ChabrowskiQuality & Regulatory Affairs Manager |
 Marcus ZeigerHead of Software Engineering |
 Mathias AbeggCo-Founder, Medical Director and Board Member |
 Melina MaamirClinical Affairs Manager |
 Michel MürnerSenior Software Engineer |
 Mihajlo DordevicTest Engineer |
 Nadine de BernardiUX Design and Usability |
 Nicolas LachenalSystem Support & Operations Specialist |
 Phil NorrisChief Commercial Officer |
 Pia MassatschChief Scientific Officer |
 Reto SennBoard Member |
 Robert N. WeinrebBoard Member |
 Roland PeerSenior Requirements Engineer |
 Samuel SchenkCo-Founder and Chief Product and Innovation Officer |
 Sara SilvanoHead of Regulatory and Quality |
 Tatiana Bremova-ErtlMedical Advisory Board Member |
 Valérie NydeggerClinical Research Assistant |