Last updated August 25, 2026

Medespro

Helping patients document chronic wounds at home with an AI-assisted app.

Wound careChronic carePatient engagement

Chronic-wound treatment can last for months and depends on repeated documentation. Records produced at home, however, are often fragmented across paper forms and different care providers.

Medespro built VulnaCurae to help patients and relatives document wounds with a smartphone and share a structured history with care teams. VulnaCurae Light processes images on the device, tracks changes over time, and is CE-marked as a .

Key Investor Signals

CE-marked wound documentation app live on iOS and Android

VulnaCurae Light carries a as a Class I medical device under the . The product is publicly available through the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Backed by the federal EXIST grant and Bavaria's FLÜGGE programme

Germany's federal economics ministry awarded Medespro an . Bavaria's economics ministry subsequently awarded the company a fellowship, providing two sources of non-dilutive support for its university spin-out.

Won a federal digital innovation prize in Germany

Medespro was named among the winners of the German federal economics ministry's Digitale Innovationen competition in March 2025, a national programme recognising promising digital start-ups.

Other Positive Signals

  • Supported the development of a chronic-wound checklist for the ClinicCoach patient app.
  • Added a payment option to the Android app in August 2026.
  • Completed the six-month OHA Osnabrück Healthcare Accelerator.
  • Presented AI-assisted wound documentation to around 200 doctors through the Regensburg medical association.
  • Joined the BioPark Jump accelerator and won the 2025 Zebra Award and Amberg start-up competition.

Team

Alexandra Hoyer

Founder

  • Co-initiated KlinikHero during Germany's 2020 WirvsVirus hackathon. It was one of 130 projects selected for the government's Solution Enabler programme, and she later led product management at its successor, Voluntero.
  • Worked in intensive care and anaesthesia nursing at Barmherzige Brüder Krankenhaus Regensburg for nearly nine years.
  • Holds Germany's qualification for nurses specialising in wound treatment.
  • Earned a Master's in Digital Entrepreneurship from OTH Amberg-Weiden.

Product

Medespro has launched VulnaCurae Light, a mobile app for documenting chronic wounds at home. Patients or relatives photograph the wound, record key assessment fields, and build a shareable history for the care team. Each entry takes around two minutes.

Designed for patients and relatives

Most wound-documentation software is built for healthcare professionals. VulnaCurae is designed for patients and relatives to use at home without training, extending documentation between appointments and nursing visits.

A structured record across treatment

Each dated entry combines a wound image with dimensions, pain, and other assessment fields. The app charts wound size and pain over time and produces a report that can be shared with the treating team.

Sensitive images processed on the device

Image processing takes place on the user's phone, so wound photographs do not need to be uploaded to an external server. VulnaCurae Light is CE-marked as a Class I medical device and available on iOS and Android.

Market Overview

Around 1.07 million people in Germany had a in 2021, while the median treatment episode lasted 130 days. Approximately one-third of these patients received care at home from a nursing service, and nearly half of chronic-wound spending went to inpatient care.

German require structured records covering wound type, dimensions, tissue, exudate, pain and signs of inflammation. Photographs can be included, and the prescribing doctor uses the record to determine the next course of treatment. Germany also has an established route for qualifying .

People in Germany living with a chronic wound
1.07 million

The figure represents 1.3% of the population in 2021. Prevalence reached 2.1% among people aged 40 and over.

Median chronic-wound treatment period
130 days

Half of all treatment episodes lasted longer than 130 days, creating a prolonged need for consistent documentation.

German insurer spending on prescribed health apps
€171M

Spending increased 63% in 2025. The average agreed price was €227 per patient across 58 listed applications.

Global digital wound-care management market
$4.7B → $6.2B

The market is projected to grow from $4.7B in 2026 to $6.2B in 2030, with software representing its largest segment.

Comparable Outcomes

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Preventice Solutions

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Connected self-management for a long-term condition

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