2020
First VC-backed pre-seed funding round
In 2019, Alex Boussommier-Calleja began exploring cell culture applications that could benefit from software tools to impact patients at large. She realized that at IVF’s core lies cell culture, along with the pain points that she had experienced in her years of research. IVF centers in Spain & France showed rapid interest and she started collaborating with 10+ centers, enabling her team to kickstart the R&D behind ImVitro’s product, EMBRYOLY.
ImVitro was among Station F’s Future 40 2019 startups, and has been part of several esteemed accelerators like Entrepreneur First that witnessed ImVitro scale to 15+ collaborators and undergo multiple fundraising rounds with European and US VC funds.
First VC-backed pre-seed funding round
EMBRYOLY is CE-Marked
First peer-reviewed article is published
Embryos uploaded by customers in EMBRYOLY
raised for VC-backed seed round in 2022
In the short term, the goal is to keep acquiring more customers within Europe and the US and through their use and our continuous research, keep publishing evidence that demonstrates ImVitro’s clinical value-add.
In the medium term, ImVitro wants to expand their existing product globally to other markets and, in the long term, they want to keep developing new features that digitize more tasks for IVF centers, to become an end-to-end SaaS platform for all embryo management needs.
Know what you don’t know, don’t overclaim, and admit to mistakes.
Actions speak much louder than words, make things happen, and don’t spend your time in meetings.
Suggest and explore new ideas, find ways to test them quickly, stay tuned to the societal and ethical moving lines of IVF, and remember there are no stupid questions.
Be mindful of the diverse cultural backgrounds team members or customers come from. Be tolerant to the different ways of interpreting ethical and societal changes. Show respect to customers and colleagues.
Don’t be opportunistic, own the challenges that come with medical technologies, and don’t look for an easy win. Always remember, there are patients down the line.
Have the time of your professional lives. Work hard, and play hard. While we all have our ups & downs, we like to have a blast and inject humor at work. Set clear boundaries to have a healthy work-life balance and celebrate small and large victories!
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