The young company Eppur is taking a new step: it has completed a seed fundraising of 1.2 million euros, with four investors.
From January, Dreeft, the first pair of wheels equipped with a brake system for manual wheelchairs, designed by the start-up, will be launched at around a hundred medical product retailers in France.
What could appear to be a culmination, is "
only a first step
", for Colin Gallois, who has been working on this innovation for six years.
Beyond the deployment of Dreeft, which is compatible with 90% of the 370,000 manual wheelchairs used in France, the 30-year-old is aiming for international expansion.
Already crowned with numerous prizes, including a double in November during the Handitech Trophy (Mobility for All prize, and People's Choice prize), the Breton also distinguished himself in Germany, during the Rehacare fair in Düsseldorf, in September.
Eppur has earned a place among the top ten innovations…
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