Mr. Chibo Tang, Managing Partner of Gobi Partners GBA, shared, “Scoliosis is a deeply personal ailment for many around the world, and we believe TMI’s products will not only be able to aid prevention but will also help those already in need.
We also hope that the company’s technologies can eventually be brought to bear in physical therapy and other healthcare areas.”
Mr Kelvin Wong, Director of the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office of PolyU, said, “As one of the top 100 universities in the world, PolyU strives to innovate with world-class research and facilitate the translation of research into impact through driving university-industry collaboration.
PolyU continuously advances PolyVentures, its unique entrepreneurial ecosystem, providing support for PolyU academics, researchers, alumni and students in their entrepreneurial endeavours.
It also offers comprehensive support for startups in various stages, including funding, training and mentoring. Meanwhile, PolyU is dedicated to developing strategic partnerships with eco-system partners to incubate and nurture startups so as to facilitate the conversion of research outcomes into real-world applications for the benefit of society.
The TMI team values the development of original, innovative technologies, and its original technologies stemmed from a biomedical engineering laboratory at PolyU. TMI is also the first investee of the PolyU Entrepreneurship Investment Fund.
In future, PolyU will continue to support more PolyU startups like TMI, which focuses on original, innovative technologies, help them to establish sustainable competitive advantages for international development, and showcase PolyU’s research outcomes.”
