Biovigil Hygiene Technologies is fattening up its staff just in time for the holidays. The downtown Ann Arbor-based startup is looking to hire two new engineers right now. That's after it has hired eight people over the last year. It currently has a staff of 16 employees and one intern.
Growth is coming on the heals of Biovigil Hygiene Technologies preparing to launch the fourth generation of its hand-sanitizing system for hospitals. The 3-year-old startup's technology is designed to detect and monitor hand washing in medical facilities, such as hospitals. It utilizes a room sensor, a base station, and an identification badge to monitor and automatically communicate compliance information. The idea is to help improve compliance and cut down on infections. Biovigil Hygiene Technologies expects its next generation of this technology do that more effectively.
"It's more sophisticated and more intelligent," says Brent Nibarger, chief sales & marketing officer at
Biovigil Hygiene Technologies. "It's smaller and lighter."
Biovigil Hygiene Technologies is currently working to raise a Series B round of seed capital worth $5 million. It hopes to close on that round early next year.
"That would fund our commercialization effort," Nibarger says.
Source: Brent Nibarger, chief sales & marketing officer at Biovigil Hygiene Technologies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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