4
Founders
1
Vision
9
Years of research
€7.2M
Funding
Our Mission
inContAlert is a spin-off of the University of Bayreuth. Our mission is to give people with a bladder dysfunction back their control for more independence in everyday life. We develop technology designed to make everyday life easier for those affected, increase their quality of life, and help break the taboo around incontinence. Our vision: to become the hearing aid for incontinence, a natural part of everyday life for millions of affected people worldwide.
Know your body. Own your life.
Founders
Four founders. One vision.
Since the idea in January 2017, the founding team has been built so that all the competencies needed to develop inContAlert BladderMate™ are in place, from technology and data analysis to business development. Since then, all four founders have been 100 percent committed to inContAlert’s mission.
Dr. Jannik Lockl
CEO & Co-Founder
Tristan Zürl
CTO & Co-Founder
Nicolas Ruhland
CIO & Co-Founder
Pascal Fechner
CDO & Co-Founder
Dr. Jannik Lockl
CEO & Co-Founder
Tristan Zürl
CTO & Co-Founder
Nicolas Ruhland
CIO & Co-Founder
Pascal Fechner
CDO & Co-Founder
Dr. Jannik Lockl
CEO & Co-Founder
Tristan Zürl
CTO & Co-Founder
Nicolas Ruhland
CIO & Co-Founder
Pascal Fechner
CDO & Co-Founder
Team
The team behind the founding team.
Alongside the founders, a dedicated team of full-time employees and working students has grown, covering all areas for inContAlert, from firmware and data analysis to business development.
Network
Advisors
Highly renowned figures from neuro-urology and medical technology support the team as mentors and drive inContAlert decisively forward with their expertise and experience.
Dr. Matthias Ponfick
Medical Advisor
Dr. Ines Kurze
Medical Advisor
Prof. Dr. Ruth Kirschner-Hermanns
Medical Advisor
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gottwald
MedTech Advisor
Dr. Jörg Stein
Business Advisor
Veronika Geng
Nursing Advisor
Dr. Matthias Ponfick
Medical Advisor
Dr. Ines Kurze
Medical Advisor
Prof. Dr. Ruth Kirschner-Hermanns
Medical Advisor
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gottwald
MedTech Advisor
Dr. Jörg Stein
Business Advisor
Veronika Geng
Nursing Advisor
Dr. Matthias Ponfick
Medical Advisor
Dr. Ines Kurze
Medical Advisor
Prof. Dr. Ruth Kirschner-Hermanns
Medical Advisor
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gottwald
MedTech Advisor
Dr. Jörg Stein
Business Advisor
Veronika Geng
Nursing Advisor
Our story
Milestones.
- 06/2026Field study presentation
First presentation of the initial results from the first field application at the DMGP congress by Dr. Matthias Ponfick
- 02/20261st clinical field study
Start of the clinical field application in collaboration with the Sana Spinal Cord Injury Center Rummelsberg and Dr. Matthias Ponfick (DRKS00038181)
- 11/2025Patent 2
Decision to grant of the patent Device for Determining Bladder Filling Level of the Urinary Bladder of a User in a Non-Invasive Manner and Method Therefore (EP4356819)
- 06/2025CE EU/MDR
CE marking of the inContAlert BladderMate™ as a medical device in the EU following a successful conformity assessment under Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR)
- 11/2023Gründungspreis+
Recognition at the German Federal Government’s Digital Summit
- 05/2023Pre-Seed Funding
First funding round of €1.5 million with investments from HTGF, Bayern Kapital, Carma Fund, and 5 business angels
- 03/2023Patent 1
Decision to grant of the patent Non-Invasive Measuring Device for Measuring the Retention of Liquid in the Urinary Bladder of a User (EP3738511)
- 06/2022de:hub Award
Awarded Newcomer Start-up of the Year 2022
- 11/2021EXIST FT I & II
Spin-off funding through the BMWE’s research transfer program totaling €890k
- 05/2019Medical Valley Award
Participation in and winning of the Medical Valley Award, resulting in funding of €250k from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs
- 11/2018Proof-of-feasibility
Completion of Tristan’s master’s thesis as the starting point for the first patent application
- 01/2017Idea
Participation in and winning of the 10th International Business Plan Competition in Hong Kong