Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Vulcan Augmetics
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics
Updated at: 2026-06-02T05:01:13Z

Tagline: Democratizing prosthetics for developing nations 🦾
Elevator pitch: We provide a platform to sell and distribute practical wearable technology in low infrastructure environments and put control of their body back in the hands of the user.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 80798 | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 84 | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 80798 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:01:13Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:01:13Z
- Total investors: 84 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:01:13Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:01:13Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 80798
- total_investors: 84
- team_size: 6
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 3
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- Techstars, Shark Tank, & SXSW Innovation Award company, 30 yrs experience in prosthetics & robotics | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-fact-1
- ISO 13485, export-ready, 18 clinics in nation-wide network with 80% conversion, 90% retention. | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-fact-2
- Fast execution: built, certified & launched functional robotic hand in 2.5 yrs, $420K raised | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-fact-3
- 📝 3 patents in mechatronics, ML and UX systems — 1 assigned, 2 pending | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-fact-4
- Transforming the $800 billion physical disability market, starting with prosthetics | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-fact-5
- Vulcan is 10x cheaper & 5x faster to fit than competitors, can be upgraded at home in seconds | citation: https://wefunder.com/vulcan.augmetics#claim-fact-6

FAQ:
- Q: Hello, great work so far. May I ask what countries are the patents valid in?
  A: Thank you very much, we really appreciate your support. They are valid globally. They are filed in Vietnam which is a signatory of the Madrid agreement and part of WIPO. However, one of the things we will be doing with the funds raised here is refiling our patents in the US as it has more robust protections and is more aggressive in encouraging IP compliance internationally.
- Q: Love what you are doing on many different levels but have a few concerns. You indicated you intend to file for patent protection in the US. Have you performed any work to determine the likelihood of receiving such a patent if it was applied for? Your lead investor putting in o...
  A: Hi Anne. So so sorry for the late reply, we have been stuck pushing paperwork for the round (and it is finally all submitted and filed!) and I just saw the notification for this question. I will try to address your questions one by one: Patents: Vietnam is a member of WIPO so searches conducted here are done on a global database, meaning we are confident our patents are unique and do not conflict with preexisting ones. A lot of the groundwork was done by Baker McKenzie as part of a project we...
- Q: Hello, given that the last update from your team was from 2023, do you have any new updates for us? It's been a long time since we do not have any news regarding our investment. Thank you!
  A: Thank you so much for reaching out. We did not realize that several of our WeFunder investors were not on our mailing list, and the platform notifications have been going into spam, so I really appreciate you asking for an update and letting us know about this omission.We have now gone over all our investors individually to make sure they will receive regular email updates, and are putting together a report for all WeFunder investors of how Vulcan has progressed since the raise and our upcomi...