A new look at prostheses: inspired by nature; made by machines. A Scottish start-up aimed to create better upper limb prostheses and embrace limb difference.
Glasgow
Joined June 2020
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Metacarpal retweeted
The Business Development Network meeting was hosted in the Inspire Hub yesterday 🙌
We heard some great pitches from our supported companies with the aim to identify new opportunities within the network
Thanks @GibsonRobotics, @MetacarpalUK, &I Technologies & Claymore Surgical
Metacarpal retweeted
I have lodged the following motion congratulating @MetacarpalUK founder Fergal Mackie on winning a Young Innovators Award. Looking forward to seeing this company grow and make a positive difference in the lives of Disabled people.
Metacarpal retweeted
We're super excited to see Fergal Mackie and @MetacarpalUK - Global Innovation Challenge 2021 #STEM winner - achieve more funding for his incredible #innovation AND feature on the @BBCBreakfast last week! 👏😄
Watch the full video: youtu.be/vqhV121j20U
#BBC #BBCBreakfast
Thanks Nina! Was fantastic speaking to yourself and @sallynugent @jonkay01
Cheers for having me on. Anyone interested in learning more please check out our website and get in contact!
- Fergal
👋 Simple ideas are the best ideas 👋
This is Fergal & his bionic non-electric hand for amputees; powered by a good old-fashioned hook 💪
Watch out Fleming, Baird & Bell, we’re meeting & celebrating the next generation of British inventors @BBCBreakfast
Metacarpal retweeted
Fergal Mackie, @MetacarpalUK, is among the winners of the @innovateuk national Young Innovators Award
Fergal appeared live on @BBCBreakfast this morning to discuss the opportunity! Congratulations 👏
Read more: bit.ly/400PBqU
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@MetacarpalUK, a company founded by Strathclyde graduates and supported by @StrathInspire, is going from strength to strength in developing a cutting-edge robotic prosthetic hand.
Find out more ⬇️
strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/…
@MetacarpalUK
ALT Prosthetic hand
Metacarpal retweeted
We're absolutely thrilled to see Fergal Mackie and @MetacarpalUK reach the final of the Converge Awards - best of luck for the awards ceremony in November, Fergal! #InvestinScotland
Two @UniStrathclyde Inspire-supported companies have reached the finals of the @ConvergeC Awards✨
Fergal Mackie of @MetacarpalUK in the Create Change Challenge and Matthew McLean of Airspection in the KickStart Challenge
Read more: bit.ly/3r0heQW
Metacarpal retweeted
Moving on we have Fergal Mackie @MetacarpalUK - a Scottish start-up originating out of @UniStrathclyde that is developing a revolutionary #prosthetic arm at an accessible price #InsideInnnovation
Metacarpal retweeted
Great to see emerging new talent along with #StrathInspire supported companies at this years @ConvergeC #InsideInovation event
@UniStrathclyde Start-Up Manager @AlanFeighery is pictured here with Fergal Mackie, Cameron Campbell, Araceli Venegas Gomez and Chris Hughes 🙌
Metacarpal retweeted
This week we welcomed 2 companies to #HiggsBIC at the Higgs Centre for Innovation @RoyalObs
@DanuRobotics - a revolutionary robotic system for the recycling & waste management industry♻️
@MetacarpalUK - a prostheses design and manufacture company built to make a difference 🦾
Happy to announce Metacarpal Ltd has received investment, lead by Gabriel Investment Syndicate, alongside Strathclyde Inspire Entrepreneurs Fund, Scottish Enterprise and our Non-executive directors and advisors, David and Sally Bowie. This is for a cool £150,000 total!
Metacarpal retweeted
We're delighted to welcome @MetacarpalUK to our portfolio, an innovative start-up bridging the gap between design and functionality in prosthetics. We're excited to see how our investment helps them to bring their product to market! Find out more: gabriel-is.com/case-study-me…
ALT Metacarpal Prosthetic Hand
Metacarpal retweeted
There’s a new buzzword in the world of entrepreneurship; 'Anti-Fragility'
Check out our article with @UniStrathclyde Start-Up Manager, @AlanFeighery and Strathclyde Inspire-supported business, @MetacarpalUK
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/3tx0LG6
Metacarpal retweeted
Well done to the top @HarperMacleod Young EDGE winner @Metacarpaluk, taking a huge £15k at #EDGE18!
Metacarpal retweeted
A huge congratulations to @UniStrathclyde companies for a successful evening at the @ScottishEDGE #EDGE18 Awards! 🏆
Winners included £50k to @LupovisDefence, £40k to @lochelectronics, £40k to Crack Map, £15k to @MetacarpalUK and £10k to Unbaggaged 🥳🥳🥳
Yesterday we made a pitch at the Strathclyde Inspire100 event and delighted to say that the judges awarded Metacarpal £3,000 of grant funding!
Much appreciated, and thank you to all of the audience members who voted for us to get us into the final of the Stephen Young award,
Metacarpal retweeted
Want to see Manchester's finest startups pitch to a panel of expert judges? Well you can, there's a few tickets left for the night right here! 😎startups include: @GrandBequest, @MetacarpalUK
@ChaytorCraig, @ChuloDrinks, @heyfoodisready and @PegAndBoard - buff.ly/2Zudgpf
Today was results day for the Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge.
Delighted to say we came runner up in the STEM category!
Thats $5,000 contribution towards developing Metacarpal.
Thanks for all of the support
#SEWF2021 #socialshifters
Today is the day! We have been selected as finalists for the Social Shifters Innovation Global Challenge 2021, and today will be pitching for a grand prize of $10,000. @socialshifters
For the first time we have fitted our hand on to a universal prosthetic joint. Its about to get real! @ Glasgow, United Kingdom instagram.com/p/CRO_xTns4h9/…
