How we started

It began with one person's own foot

In 2021 Anders Thengs, co-founder and CTO, slipped on ice and broke his knee. The injury improved over time, but it left him with lasting foot drop.

During his treatment he tried several of the solutions available on the market without finding one he was satisfied with. As a mechatronics student he gathered a group of fellow students, and the work on a new kind of ankle-foot orthosis began as a bachelor project. That project became NeuroFlex Robotics in 2024.

Anders mid-somersault against the sun, over the sea

Our mission

Our aim is to give people living with foot drop an assistive device designed for intention-based movement. We are developing it together with orthopaedic clinics and clinicians, so that it fits into the care that already exists.

Advisors

People who advise us

Kristoffer Liland

Senior Innovation Adviser at UiA Nyskaping

Kristoffer has long experience helping start-ups move from idea to commercialisation, with particular expertise in innovation strategy, business development and financing. He has supported a range of technology companies in the Agder region.

Sofia Svanholt

Senior Strategic Account Executive

Sofia works on strategic partnerships and business development. She has been a mentor and judge for the Hult Prize Foundation since 2017, and in 2024 was named on the Global 200 Women Power Leaders list. She cares about entrepreneurship, sustainability and bringing forward new talent in technology.

Michael Rygaard Hansen

Professor and former dean at UiA

Michael has more than twenty years in research, teaching and academic leadership, focused on mechatronics, cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge-based innovation. He has been with us since the bachelor project that became the company in 2024.

Birger Gauslaa

Physiotherapist at BI-ga AS

Birger is a physiotherapist and has contributed clinical advice on the shape and fit of the orthosis. His perspective from day-to-day practice has been valuable in the work on how the design behaves in use.

Team

The people building it

Jakob Thygesen Saur

CEO

Anders Thengs

CTO and co-founder

Kristian Sætre

CPO

Aleksander Gauslaa

CRO

Giovanni Harald Croatto

COO

Oscar Hulsbeek

CFO

Alf Stian Sundo Gonsholt

Lead R&D

Kine Normann

Board member

Partners

Companies we work with

Drevelin Ortopedi Sør

The collaboration between NeuroFlex Robotics and Drevelin Ortopedi Sør formally began on 20 June 2025, but the history goes further back. During the bachelor project that led to the company being founded in spring 2024, Drevelin contributed professional support and built the very first prototype of the orthosis.

Since then Drevelin has given us insight into the orthopaedic field, both into the solutions available today and into how function, user experience and workflow for orthopaedic technicians can be improved.

Drevelin also takes part in the clinical testing of the orthosis and contributes practical experience as the work continues.

Kine Normann

Managing Director, Drevelin Ortopedi Sør

Kine is a certified orthotist and prosthetist with more than ten years of experience fitting prostheses and orthoses for children and adults. She contributes clinical expertise, market knowledge and strategic insight, and helps keep development aligned with clinical needs, regulation and everyday practice in orthopaedic clinics.

Sturla Geirsønn Stangeland

Orthopaedic technician

Sturla has broad practical experience with orthoses, material selection and foot beds, and is deputy lead in the workshop. He contributes production-near expertise, assessment of materials and fitting methods, and insight into how a solution can be made, adjusted and maintained in clinical use.

Ortopartner AS

Ortopartner AS is a Norwegian supplier to the orthotics and prosthetics field, distributing components, materials and machinery for orthoses and prostheses.

Ortopartner is a large Norwegian orthopaedic distributor, and will be the primary distribution partner for Voleris One in Norway.

Work with us

We would rather build this with people than alone

We are early in development and are glad to hear from investors, clinical partners and specialists who want to follow the work.

Get in touch

The NeuroFlex Robotics team with Kine Normann outside Drevelin Ortopedi Sør