About Us
Build Clear Vision with Every Smart Drop
Vysum provides easier eye drop delivery and treatment management with digital and hardware technologies for frequent eye drop users, starting with glaucoma patients.
Vysum, a startup born from the Stanford-inspired BioDesign Innovation course at the University of Melbourne, was founded in 2022 by passionate graduates. Inspired by firsthand experiences with patient struggles, our co-founder, Lorace, a Biomedical Engineer, recognised a critical gap in ophthalmic care.
Through extensive interviews and surveys with 500 patients and clinicians, the team identified the low adherence rate for eye drop treatment and the lack of patient progress data available to healthcare providers.
Witnessing patients’ deep-rooted concerns and struggles due to the lack of suitable assistance for a better eye drop administration experience, Lorace was driven to create a solution…
Team Members
Lorace Zhang
Founder CEO
Stephen Ho
Li Hoo
Co-Director, Investor
Optometrist
Kiaran Lawson
Lead Software Engineer
Connie Zhang
Biomedical Engineer
Advisors and Consultant
Prof Keith Martin
Clinical Advisor
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Clinician-scientist ophthalmologist, Managing Director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)
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The Ringland Anderson Professor and Head of Ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne
Dr Danial Roshandel
Nathan Batham
Usability Advisor
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Clinician-scientist ophthalmologist with extensive clinical expertise in cornea and ocular surface diseases
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Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia
Product Development Consultant
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Research engineer
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Entrepreneur
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Director of Product Design Lab