H2i-HENT Venture Spotlights: Kosmotive and Vas MedTech
Here are recent updates from H2i-HENT ventures as they reach new milestones and gain wider recognition:
Kosmotive recognized for quality and business leadership
Kosmotive has earned ISO 9001:2015 certification from Bureau Veritas, marking an important step in the venture’s growth. Based in Rwanda, Kosmotive helps women and families access menstrual, maternal, and child health products and information. The good news continued when founder and CEO Blandine Umuziranenge was selected for Africa’s Business Heroes Top 100 for 2026!
Vas MedTech advances uterine care platform and earns national recognition
The South African venture is developing FlexiGyn, a portable uterine care platform designed to move hysteroscopy beyond theatre settings and closer to consulting rooms. Paired with DigiGyn’s connected reporting system, the platform aims to shorten the path from a patient’s first visit to diagnosis. The company is now in early human factor studies and is raising it’s seed round post advancing company’s target goals beyond it seed cycle. Learn more at https://www.vas-med-tech.com/.
Validation of the momentum is further confirmed with their recent acceptance into Savant’s 2026 Build Programme, and the recognition of their Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Edmund Wessels as one of the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans for 2026.