Ziggy Mobility

What Ziggy Mobility does

Ziggy Mobility is a privately held Dutch medical-device startup, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands, that develops a CE-marked side-by-side wheelchair push accessory. The product attaches to compatible manual wheelchairs and enables a caregiver or companion to push and steer the wheelchair from the side rather than from behind, which the company frames as restoring eye contact and social connection during walks. The core technology combines a patented folding mechanism, a quick-mounting system for compatible wheelchairs, and proprietary side-by-side pushing mechanics; Ziggy is sold as a complete unit (adapter plus pushing unit) or as a standalone wheelchair adapter, with dedicated adapter variants for specific OEM wheelchair models (Sunrise Medical, Van Os Medical, Drive, Vermeiren, and Life & Mobility).

The company was co-created with Dutch care organization 's Heeren Loo and developed through an academic-clinical collaboration between TU Delft's BioRobotics Lab, Rijndam Revalidatie, and Erasmus MC's Rehabilitation Medicine Department — the first startup to emerge from that Convergence for Health and Technology initiative. The concept originated from a family seeking more social contact with a daughter who has profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, and the product carries the 2021 Rehabilitation Year Prize for Innovative Patient Care. Ziggy is operated by a small team (1–10 employees) led by co-founders Job Sesink (pilot and sales) and Lucy Bennett (technical development), with an advisory bench that includes MedTech operator Rens Schoenmakers (former Welzorg CEO) and MDR/CE specialist Bram Sterke.

Ziggy's business model is direct hardware sales to Dutch care institutions and healthcare organizations through an enterprise field-sales motion, supported by persona-specific contact forms (for care supervisors, innovation leads, and procurement), a downloadable product info pack, and an institutional 'Ziggy in your organisation' channel. No pricing, revenue, or funding rounds are publicly disclosed; commercial scale is therefore implied to be early-stage.

Name

Ziggy Mobility

Legal name

Ziggy Mobility

Website

https://ziggy-mobility.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ziggy Mobility is a Dutch medical-device startup that makes a CE-marked side-by-side wheelchair push accessory, enabling caregivers to push wheelchairs from the side and maintain eye contact with the user. It sells directly to care institutions in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobility Assistive Devices / Wheelchair Accessories

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113)

SIC

Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobility Aids (Wheelchairs, Scooters, Walkers, Canes) (HLAHAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mobility Device Sales, Rental & Service (Wheelchairs, Scooters, Walkers) (HSABAKAC)

Keywords

• Mobility assistive devices
• Wheelchair accessories
• Rehabilitation equipment
• Medical mobility devices
• Caregiver support devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Delft

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Complete Ziggy Units: Sale of complete Ziggy units consisting of wheelchair adapter and pushing unit for end customers.
2. Wheelchair Adapter Sales: Separate sale of wheelchair adapter component for customers who may already have a pushing unit.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ziggy Mobility develops and sells a CE-marked wheelchair accessory that allows caregivers to push and steer wheelchairs from the side rather than from behind, enabling eye contact and social connection between caregiver and wheelchair user. The product is sold as a complete unit (wheelchair adapter + pushing unit) or as a separate wheelchair adapter for compatible wheelchair models. It is co-created with care provider 's Heeren Loo and validated through TU Delft, Rijndam Revalidatie, and Erasmus MC.

Product overview

Ziggy Mobility offers a single core product line: the Ziggy wheelchair accessory, which is a CE-marked medical device enabling side-by-side wheelchair pushing. The product is available as a complete package (adapter + pushing unit) or as separate components (wheelchair adapter or complete unit). Ziggy is co-created with 's Heeren Loo and developed in collaboration with TU Delft, Rijndam Revalidatie, and Erasmus MC. The patented folding system allows quick storage, and the mounting system enables installation in minutes on compatible wheelchair models including those from Van Os Medical (Excel G-Modular, Excel G3-Eco, Excel G-Eco, Excel G-Eco Plus), Sunrise Medical (Breezy, Quickie Life i), Drive (Ecotec 2G), Vermeiren (D100), and Life & Mobility (Roxx, Jazz s50).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ziggy Side-by-Side Wheelchair Accessory A CE-marked side-by-side wheelchair accessory that allows caregivers to push wheelchairs from the side rather than from behind, enabling eye contact and social connection between the caregiver and wheelchair user. Designed for care institutions and healthcare organizations serving elderly and disabled individuals.
• Complete Ziggy Unit (adapter + pushing unit) Full Ziggy product package including both the wheelchair adapter and the pushing unit for side-by-side wheelchair control. Sold as a complete hardware unit to institutional care buyers.
• Wheelchair Adapter (Roxx-compatible) Wheelchair adapter for Life & Mobility Roxx wheelchairs, enabling compatibility with the Ziggy pushing unit. Sold separately for customers who already have a Ziggy pushing unit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Co-created with clinical experts ensuring practical validity
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TU DelftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in product development. The Delft BioRobotics Lab, led by Professor Heike Vallery, provided the ideal environment for Ziggy to grow. Engineers from TU Delft worked with clinicians and physiotherapists to develop Ziggy.
• Erasmus MCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical partner in rehabilitation medicine. Gerard Ribbers, Professor and Head of Rehabilitation Medicine, chairs the department. Ziggy is the first startup from the Convergence for Health and Technology initiative bringing together Erasmus MC, TU Delft, and Rijndam Revalidatie.
• Rijndam RevalidatiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRehabilitation center that collaborated with TU Delft and Erasmus MC in developing Ziggy. Clinicians and physiotherapists contributed to product development.
• 's Heeren LoocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare institution that co-created Ziggy with the development team. Their input ensured the product meets real-world needs of wheelchair users and caregivers in care settings.
• In Actie!minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization founded by Nicole van den Dries-Luitwieler, who is mother of a daughter with PIMD (Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities). She advocates for vulnerable groups and provides user perspective.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Vermeiren: Vermeiren is a Belgian wheelchair and mobility aids manufacturer whose D100 is compatible with Ziggy — comparable as a regional incumbent and OEM partner in the Benelux mobility aids market.
• Sunrise Medical: Sunrise Medical is a major global wheelchair manufacturer whose manual wheelchairs (Breezy, Quickie) are explicitly compatible with Ziggy — relevant as a platform partner and as a broader incumbent in the mobility aid category.
• Van Os Medical: Van Os Medical is a Dutch/Norwegian wheelchair manufacturer whose Excel G-series wheelchairs are compatible with Ziggy — comparable as an OEM partner and as an incumbent in the Dutch/European mobility aids market.
• Permobil: Permobil is a large global power wheelchair and seating manufacturer; comparable as a broad incumbent in the rehabilitation mobility market that Ziggy targets with its accessory.
• Life & Mobility: Life & Mobility is a Dutch mobility aids manufacturer whose Roxx and Jazz wheelchairs require the dedicated "Roxx, the New Original" Ziggy adapter — directly comparable as both a platform partner and a regional incumbent.
• Ottobock: Ottobock is a major medtech manufacturer of wheelchairs, orthotics, and rehabilitation aids; comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same institutional rehabilitation ecosystem that Ziggy sells into.

Direct peers

• Max Mobility (Permobil): Max Mobility (now part of Permobil) makes the SmartDrive power-assist wheel, a wheelchair add-on that augments manual pushing — directly analogous to Ziggy as an accessory transforming how a caregiver propels a wheelchair.
• Klaxon Mobility: Klaxon makes powered add-on handbikes and traction devices for wheelchairs, comparable to Ziggy as an aftermarket wheelchair accessory that adds a new mobility modality and is sold to institutional and individual users.
• Alber (Invacare): Alber, part of Invacare, manufactures power-assist and push-tracking add-ons for wheelchairs (e.g., e-motion, twion) — comparable to Ziggy as a CE-marked medical device accessory sold to care institutions to reduce caregiver strain.
• Batec Mobility: Batec produces electric handbike attachments that clamp onto manual wheelchairs, comparable to Ziggy as a hardware accessory that expands wheelchair functionality and is sold to care users and institutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ziggy-mobility

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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