Healthy feet are not a given for everyone.

People with long-term diabetes can get a diabetic foot ulcers, foot wounds that heal slowly and can result in amputation.

Prevention of diabetic foot ulcers is possible...

In the last 15 years an increasing number of clinical studies has shown that ulcers can be prevented through home monitoring and easy, timely interventions such as taking rest or obtaining better fitting insoles.

... but currently too complex

Unfortunately, home monitoring is seldom implemented outside studies because it is currently too complex for people at risk and healthcare professionals to perform.

Secuped makes it easy to detect ulcer onset and avoid wound care.

The hard data is a call to action:

500 mln

More than 500 million adults are diagnosed with diabetes, almost 1 in 10.

25%

About 1 in 4 people with diabetes gets a diabetic foot ulcer.

20%

Almost 20% of diabetic foot ulcers does not heal and results in an amputation.

$ 13,500

Wound care for a diabetic foot ulcer takes almost a year on average at a cost of $ 13,500.

40%

40% of people with a diabetic foot ulcer gets another ulcer within 1 year.

Secuped

Secuped is a young company that strives to improve healthcare by helping people with diabetes to prevent the need for care. Our solution is being developed right now.
If you would like to know more, don't hesitate to reach out.

Monday, January 19, 2026 Administrator News 49
Leiden Bioscience Park and Kansen voor West have awarded an advice voucher to Secuped. The voucher supports Secuped in the costs for the unlock_ incubation program.
Wednesday, October 01, 2025 Administrator News 123
We are proud to announce that SuperEllipse and Secuped have received the Crossroads funding from Interreg to advance the development of our preventive health technologies.
Wednesday, November 05, 2025 Administrator News 133
We are happy to share that Graduate Entrepreneur Fund is investing in Secuped to help developing Secuped's home monitoring solution. Secuped's home monitoring will help people at risk of diabetic foot ulcers (wounds) and their healthcare providers to intervene timely and prevent these wounds. We would like to thank Graduate Entrepreneur Fund for their confidence in us in this very early stage. More information at: https://www.graduate.nl/insights/new-pre-seed-investment-secuped
Thursday, July 03, 2025 Administrator News 220
We are happy to announce that Secuped has received funding from UNIIQ for the development of our home monitoring solution for diabetic feet. The UNIIQ investment enables us to further develop a prototype solution and perform a first evaluation with people at risk of diabetic foot ulcers. We would like to thank the UNIIQ team for their great support on the way to this investment and their help in extending our network. We're looking forward to continue this great collaboration in the coming years. https://uniiq.nl/en/uniiq-backs-four-high-potential-startups-in-health-deeptech-and-data/