Working to improve lives by shortening the path from medical innovation to the people who need it.

Regulatory clearance is the last obstacle between a good medical device and the patients who need it. We started Dovetail because it was taking too long, costing too much and leaving founders to figure out a system designed against them.

Spencer came from the FDA. He had spent years on both sides of the regulatory process, watching brilliant devices get stuck in cycles of back-and-forth while founders burned through their runway and lost confidence in the path ahead.

Severin had lived it as a founder himself, taking a patient monitoring app through CE marking and experiencing every frustration the process had to offer. Between them, they had the inside view and the outside view. They built Dovetail to fix both.

Today, Dovetail works with some of the most complex device companies across the US, EU and beyond, combining senior regulatory expertise, an AI agent trained on medtech regulation and QMS Plus into one team.

The goal is the same as it was at the start: get more devices to the people who need them, faster.

Our Company

Dovetail is a regulatory partner for medtech companies: not a traditional consultancy, and not just another QMS platform. We combine senior regulatory experts, an AI agent trained on medtech regulation, and QMS Plus to help teams get to market and stay compliant. For startups, that can mean an embedded Envoy team that handles strategy, documentation, submissions, and auditor conversations end to end. For in-house regulatory and quality teams, it means a platform that creates documents, connects to the tools they already use, and keeps the work audit-ready.

Spencer Todd

Founder

After years of experience at the US FDA and working hands on to bring medical devices to market for small and large companies, Spencer knows best how to easily and quickly achieve regulatory compliance in the EU, US and abroad.

Severin Högl

Founder

Severin has experienced the difficulties of medical device CE marking firsthand, building and certifying a patient monitoring app. He has turned this expertise towards building software to make CE marking a breeze for other medtech companies.

Our Investors

Dovetail is supported investors who understand what it takes to build in medtech.

Heal Capital

Heal Capital backs healthcare founders building enduring companies across regulated markets.

Gradient

Gradient supports technical teams using AI to transform complex, high-stakes workflows.

Massive Tech Ventures

Massive Tech Ventures backs technical founders building consequential deep technology companies.

Silicon Allee

Silicon Allee supports founders and operators across Berlin's technology ecosystem.

Gaingels

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate supporting inclusive, high-growth teams.