Hike Medical Raises $22.5M to 3D-Print Orthotics at Scale

From Scan to Door in Two Weeks

Hike Medical is a San Francisco company that combines clinical software with in-house 3D printing to make custom orthotics. Patients or employees scan their feet with any smartphone, and the company prints and ships custom insoles from its SoleForge hub in Illinois. The whole process takes about two weeks, which is fast compared to traditional orthotics that often require multiple clinic visits.

The company just raised $22.5 million in seed and Series A funding led by Saga Ventures. The money will fund expansion into new device categories, including diabetic inserts, braces, prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, and cranial helmets.

Why 3D Printing Fits Orthotics

Custom foot orthotics have been around for decades, but the old workflow is slow. A patient visits a podiatrist, gets a foam cast or digital scan, waits for a lab to fabricate the device, and returns for fittings. Each remake wastes material and time.

Hike's model cuts out the middle layers. A 3D-printed insole can be adjusted digitally before production, and the print itself takes hours rather than days. The company says 60 cents of every dollar spent on durable medical equipment in the US is lost to waste, remakes, and fraud. A tighter digital-to-print loop attacks that directly.

The Funding Context

Orthopedic 3D printing is getting attention from investors because the unit economics work. A $20-per-pair insole costs less to produce than a custom-molded device made overseas, and the margins improve at scale. Hike's backers are betting that the same model extends to higher-value devices like prosthetic sockets, where fit problems drive rejection rates as high as 30 percent.

The company also appointed Jerry Tang as chief operating officer. Tang previously ran global operations at Flexport and served as COO at Dandy, a digital dental lab. That background in logistics and digital manufacturing is a direct fit for scaling 3D-printed medical devices.

What Comes Next

The US durable medical equipment market totals roughly $100 billion annually. Hike's near-term growth will come from employer contracts, where companies buy orthotics as a workforce benefit. Long term, the technology platform could support any custom device that starts as a body scan and ends as a 3D print.

The bet is that owning the full stack - software, scanning, and manufacturing - beats point solutions. If the execution holds, Hike could become the default path for custom orthotics in large employer health plans.