Zen Koh

Zen Koh is a healthcare systems architect and MedTech entrepreneur who designs data-driven care pathways linking hospital, home, and community for people living with complex, chronic, and neurological conditions. He is Founder, President & CEO of NovaKonexus Inc. and Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Prosperous Robotics Inc., where he turns robotics, digital health platforms, predictive analytics, and assistive technologies into scalable hospital-to-home and rehabilitation ecosystems. As Strategic Industry Advisor and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the KITE Research Institute, University Health Network (Toronto), he leads commercialisation strategy and industry partnerships to translate neurotechnology and digital innovation into real-world models of care.

Over more than two decades, Zen has founded and led high-growth ventures across Singapore, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, and China. He previously served as Co-Founder and Global CEO of Fourier Intelligence, helping transform it from a rehabilitation robotics start-up into a global platform company, securing roughly USD 100 million in Series C and D funding from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund and Saudi Aramco’s Prosperity7 Ventures. Under his leadership, Fourier launched award-winning neurorehabilitation solutions such as the ArmMotus™ EMU, which received the IERA Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics Award for its pioneering 3D cable-driven upper-limb rehabilitation design.

Zen’s career began in biomedical and robotic engineering, including academic research roles and leadership of Hocoma’s Asia Pacific hub, where he helped scale advanced rehabilitation robotics across the region. These technical foundations underpin his current focus on digital twins, ambient sensing, and AI-enabled clinical decision support—building integrated “rehab operating systems” that support continuous monitoring, adaptive therapy, and outcome-based reimbursement.

A recognised global authority in neurorehabilitation and MedTech, Zen was named one of MD+DI’s “40 Under 40” future most influential leaders in medical technology, and his work has been profiled in international media including The CEO Magazine, IEEE Entrepreneurship’s IERA Award coverage, and leading rehab and robotics outlets. He is Founder & Executive Director of MotusAcademy, Managing Editor of the Journal of Rehabilitation Methods and Technologies, and Ambassador and Immediate Past President of the International Industry Society in Advanced Rehabilitation Technology (IISART), where he was the organisation’s inaugural Ambassador. An active ecosystem builder, he convenes clinicians, engineers, investors, and policymakers through international conferences, consortia, and advisory boards, and has chaired major global events such as RehabWeek and ICAIR at KITE-UHN.

Zen bridges deep technical expertise with system-level strategy. Today, through NovaKonexus, Prosperous Robotics, MotusAcademy, and his work with KITE-UHN, he continues to push the frontier of hospital-to-home care—using digital twins, ambient sensing, autonomous rehabilitation systems, and outcome-based contracts to create scalable, human-centred models of care that help people regain independence and fully participate in everyday life.

References

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