Rome-Based Ardeevo Secures €150,000 Pre-Seed to Simplify CE Certification for Medical Device Makers

Ardeevo, created by legal expert Giovanni Stracquadaneo and AI specialist Alessandro Santopaolo, offers an AI‑driven regulatory assistant called Clark that guides medical device startups and SMEs through the entire CE marking process, from product classification to technical dossier preparation. Backed by Znext with a €150k pre‑seed round, the company aims to reduce time and cost barriers in European medical device certification.