Our Story
In 2021, Stefanie and Max were colleagues at the same clinic in Aarau when they started comparing notes on a pattern they both kept seeing. Patient after patient — men who ran marathons, hiked, played tennis — would mention almost in passing that they had quietly given up these things. Light incontinence, they would say, barely louder than a whisper.
There was nothing on the market designed for them. Products borrowed from women's hygiene aisles, bulky medical inserts, or simply silence and resignation. After one particularly difficult consultation, Stefanie looked at Max over coffee and said: "Why don't we just build it?"
They brought in Lampros, a health-tech developer who had the expertise to turn their clinical vision into a real product. Tenuto was founded shortly after — named for the musical notation meaning "held" — because that is exactly what the product does: it holds what matters, discreetly and reliably, so men can get back to living without compromise.
The Team
Co-Founder · Urologist
After twelve years in urology, Stefanie had heard the same story more times than she could count — men describing, in careful understatements, how light incontinence had slowly shrunk their world. She didn't accept that this was unavoidable. As Clinical Director, she oversees every product decision with one question in mind: would her patients actually wear this?
Co-Founder · Urologist
Max spent a decade focused on pelvic floor function and men's post-surgical recovery. His frustration was not just with the lack of products — it was with the silence around the condition itself. At Tenuto, he leads clinical research and product validation, making sure every claim is backed by evidence his patients can trust.
Co-Founder · Software Developer
Lampros had spent years building health-tech platforms when Stefanie and Max reached out with their idea. What struck him was not just the product — it was the precision with which two clinicians could describe a gap that technology and thoughtful design could close. He built Tenuto's entire digital infrastructure from the ground up.