MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.1 No.7

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Dan’s Picks

MedCity News

The GOP’s Budget Plan Is a Crisis in the Making for Hospitals

Cognito Therapeutics: Wearable, Neuromodulation, Neurology, Alzheimer’s – Cambridge, MA

Cognito Therapeutics Announces Non-invasive Neuromodulation Therapy Delays Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

DermaSensor: AI, Diagnostic, Skin Cancer, Dermatology – Miami, FL

Published FDA Pivotal Studies Find DermaSensor has 96% Sensitivity and Cuts Physicians’ Missed Skin Cancers by Half

Abstractive Health: Soft/SaaS, Clinical Simulation – New York, NY

Abstractive Health Launches Clinical Time Machine, the First AI Game Built on Real Historical Patient Records

Product Launches

hc1: Soft/Saas, Clinical Lab, Outreach Programs – Indianapolis, IN

hc1 Introduces Outreach Optimization Solution to Drive Laboratory Success

TriSalus Life Sciences: Procedural Device, Drug Delivery, Interventional Oncology – Westminster, CO

TriSalus Life Sciences Announces the Launch of the TriNav FLX Infusion System

spineart: Implant, Spine Surgery – Geneva, Switzerland

SPINEART ANNOUNCES FULL-MARKET LAUNCH OF SCARLET® AC-Ti SECURED ANTERIOR CERVICAL CAGE IN THE US

Clear Labs: Soft/Saas, Diagnostics, Lab-Based, Infectious Disease – San Carlos, CA

Clear Labs Launches New Fully Automated NGS Platform for Rapid Bacterial and Fungal Detection from Sterile Site Specimens

Penumbra: Procedural Device, Peripheral Vascular – Alameda, CA

Penumbra Introduces the Ruby® XL System – the Longest, Largest, and Softest Coil on the Market for Vascular Embolization

Centinel Spine: Implant, Spine Surgery – West Chester, PA

Centinel Spine® Continues to Innovate in Lumbar Total Disc Replacement through the Release of New prodisc® L Instrumentation

Spinal Simplicity: Implant, Spine Surgery, SI Joint – Overland Park, KS

Spinal Simplicity Announces Launch of Patriot-SI™ as Stand-Alone Posterior SI Joint Fusion Implant

Medimaps Group: AI, Soft/SaaS, Imaging, Orthopedics – Geneva, Switzerland

Medimaps Group Expands in the U.S. With the Launch of TBS Osteo Next-Generation Software for Advanced Bone Microarchitecture Assessment

CIVIE: AI, Soft/SaaS, Radiology Operations – Plano, TX

CIVIE Launches RadPod, an AI-Empowered On-Demand Radiology Reading Platform

LeanTaaS: AI, Soft/SaaS, Surgical Coordination – Santa Clara, CA

LeanTaaS Launches iQueue for Surgical Clinics, Delivering the Industry’s First End‑to‑End Surgical Coordination Platform

Prevounce Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Remote Pt. Management – Indianapolis, IN

Prevounce Health Adds AI-Powered Insights to Remote Care Platform

Clinii: AI, Soft/SaaS, Chronic Condition Mgt. – New York, NY

Clinii Launches Clinii Connect-AI to Transform Patient Communication and Documentation in Chronic Care Programs

Wysa: AI, Soft/Saas, Pt. Intake, Mental Health – Boston, MA

Wysa Launches AI-Powered Chatbot to Streamline Mental Health Patient Intake in the US

Abstractive Health: Soft/SaaS, Clinical Simulation – New York, NY

Abstractive Health Launches Clinical Time Machine, the First AI Game Built on Real Historical Patient Records

OSSIO: Implant, Bio-Integrative, Orthopedic Surgery, Suture Anchor – Woburn, MA

OSSIO Launches Small OSSIOfiber® Suture Anchors, Expanding Best-in-Class Portfolio of Bio-Integrative, Metal-Free Implants to Improve Soft Tissue Fixation

Archy: AI, Soft/Saas, Practice Mgt, Dental – San Jose, CA

Introducing Archy Intelligence™: Your Newest (AI) Team Members

M&A

Acquisition
Limber Health: Remote Therapeutic Monitoring, Home Exercise Program – Rockville, MD
Net Health: Soft/SaaS, HER – Pittsburgh, PA

Net Health Acquires Limber Health

Acquisition
Focal Medical: Drug Delivery – Cary, NC
Continuity Biosciences: Implant, Drug Delivery, Oncology – Bradenton, FL

Continuity Biosciences Acquires Focal Medical to Advance Targeted Drug Delivery for Pancreatic Cancer

Medically Home: Homecare, Complex Illnesses – Boston, MA
Dispatch Health: Homecare – Denver, CO

DispatchHealth and Medically Home Merger Closes, Creating a National Platform for Complex Care at Home

Acquisition
See-Mode Technologies: AI, Imaging, Ultrasound – Singapore
RadNet: Services, Imaging – Los Angeles, CA

RadNet Acquires See-Mode Technologies to Bolster AI Capabilities in Ultrasound Imaging

Acquisition
SPDx: Service, Sterilization – Phoenix, AZ
Instrumentum: Service, Sterilization – Boca Raton, FL

cultivate(MD) Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company SPDx by Instrumentum

Acquisition
Ontellus: Service, Medical Records Retrieval – Houston, TX
Datavant: Soft/SaaS, Data Connectivity, Data Exchange – Phoenix, AZ

Datavant to Acquire Ontellus to Transform Medical Record Retrieval with Tech-Enabled Health Records Retrieval and Claims Intelligence Solutions

Acquisition
Day Zero Diagnostics: ML, Diagnostics, Laboratory – Watertown, MA
bioMérieux: Diagnostics, Laboratory, Microbiology – Marcy l’Étoile, France

bioMérieux strengthens its next-generation sequencing capabilities with the acquisition of Day Zero Diagnostics solutions and technologies

The Cs

Surgimate: Soft/SaaS, Scheduling, Surgery – New York, NY

Alisa Vaughn – COO (Joining)

Surgimate Appoints Alisa Vaughn as Chief Operating Officer

Kimedics: Soft/Saas, Workforce Mgt. – Nashville, TN

Greg Gossett – President (Joining)

Kimedics Appoints Greg Gossett as President to Scale Clinician-First Workforce Management Software

PaceMate: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Cardiology – Bradenton, FL

JR Finkelmeier – CEO (Promotion)

PaceMate® Names JR Finkelmeier CEO As It Sets Its Sights on Large-Scale Expansion

GT Medical Technologies: Procedural Device, Radiation Therapy, Brain, Neurosurgery – Tempe, AZ

James Leech – CFO, CSO – Strategy (Joining)

GT Medical Technologies Names James Leech Chief Financial and Strategy Officer

Inflammatix: AI, Diagnostic, POC, Immunology – Sunnyvale, CA

Martin Vazquez – COO (Joining)

Inflammatix Names Martín Vazquez as Chief Operating Officer to Drive National Scale-Up of TriVerity™ Test System

Alpheus Medical: Capital Equipment, Sonodynamic Therapy, Neuro Oncology – Chanhassen, MN

Imran Eba – CFO (Joining)

Eba moves from GSK’s corporate VC arm to medical startup

VIVEX Biologics: Allograft, Orthopedic, Wound, Burn – Miami, FL

Jon E. Block, PhD – CCO – Clinical (Joining)

Vivex® Biologics, Inc. Appoints Industry Veteran Jon E. Block, Ph.D., as Chief Clinical Officer

Hyperfine: AI, Imaging, MRI, Portable – Guilford, CT

Rob Fasciano, PhD – CRO – Regulatory; CQO (Joining)

Hyperfine Announces Key Executive Appointments to Strengthen its Leadership Position in AI-Powered Portable MRI

Presidio Medical: Procedural Device, Neuromodulation, Ultra-Low Frequency, Pain – South San Francisco, CA

Dimas Jiménez – CFO (Joining)

Presidio Medical™ Receives IDE Approval for Ultra Low Frequency (ULF™) Neuromodulation Clinical Study and Appoints Dimas Jiménez as Chief Financial Officer

Sightview Software: Soft/SaaS, EHR, Practice Mgt, Ophthalmology – Durham, NC

Tycene Fritcher – CEO (Joining)

Sightview Names Tycene Fritcher as CEO

Arima Genomics: Diagnostics, Precision Med, Genomics, Oncology – Carlsbad, CA

Tom Willis, PhD – CEO (Joining)

Arima Genomics Appoints Genomics Industry Veteran Tom Willis as Chief Executive Officer and Closes $22 Million Series C Financing

Board Members

Allotex: Implant, Ophthalmic Surgery – Boston, MA

Dirk Muehlhoff – Board Member (Joining)

Allotex Appoints Dirk Muehlhoff to its Board of Directors

SetPoint Medical: Implant, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Autoimmune Diseases, Rheumatology – Valencia, CA

Tyler Binney – Board Member (Joining)

SetPoint Medical Appoints Tyler Binney to Its Board of Directors

Kestra Medical Technologies: Wearables, Diagnostic, Cardiology – Kirkland, WA

Conor Hanley – Board Member (Joining)

Kestra Medical Technologies Announces Appointment of Conor Hanley to its Board of Directors

Anteris Technologies: Implant, TAVR – Brisbane, Australia

David Roberts – Board Member (Joining)
Gregory Moss – Board Member (Joining)
Wenyi Gu, PhD – Board Member (Resigning)

Anteris Appoints David Roberts and Gregory Moss to its Board of Directors

Positrigo: Imaging, PET – Zurich, Switzerland

Max Odlander – Board Member (Joining)
Didier Deltort – Board Member (Joining)
Dr. Ajit Singh – Board Member (Joining)

Positrigo closes Financing Round and appoints new Board Members

Anaconda Biomed: Procedural Device, Thrombectomy, Neurovascular – Barcelona, Spain

Charles Carignan, MD – Chairman of the Board (Joining)

Anaconda Biomed Appoints Dr. Charles Carignan as New Chairman of the Board of Directors

Funding

Gel4Med: Regenerative Medicine, Surgical Wound – Boston, MA

Gel4Med Awarded Mass Ventures START Grant to Accelerate Innovation in Tissue Engineering and Advanced Biomaterials Development

Cosm Medical: Women’s Health, Prosthetics, Pelvic Floor – Toronto, ON

iGan Partners Leads Seed+ Financing for Cosm Medical to Advance Personalized Gynecological Devices

Atraverse Medical: Procedural Device, Cardiac Surgery – Cardiff by the Sea, CA

Atraverse Medical Closes $29 Million Financing to Accelerate Commercialization of its Innovative HOTWIRE™ Transseptal Access Technology

OrisDX: Diagnostic, POC, Dental, Oral Cancer – Chicago, IL

OrisDX Raises $4M Seed to Launch First-of-Its-Kind Saliva-Based Multiomic Platform, Targeting Oral Cancer

Atraverse Medical: Procedural Device, Cardiovascular Surgery – San Diego, CA

Atraverse Medical Closes $29 Million Financing to Accelerate Commercialization of its Innovative HOTWIRE™ Transseptal Access Technology

Guidehealth: AI, Soft/SaaS, Chronic Condition Mgt. – Dallas, TX

Emory Healthcare Invests $10M in Guidehealth to Transform AI-Powered Patient Care

Wandercraft: AI, Robotic, Exoskeleton, Mobility – Paris, France

Wandercraft announces Series D Round, bringing $75M in total funding secured for global acceleration of AI-powered robotics

Ceryx Medical: Implant, Bioelectronic Device, Heart Failure – Cardiff, UK

Ceryx Medical Secures $15 Million to Advance Groundbreaking Heart Failure Technology

Autonomize AI: AI, Soft/Saas, Agentic AI – Austin, TX

Autonomize AI Raises $28 Million Series A to Power Next-Generation Agentic AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences

Positrigo: Imaging, PET – Zurich, Switzerland

Positrigo closes Financing Round and appoints new Board Members

Alva Health: Wearable, Neurology, Stroke Detection – Dallas, TX

Alva Health Wins $500,000 in R&D Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation

Ellipsis Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Care Management – San Francisco, CA

Ellipsis Health unveils Sage, the emotionally intelligent AI Care Manager, backed by $45M from Salesforce, Khosla Ventures, and CVS Ventures

NeuroEM: Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment, Neurology, Alzheimer’s – Tampa, FL

NeuroEM Therapeutics(R) Closes Initial Rounds in $5 Million Equity Raise to Commercialize Drug-free Alzheimer’s Treatment

Arima Genomics: Diagnostics, Precision Med, Genomics, Oncology – Carlsbad, CA

Arima Genomics Appoints Genomics Industry Veteran Tom Willis as Chief Executive Officer and Closes $22 Million Series C Financing

Regulatory

Approval
Avicenna.AI: AI, Imaging, Radiology – La Ciotat, France

Avicenna.AI Secures CE Mark for Two Spine-Focused Medical Imaging AI Tools

Approval
Mindset Medical: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Respiratory – Phoenix, AZ

Mindset Medical Announces FDA Clearance for its Contactless Respiratory Rate Measurement Device

Approval
TYBR Health: Procedural, Bioresorbable, Hand & Wrist Surgery, Tissue Protection – Houston, TX

TYBR Health Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for B3 GEL™ System, a Flowable Bio-Gel to Protect Healing Tissue and Preserve Function

Approval
Neurent Medical: Procedural Device, ENT – Galway, Ireland

Neurent Medical Announces 510(k) Clearance of its Next Generation NEUROMARK® System

Approval
Viz.ai: AI, Soft/SaaS, Imaging, Diagnostic, Neurosurgery – San Francisco, CA

Viz.ai Receives First and Only FDA 510(k) Clearance for Subdural Measurements

IDE
Presidio Medical: Procedural Device, Neuromodulation, Ultra-Low Frequency, Pain – South San Francisco, CA

Presidio Medical™ Receives IDE Approval for Ultra Low Frequency (ULF™) Neuromodulation Clinical Study and Appoints Dimas Jiménez as Chief Financial Officer

Fast Track
SolasCure: Dressing, Wound Care – Cambridge, UK

SolasCure receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Aurase Wound Gel to treat calciphylaxis ulcers

Approval
Subtle Medical: AI, Software, Imaging, Enhancement, MRI – Menlo Park, CA

Bracco Imaging and Subtle Medical Announce CE Mark of AiMIFY™ Software for Enhanced MRI in Europe

Approval
Inquis Medical: Procedural Device, Thrombectomy, Pulmonary Embolism – Menlo Park, CA

Inquis Medical’s AVENTUS Thrombectomy System Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Reimbursement

Nectero Medical: Implant, AAA, Vascular Surgery – Tempe, AZ

Nectero Medical Secures Category III CPT Codes for Investigational Therapy to Treat Small- to Medium-Sized AAAs

Clinical Trials/Studies

Amber Implants: Implants, Spine Surgery – The Hague, Netherlands

Amber Implants Announces Successful One-Year Follow-Up Data in First-in-Human Clinical Trial of VCFix® Spinal System

Novoxel: Capital Equip, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Dry Eye – Netanya, Israel

Tixel i® Demonstrates Sustained Improvements in Dry Eye Symptoms

Catalyst OrthoScience: Implant, Orthopedic, Shoulder – Naples, FL

Catalyst OrthoScience Announces 5-8 Year Data Reporting Significant Functional Improvement and Pain Reduction for Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

NEXT Life Sciences: Men’s Health, Contraception – San Luis Obispo, CA

Plan A™ Completes 100% Successful North American Clinical Trial

Viz.ai: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Neurovascular, Stroke – San Francisco, CA

New Study Demonstrates AI-Powered Care Coordination Reduces Transfer Time and Improves Outcomes in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients

Guardant Health: Diagnostic Test, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology, Breast – Palo Alto, CA

New Study Published in ESMO Open Highlights Guardant Reveal’s Performance in Detecting Minimal Residual Disease in Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Humacyte: Implant, Regenerative Human Tissues – Durham, NC

Results from Humacyte’s V007 Pivotal Phase 3 AV Access Study Highlighted by Presentation at the Society for Vascular Surgery Meeting

Cognito Therapeutics: Wearable, Neuromodulation, Neurology, Alzheimer’s – Cambridge, MA

Cognito Therapeutics Announces Non-invasive Neuromodulation Therapy Delays Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Volta Medical: AI, Diagnostic, Electrophysiology – Marseille, France

Volta Medical Announces U.S. Label Expansion for Volta AF-Xplorer™ to Include Pivotal TAILORED-AF Clinical Trial Data

Implantica: Procedural Device, GI, GERD – Zug, Switzerland

Implantica announces new real-world Swiss study on 99 RefluxStop™ patients comparing small and large hiatal hernia, confirming equally excellent long-term results

epiminder: Implant, Continuous EEG – Melbourne, Australia

Epiminder Announces Publication of Landmark Clinical Trial Confirming Safety and Efficacy of the Minder® System

Spirair, Inc: Procedural Device, ENT – South San Francisco, CA

First Clinical Study of SeptAlign™ Implant Demonstrates Safety and Efficacy in Treating Nasal Septal Deviation While Preserving Cartilage

Cytovale: Diagnostic Test, Rapid, Sepsis – San Francisco, CA

Cytovale’s Rapid Diagnostic Slashes Sepsis Mortality by 39%, Peer-Reviewed Study Confirms

MolecuLight: Imaging, Surgical Wound Care – Toronto, ON

MolecuLight® Imaging Significantly Improves Outcomes and Cuts Costs for Deep Sternal Wound Infections in Taiwan Study; Signals Expansion into Surgical Applications

DermaSensor: AI, Diagnostic, Skin Cancer, Dermatology – Miami, FL

Published FDA Pivotal Studies Find DermaSensor has 96% Sensitivity and Cuts Physicians’ Missed Skin Cancers by Half

Lungpacer Medical: Neurostimulation of Diaphragm, Breathing – Vancouver, BC

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Publishes Landmark Data on AeroPace® System’s Breakthrough Results in Ventilator Weaning

Valar Labs: AI, Diagnostic, Predictive Medicine, Urology, Bladder Cancer – Palo Alto, CA

Valar Labs’ CHAI Biomarkers Validated in New Study in European Urology for Predicting Outcomes of High Grade Ta Bladder Cancer

Clear Guide Medical: AI, AR, Surgical Guidance – Baltimore, MD

Clear Guide Medical LUMENA™ Featured in SPIE Study on MRI-Guided Interventions

Clarity: AI, Predictive Medicine, Oncology, Urology, Prostate – Boston, MA

SABRE topline results: Cu-64 SAR-Bombesin is effective in detecting prostate cancer recurrence in patients with negative SOC imaging

Partnerships

Iris Telehealth: Telemedicine, Behavioral Health – Austin, TX
Holmusk: Soft/SaaS, Behavioral Health – New York, NY

Iris Telehealth and Holmusk Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Data-Driven Mental Health Care

Atropos Health: Soft/SaaS, Clinical Decision Support – New York, NY
Databricks : AI, Soft/SaaS, IT, Data Intelligence – San Francisco, CA

Atropos Health Partners with Databricks to Accelerate Evidence Generation and Advance Precision Medicine in Healthcare

CRH Medical Corporation: Procedural Device, GI, Hemorrhoid Banding – Vancouver, BC
WovenX Health: Soft/SaaS, Virtual Medicine, GI – Chicago, IL

CRH Medical Corporation and WovenX Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance GI Patient Access and Streamline Care Delivery

Altera Digital Health: Soft/Saas, HER – Niagara Falls, NY
Health Gorilla: Soft/SaaS, Data Interchange – Coral Gables, FL

Altera Digital Health and Health Gorilla Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Healthcare Interoperability

Atropos Health: Soft/SaaS, Clinical Decision Support – New York, NY
Kythera Labs: Soft/SaaS, Data Integration – Franklin, TN

Atropos Health and Kythera Labs Partner to Expand Access to Real-World Data to Advance Oncology

Flat Medical: Disposable, Syringe, Epidural – Austin, TX
Mercury Medical: Distributor, Medical Products – Clearwater, FL

Flat Medical Partners with Mercury Medical for US Distribution of EpiFaith Smart Syringe

Patents

LEADOPTIK: Procedural Device, Imaging, Biopsy – San Jose, CA

LEADOPTIK Awarded Key Patents Across Three Continents

Prevencio: AI, Diagnostic, Blood Test, CAD – Kirkland, WA

Prevencio Awarded U.S., European and Japanese Patents for HART CADhs, Its AI-Driven Blood Test for Coronary Artery Disease

iotaMotion: Robotic, Assisted Cochlear Implantation – St. Paul, MN

iotaMotion Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Robotic-Assisted Cochlear Implantation Technology

Omnia Medical: Implant, Spine Surgery – Morgantown, WV

Omnia Medical Reaches Settlement as PainTEQ Admits Breach and Patent Infringement

This & That

Geneoscopy: Diagnostic Tests, Gastroenterology, Colorectal Cancer Screening Test – St. Louis, MO

Geneoscopy’s RNA-Based ColoSense Test Included in Latest National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines

MedTech Innovator: Medical Company Accelerator – Los Angeles, CA

MedTech Innovator Unveils 65 Breakthrough Medtech Startups in its 2025 Cohort

Guardant Health: Diagnostic Test, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology – Palo Alto, CA

Guardant Health Wins Fast Company’s 2025 World Changing Ideas Award for Shield Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening

BioTools Innovator: Accelerator, Life Sciences and Diagnostics – Los Angeles, CA

BioTools Innovator 2025 Cohort Includes Top 31 Life Sciences Tools and Diagnostics Companies

Rad AI: AI, Soft/Saas, Radiology Workflows – San Francisco, CA

Rad AI Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 List For Pioneering Generative AI in Healthcare

SS Innovations: Robotics, Surgical, Cardiac Surgery – Gurugram, India

SS Innovations Announces Successful Completion of First Robotic Cardiac Surgery in the Western Hemisphere Utilizing the Company’s SSi Mantra 3 Surgical Robotic System

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