MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.1 No.13

The news you need on MedTech startups

Dan’s Picks

LookDeep Health: AI, Ambient, Soft/SaaS, Staff and Patient Assistant – Oakland, CA

LookDeep Health Unveils aimee™: The First AI Agent That Sees, Hears, and Responds in Hospitals

Twin Health: Digital Health, Digital Twin, Diabetes, Obesity – Mountain View, CA

Cleveland Clinic RCT proves the power of the AI digital twin™ approach

Product Launches

Elucent Medical: Capital Equip, Surgical Guidance, Surgical Oncology – Eden Prairie, MN

Elucent Medical Launches SmartSupport™ – A Smarter Standard in Surgical Support

ChiroTouch: AI Assistant, Charting, Chiropracty – San Diego, CA

ChiroTouch Launches Rheo: The First AI Assistant Purpose-Built for Chiropractors

Innovaccer: AI, Soft/SaaS, Prior Authorization – San Francisco, CA

Innovaccer Launches Flow Auth to Automate Prior Authorizations, Designed to Deliver 5x ROI

Surgical Safety Technologies: Soft/SaaS, OR Safety and Training – New York, NY

SST Launches Mobile Apps That Transform Surgical Workflow and Education

Eleos: AI, Soft/SaaS, Medicaid Eligibility, Post-Acute Care, Mental Health – Boston, MA

Eleos Launches AI Scanner to Navigate Medicaid Eligibility Risk in Real Time

LookDeep Health: AI, Ambient, Soft/SaaS, Staff and Patient Assistant – Oakland, CA

LookDeep Health Unveils aimee™: The First AI Agent That Sees, Hears, and Responds in Hospitals

Nalu Medical: Wearable, Neurostimulation, Pain – Carlsbad, CA

Nalu Advances Wearable Neurostimulation with New, 39% Smaller Therapy Disc

Datavant: Soft/SaaS, Data Connectivity, Data Exchange – Phoenix, AZ

Datavant Launches HealthForms to Simplify FMLA and Disability Paperwork for Patients and Providers

SafelyYou: AI, Soft/SaaS, Fall Prevention, Tracking, SNF – San Francisco, CA

SafelyYou Reveals New Platform to Revolutionize Care Delivery in Senior Living

M&A

Health Data Movers: Soft/SaaS, Health Data Mgt – Sanford, NC
CitiusTech: Soft/Saas, EHR, Clinical Decision Support – Princeton, NJ

CitiusTech Acquires Health Data Movers, Enhances Healthcare Provider Offerings With Epic Implementation Capabilities

Acquisition
Paige: AI, Diagnostic, Pathology, Oncology – New York, NY
Tempus AI: AI, Soft/Saas, Diagnostic, Cardiology, Clinical Assistant – Chicago, IL

Tempus Announces the Acquisition of Paige

Acquisition
OrganOx: Equipment, Organ Preservation for Transplant – Oxford, UK
Terumo: Medical Products – Tokyo, Japan

Terumo to acquire OrganOx Limited, a leading innovator in organ preservation devices, marking strategic entry into the organ transplantation-related sector

The Cs

Centerline Biomedical: Soft/Saas, Capital Equip, Endovascular Navigation – Cleveland, OH

Jim Dillon – President and CEO (Joining)

Centerline Biomedical Appoints Jim Dillon President and Chief Executive Officer

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

Jeff Macomber – CTO (Joining)

Sightview Appoints Jeff Macomber as Chief Technology Officer

Synchron: BCI, Implant – Brooklyn, NY

Andy Rasdal – CoS – Staff (Joining)

Synchron Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Andy Rasdal as Chief of Staff and Mark Brister as VP R&D

Plenful: AI, Soft/SaaS, Workflow Automation – San Francisco, CA

Michael Longo – CRO – Revenue (Joining)

Plenful Appoints Michael Longo as Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Next Phase of Growth

Qure.ai: AI, Soft/SaaS, Clinical Diagnosis, Pt. Care Coordination – Mumbai, India

Javier J. Zulueta – CMO – Medical (Joining)

Global Healthcare Innovator Qure.ai Expands Executive Team With Eminent Lung Health Appointment to Accelerate Clinical Strategy

Olio: Soft/SaaS, Pt. Care Coordination – Indianapolis, IN

Nathan Hayes – CRO – Revenue (Joining)

Olio taps Healthcare Growth Leader, Nathan Hayes, as Chief Revenue Officer

ClearView Surgical : AR, 3D Surgical Planning – Richmond, VA

Marcio Coelho – CEO (Joining)

ClearView Surgical picks former CMR Surgical exec as CEO

SmartAlpha: AI, Soft/SaaS, Imaging, Ultrasound-based – Ankara, Turkey

Keerthi Vishnudas, PhD – CBO – Business (Joining)

SmartAlpha Welcomes Dr. Keerthi Vishnudas as Company Accelerates U.S. Expansion

Pulnovo Medical: Procedural Device, Pulmonary Artery Denervation – Wuxi, China

Francis Duhay, MD – CMO – Medical (Joining)

Pulnovo Medical Names Dr. Francis Duhay as Global Chief Medical Officer

Board Members

bioAffinity Technologies: Diagnostic Test, Oncology, Lung – San Antonio, TX

Roberto Rios – Board Member (Joining)
John J. Oppenheimer, MD – Board Member (Joining)

bioAffinity Technologies Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

eGenesis: Implant, Xenotransplant, Renal – Cambridge, MA

Douglas Williams, PhD – Board Member (Joining)
Adam Craig, MD – Board Member (Joining)

eGenesis Appoints Douglas Williams, Ph.D., and Adam Craig, M.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors

Second Heart Assist: Ventricular Assist Device, Cardiology – Salt Lake City, UT

Bill Carpou – Board Member (Joining)

Second Heart Lands Bill Carpou, Octane CEO and Former Blackstone Executive, to Board as Talent Strategy Accelerates

Biobeat Technologies: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Cardiology – Petah Tikva, Israel

Raymond W. Cohen – Chairman of the Board (Joining)

Biobeat Technologies Names Raymond W. Cohen as Chairman of the Board of Directors

Funding

Luna Diabetes: Drug Delivery, Insulin, Diabetes – San Diego, CA

Luna Diabetes Raises Series A Financing to Advance its Automated Insulin Delivery Solution For Insulin Pen Users

Medallion: AI, Soft/SaaS, Credentialing – San Francisco, CA

Medallion Raises $43 Million to Expand AI Infrastructure and Launch the First National Credentialing Clearinghouse

Neurovalens: Digital Therapeutics, Neurostimulation – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Belfast-based Neurovalens closes £6m funding round

Eight Sleep: AI, Soft/SaaS, Sleep – New York, NY

Eight Sleep Secures $100 Million to Accelerate AI‑Powered Sleep Optimization, Expand Into Medical, and Grow Global Footprint

Spark Biomedical: Wearable, Neurostimulation, Opioid Withdrawal – Dallas, TX

Spark Biomedical Awarded Funding from Wellcome Leap for Women’s Health Innovation

Sonara Health: Telemedicine, Addiction Medicine – Dallas, TX

Sonara Secures Strategic Investment to Expand Hybrid Care for Methadone Treatment to Modernize Methadone Clinics

EliseAI : AI. Soft/SaaS, Pt. Flow – New York, NY

EliseAI Secures $250M Series E to Automate Healthcare and Housing, Hiring Hundreds to Fuel Expansion

Iantrek: Procedural Device, Interventional Ophthalmology, Glaucoma – White Plains, NY

Iantrek Raises $42 Million Series C to Launch AlloFlo™ Uveo, a Breakthrough Interventional Glaucoma Therapy

Develop Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Prior Authorization – San Francisco, CA

Develop Health Raises $14.3M to Automate Prior Authorization and Medication Access Using GenAI

Wisdom: AI, Soft/SaaS, RCM, Dental – New York, NY

Wisdom, the AI-Powered Dental Revenue Cycle Management Platform, Raises $28M to Accelerate Product Innovation and Capitalize on Rapid Growth

Cascala Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Post-Acute Care Continuation – Boston, MA

Cascala Health Raises $8.6 Million Seed Round to Advance AI‑Powered Clinical Intelligence Platform for Post-Acute Care

Method AI: AI, Soft/SaaS, Image-Guided Surgical Navigation, Surgical Oncology – Boston, MA

Method AI Raises $20M in Series A Financing to Enhance Physician Visualization During Surgical Oncology Procedures

Wellth: Digital Health, Medication Adherence – Los Angeles, CA

Wellth Raises $36M in Oversubscribed Series C as Health Plans Embrace Daily Care Motivation

Twin Health: Digital Health, Digital Twin, Diabetes, Obesity – Mountain View, CA

Twin Health Announces $53M Investment as AI Digital Twin Unlocks Sustainable Diabetes and Obesity Outcomes While Reducing Medications

Neurolief : Digital Medicine, Psychiatry, Depression – Netanya, Israel

Neurolief Prepares for Launch of its Proliv™Rx System for Major Depressive Disorder with Strategic Investment from BrainsWay

restor3d: 3D Printing, Implants, Orthopedic – Durham, NC

restor3d Announces Strategic Investment Partnership with Partners Group to Accelerate Growth in Personalized Orthopedic Solutions

Nami Surgical : Procedural Device, Surgical, Ultrasonic Scalpel – Glasgow, UK

Nami Surgical Opens $10m Series-A Round to Grow and Scale Operations

PediaMetrix: AI, Digital Medicine, Pediatric – Rockville, MD

PediaMetrix Receives $2 Million NIH Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP) Award to Accelerate Pediatric AI Health Solutions

ProVerum Medical: Procedural Device, BPH, Interventional Urology – Dublin, Ireland

ProVerum Secures $80 Million Series B Financing to Advance New Treatment for BPH

Regulatory

Approval
SmartAlpha: AI, Soft/SaaS, Imaging, Ultrasound-based – Ankara, Turkey

Nerveblox, the Ultrasound AI for Regional Anesthesia, Receives FDA Clearance

IDE
ONWARD Medical: Neuromodulation and BCI – Eindhoven, The Netherlands

ONWARD Medical Receives FDA IDE Approval to Initiate the Empower BP Pivotal Study with the ARC-IM System

Approval
NeuroOne: Procedural Device, Nerve Ablation, Neurology, – Eden Prairie, MN

NeuroOne® Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for OneRF® Trigeminal Nerve Ablation System to Treat Facial Pain

Approval
Artrya: AI, Diagnostic, Soft/SaaS, Cardiology – Perth, Australia

FDA clearance of Salix® Coronary Plaque module

IDE
Venova Medical: Procedural Device, Vascular Access, Fistula, Vascular Surgery – Los Gatos, CA

Venova Medical Receives FDA IDE Approval for the VENOS-3 Pivotal Study of the Velocity™ Percutaneous AVF System

Clinical Trials/Studies

Cohesys: Procedural Device, CMF Surgery – Toronto, ON

Cohesys Announces First-in-Human Use of Investigational BoneTape™ in Craniofacial Fracture Repair

Foresight Diagnostics: Diagnostic, Oncology, classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) – Boulder, CO

Foresight Diagnostics Announces Publication of Landmark Study Demonstrating Prognostic Value of Ultrasensitive ctDNA-MRD Detection in Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Pleural Dynamics: Implant, Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt System, Thoracic Surgery – Minneapolis, MN

Pleural Dynamics Announces Completion of Enrollment of “The ACES Study for Aseptic Pleural Effusions,” a Post Market Study Evaluating the Novel ACES Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt System

Chemomouthpiece: DME, Cryotherapy, Oral Cancer, Oncology – Wilmington, DE

The Chemo Mouthpiece® Medical Device Significantly Reduces Oral Pain and Opioid/Analgesic Use During Chemotherapy in Multi-Center Pivotal Clinical Trial

Catheter Precision: Procedural Device, E-P – Fort Mill, SC

Catheter Precision Announces the Start of Enrollment for the LockeT Compare Study

Venova Medical: Procedural Device, Vascular Access, Fistula, Vascular Surgery – Los Gatos, CA

Venova Medical Receives FDA IDE Approval for the VENOS-3 Pivotal Study of the Velocity™ Percutaneous AVF System

Twin Health: Digital Health, Digital Twin, Diabetes, Obesity – Mountain View, CA

Cleveland Clinic RCT proves the power of the AI digital twin™ approach

Partnerships

Atropos Health: Soft/SaaS, Clinical Decision Support – New York, NY
Novartis: Pharmaceuticals – Basel, Switzerland

Atropos Health Enters into Strategic Collaboration to Reduce Time to Rare Disease Diagnosis with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithm

Aptarro: Soft/SaaS, RCM – Tallahassee, FL
aiHealth: AI, Soft/SaaS, Coding – Charlotte, NC

Aptarro and aiHealth Partner to Reimagine the Revenue Cycle with AI-Powered Coding and Claim Automation

Patents

Microbot Medical: Robotics, Endovascular – Caesarea, Israel

Microbot Medical® Granted U.S. Patent that Significantly Expands Potential Market Applications

Inspira Technologies: Capital Equipment, Pulmonology, Acute Respiratory Support – Ra’anana, Israel

Inspira Receives U.S. Patent Approval for the ART500 Core Technology, Key Patent Positions the Company to Dominate $20 Billion Estimated Market

Legal Battles

Angelalign: Disposable, Orthodontic Aligner – Shanghai, China
Align Technology: Disposable, Orthodontic Aligner – Tempe, AZ

Align Technology Initiates Patent Infringement Litigation Against Angelalign Technology

Geneoscopy: Diagnostic Tests, Gastroenterology – St. Louis, MO
Exact Sciences: Diagnostic Test, GI – Madison, WI

Legal Win for Geneoscopy as Exact Sciences Withdraws Preliminary Injunction Against ColoSense®

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