MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.1 No.20

Acquisition
Monogram Technologies : AI, Robotic, Implant, TKE, Orthopedic Surgery – Austin, TX
Zimmer Biomet: Implant, Orthopedic – Warsaw, IN

Zimmer Biomet Completes Acquisition of Monogram Technologies

IPOs

BillionToOne: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology, Obstetric – Menlo Park. CA

Molecular diagnostics firm BillionToOne files for US IPO

The Cs

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

Timothy Moran – CBO – Business (Joining)

Kestra Appoints Timothy Moran as Chief Business Officer, Strengthening Leadership Team for Next Stage of Growth

Butterfly Network: Imaging, Ultrasound, POC – Burlington, MA

John Doherty – CFO (Joining)

Butterfly Network Appoints John Doherty as Chief Financial Officer

Board Members

Ventric Health: Diagnostic, Equip, Heart Failure in PC Setting – Pasadena, CA

Christopher Abbott – Board Member (Joining)

Ventric Health Appoints Managed Care Veteran Christopher Abbott to Board of Directors

HyperSpectral: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Infectious Disease – Alexandria, VA

Chuck Mattera, PhD – Chairman of the Board (Joining)

HyperSpectral Raises $7M in Oversubscribed Series A-2 Round to Accelerate Growth

Calyxo: Procedural Device, Endourology, Stone Removal – Pleasanton, CA

Dana G. Mead, Jr. – Board Member (Joining)

Calyxo Expands Board of Directors as Number of Patients Treated with its CVAC® System Crosses 20,000 Milestone

Funding

MediView XR: AI, AR, XR, Imaging. Surgical Planning, Post-op Assessment – Cleveland, OH

MediView Closes $24 Million Series A to Redefine Surgical Navigation and Medical Imaging with Augmented Reality

Octave Bioscience: Diagnostic, Precision Medicine, Neurology, MS – Menlo Park, CA

Octave Bioscience Awarded Valhalla Foundation Grant to Accelerate Development of the First MS Disease Progression Test

RevBio: Procedural Device, Osteoconductive Bone Adhesive, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery – Lowell, MA

RevBio Receives a $2.2 Million Phase II NIH Grant to Further Develop the Minimally Invasive Use of TETRANITE® to Treat Complex Spine Fractures

AtaCor Medical: Implant, Cardiology, Extravascular Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) – San Clemente, CA

AtaCor Medical Secures $75M Financing to Support the Pivotal U.S. Study of its Extravascular ICD (EV-ICD) System

Averto Medical : Implant, Intraluminal Colonic Diversion System, GI Surgery – Fremont, CA

Averto Medical Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant to Advance Breakthrough Therapy for Diverticulitis

Jupiter Endovascular: Procedural Device, Endovascular, Embolization – Menlo Park, CA

Jupiter Endovascular Closes Oversubscribed Series B Financing, Surpassing $40 Million Target

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

Xcellerant Ventures Invests in Mindset Medical to Advance Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring

HyperSpectral: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Infectious Disease – Alexandria, VA

HyperSpectral Raises $7M in Oversubscribed Series A-2 Round to Accelerate Growth

Attuned Intelligence: AI, Soft/SaaS, Call Center, Voice Agents – Orlando, FL

Attuned Intelligence Raises $13M to Transform Hospital Call Centers with Supervised AI

Vicarious Surgical: Robotics, Surgical – Waltham, MA

Vicarious Surgical Announces Pricing of $5.9 Million Registered Direct Offering

Neuronoff : Injectable, Procedural, Chronic Pain – Cleveland, OH

Neuronoff Closes Oversubscribed $4.5M Round to Prepare Launch of Injectrode Platform for Chronic Pain

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

bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. Announces Closing of $1.8 Million Registered Direct Financing of Common Stock Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules

AirStrip Technologies: Soft/SaaS, Clinical Decision Support – San Antonio, TX

AirStrip Secures $50 Million Growth Credit Commitment and Additional Equity Investment from OrbiMed to Accelerate Innovation and Expansion

Amplifi Vascular: Procedural Device, Vein Dilation System, Vascular Surgery – Chesterfield, MO

Amplifi Vascular Announces Successful First-in-Human Study Results, Closes $6.8M Series A, and Receives FDA IDE Approval

Regulatory

Approval
Vektor Medical: AI, Soft/SaaS, Arrhythmia Analysis – San Diego, CA

Vektor Medical Secures CE Mark for vMap, Bringing the Benefits of Non-Invasive Arrhythmia Mapping to Europe

Approval
Bunkerhill Health: AI, Reasoning, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Cardiology, Workflow – San Francisco, CA

Bunkerhill Health Receives FDA Clearance for the First-Ever AI Solution to Detect Mitral Annular Calcification

IDE
Amplifi Vascular: Procedural Device, Vein Dilation System, Vascular Surgery – Chesterfield, MO

Amplifi Vascular Announces Successful First-in-Human Study Results, Closes $6.8M Series A, and Receives FDA IDE Approval

Product News

Gestalt Diagnostics: AI, Soft/SaaS, Digital Pathology Workflow – Spokane, WA

Now Available! Introducing PathFlow Version 6

Breakthrough Devices

CND Life Sciences: Diagnostic Test, Neurodegenerative, Skin Cancer – Scottsdale, AZ

CND Life Sciences is Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Its Skin Biopsy-Based Syn-One Test®

Harrison.ai : AI, Soft/SaaS, Imaging – Sydney, Australia

Harrison.ai Redefines CT Imaging AI With Three FDA Breakthrough Designations

Clinical Trials/Studies

Samsara Vision: Implant, Miniaturized Telescope, Ophthalmic Surgery, Retinal – Far Hills, NJ

Samsara Vision Announces First Pseudophakic Surgery in the PERSPECTIVE Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Smaller-Incision New-Generation Implantable Miniature Telescope (SING IMT®) in Patients with Previous Cataract Surgery

Remedy Robotics: AI, Robotics, Procedural, Cardiovascular, Remote – San Francisco, CA

Remedy Robotics Debuts Pioneering Endovascular Surgical Robotic System and Completes World’s First Fully Remote Neurointerventional Procedures

Cala Health: Wearable, Neuromodulation, Essential Tremor, Parkinson’s Disease, Neurology, – San Mateo, CA

Groundbreaking Study Demonstrates Cala TAPS™ Therapy Reduces Hand Tremor in Essential Tremor Patients by Directly Modulating Brain Activity

ACORAI: Diagnostic, Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring, Heart Failure, Cardiology – Helsingborg, Sweden

ACORAI Presents Positive Results in 1,600-Patient CAPTURE-HF Study for its AI-Powered Non-Invasive Multi-Sensor Platform for Improved Heart Failure Patient Management

Humacyte: Implant, Regenerative Human Tissues – Durham, NC

Humacyte Announces Publication of Long-Term Results for Ukrainian Patients Treated in Real-World Combat Setting with Symvess™

Allurion: Gastric Balloon, Bariatrics – Natick, MA

Allurion Announces Landmark Peer-Reviewed Publication on Consecutive Use of the Allurion Smart Capsule Showing More Than 20% Weight Loss

Nobles Medical Technology: Procedural, PFO Closure, Cardiovascular Surgery – Fountain Valley, CA

NOBLES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY II ANNOUNCES FDA APPROVAL TO RESTART NOBLESTITCH™ CLINICAL TRIAL

Horizon Surgical Systems: AI, Robotic, Ophthalmic Surgery, Cataract

Horizon Surgical Systems Completes World’s First Robotic-Assisted Cataract Surgery

PainTEQ: Implant, Allograft, Spine Surgery – Tampa, FL

Largest Real-World Study Confirms Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Minimally Invasive Posterior SI Joint Fusion Using Novel Cortical Allograft

Mainz Biomed: Liquid Biopsy, Diagnostic Test, Genomic, Cancer, Oncology – Mainz, Germany

Mainz Biomed Reports Topline Results from Feasibility Study of Biomarker Panel in Pancreatic Cancer Project

Amplifi Vascular: Procedural Device, Vein Dilation System, Vascular Surgery – Chesterfield, MO

Amplifi Vascular Announces Successful First-in-Human Study Results, Closes $6.8M Series A, and Receives FDA IDE Approval

Field Medical: Ablation, Pulsed Field, Cardiology – San Diego, CA

Field Medical First-in-Human 6-Month Data Selected for Late-Breaking Clinical Trial at VT Symposium 2025

Tensive: Bioresorbable Scaffold, Breast Surgery, Reconstruction – Milan, Italy

Tensive publishes positive long-term clinical follow-up data in Breast Cancer on REGENERA™ / SOFTAG™ breast implant

Pulse Biosciences: Procedural Device, Bioelectric Medicine, PFA, Oncology, Cardiology – Hayward, CA

Pulse Biosciences Announces Presentation of Late-Breaking Data From the nPulse™ Cardiac Surgical System First-in-Human Feasibility Study at the 39th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting

Berlin Heals: Implant, Electroceutical, Cardiology, Heart Failure – Berlin, Germany

Berlin Heals Holding AG Successfully Completes Enrollment in Phase I of the CMIC-III Less Invasive Study

Neurent Medical : Procedural Device, ENT – Galway, Ireland

NEUROMARK® Treatment for Chronic Rhinitis Demonstrates Durable 2-Year Clinical Benefits

Adagio Medical: Cryoablation, Cardiology, Ventricular Tachycardia – Laguna Hills, CA

Adagio Medical Unveils Preliminary Acute Results from FULCRUM-VT U.S. Pivotal Study in Late Breaking Session at VT Symposium

Materna Medical : DME, Pelvic Floor Preparation for Childbirth, Women’s Health – Mountain View, CA

Materna Medical Announces Oral Presentation Comparing Outcomes of Dilator-Experienced vs. Naïve Patients from an At-Home Study

Endogenex: Procedural Device, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology – Plymouth, MN

A First-of-Its-Kind Non-Surgical Procedure is Now in Clinical Trials

BillionToOne: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology, Obstetric – Menlo Park. CA

Burden From Continued Monitoring of Alloimmunized Pregnancies With Antigen-Negative Fetuses

Partnerships

Mopec: Diagnostic, Disposable, Capital Equip, Pathology – Madison Heights, MI
Lumea: AI, Diagnostic, Digital Pathology – Lehi, UT

Mopec Expands Partnership with Lumea to Deliver Seamless Digital Pathology Integration and Consumables Access

Tenovi: Digital Health, Connectivity – Irvine, CA
Lōvu Health: AI, Digital Medicine, Maternal & Infant Care – Cupertino, CA

Tenovi and Lōvu Health Launch Custom Remote Patient Monitoring Kit to Improve Maternal Outcomes Nationwide

Monteris Medical: Robotics, MRI-Guided Ablation System, Neurosurgery – Minnetonka, MN
Symphony Robotics: Robotics, Neurosurgery – Miami, FL

Monteris Medical and Symphony Robotics Announce Strategic Collaboration to Launch AI-Driven Micro-Robotic Platform for Laser Ablation in the Brain

Patents

ABCDx: Diagnostic, Biomarker, Neurology – Geneva, Switzerland

ABCDx Secures U.S. Patent and Publishes Paediatric TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Breakthrough, Expanding IP and Market Leadership

Autonomix Medical: Procedural Device, Nerve Ablation, Guided, Transvascular – The Woodlands, TX

Autonomix Medical, Inc. Granted U.S. Patent on Platform Technology Enabling Precision Nerve-Targeted Therapies in Cardiology

Legal Battles

Medtimo: Procedural Device, Bariatrics – Eden Prairie, MN
Allurion Technologies: Procedural Device, Bariatrics – Natick, MA

Medtimo files patent infringement complaint against Allurion Technologies

This & That

MMI – Medical Microinstrument: Robotics, Microsurgery – Pisa, Italy

MMI Completes World’s First Robotic Microsurgical Intracranial Brain Surgery

Nyxoah: Neuromodulation, Sleep Apnea – Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium

Nyxoah Announces First U.S. Commercial Patients Implanted with Genio® System

Vensana Innovation: MedTech Innovation Engine – San Clemente, CA

Vensana Capital Launches Vensana Innovation and Adds Thomas Tu, MD, as Venture Partner

HeartX: MedTech Accelerator – Fayetteville, AR

HeartX Cardiovascular Accelerator Announces Seven Startup Companies Selected for the 2025 Program

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