MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.2 No.13

Acquisition
Pledge Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Administrative Tasks – Seattle, WA
Collectly: AI, Soft/SaaS, RCM, Pt. Engagement, Admin Tasks – San Francisco, CA

Collectly to Acquire Pledge Health to Accelerate AI Automation Across the Patient Financial Experience

The Cs

Carda Health: Virtual Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology – New York, NY

Peter Antall – CMO – Medical (Joining)

Carda Health Appoints Chief Medical Officer Peter Antall to Lead Clinical Expansion

IceCure Medical: Procedural Device, Minimally Invasive, Cryoablation, Breast Cancer – Caesarea, Israel

Meir Peleg – CFO (Joining)

IceCure Appoints Meir Peleg as Chief Financial Officer

Linear Health Sciences: Disposable, I-V Catheter Safety Release – Oklahoma City, OK

Robert C. Robbins, MD – CMO – Medical (Joining)

Linear Health Sciences Names Renowned Cardiac Surgeon and Healthcare Innovator as Chief Medical Officer

Luma Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Operations – San Francisco, CA

Puneet Arora – CGO – Growth (Joining)

Luma Health Welcomes Puneet Arora as Chief Growth Officer to Expand Operational AI to Serve More Than Half of US Population in 2026

Sonorous Neurovascular: Implant, Stent, Cerebral Venous – Lake Forest, CA

Joel Harris – CEO (Promotion)

Sonorous NV, Inc. Announces Leadership Transition

Board Members

Salus Scientific: Wearable, Radiation Protection – Charleston, SC

Will Martin – Board Member (Joining)

Salus Scientific Appoints Medical Device Executive Will Martin to Board of Directors

Sonorous Neurovascular: Implant, Stent, Cerebral Venous – Lake Forest, CA

Paul Brooke – Chairman of the Board (Promotion)

Sonorous NV, Inc. Announces Leadership Transition

Funding

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

Horizon Technology Finance Provides $40 Million Loan Facility to Hyperfine

Dimer Health: Soft/Saas, Pt. Care Transition, Post-Acute Care – Mendham, NJ

Dimer Health Raises $13.5 Million To Rebuild Post-Discharge Care With Clinician-Led AI

Emagine Solutions Technology: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Maternal Health – Tucson, AZ

Emagine Solutions Technology Wins ACA Grant, Announces Open Application for Groundbreaking Arizona Maternal Health Study

Virchow Medical: Devices, Biopsy – La Jolla, CA

Virchow Raises $4 Million to Advance Biopsy Specimen Stewardship and Expand Access to Precision Oncology

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

Endogenex Closes $50 Million Series C Extension to Fund Pivotal Clinical Study and Path to FDA Approval

Qualified Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Automation, Agent Dev, Compliance – Palo Alto, CA

Qualified Health Raises $125M Series B to Meet Growing Demand for Enterprise AI Transformation Across Health Systems

Thesis Care: AI, Soft/SaaS, Scale Clinical Capacity – New York, NY

Thesis Care Announces $45 Million Series A to Scale AI-Powered Clinical Teams Across Healthcare

Adonis: AI, Soft/SaaS, RCM, Post-Acute Care – New York, NY

Adonis Raises $40M Series C to Equip Healthcare Providers with AI‑Driven Revenue Cycle Operations

IceCure Medical: Procedural Device, Minimally Invasive, Cryoablation, Breast Cancer – Caesarea, Israel

IceCure Announces Pricing of $4.0 Million Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement

Lumos Diagnostics: Diagnostic Test, CLIA Waived, Acute Respiratory Infections – Carlsbad, CA

Lumos raises $20 million to back FebriDx US rollout

VITL: Soft/SaaS, E-Prescribing – Nashville, TN

VITL Raises $7.5M Series A Led by SignalFire to Build the Operating System for Cash-Pay Healthcare

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

BrainsWay Completes Additional $6 Million Milestone-Based Investment in Neurolief Ltd. Following FDA Approval of Proliv™Rx System for MDD

Regulatory

Approval
ORCA Dental AI: AI, Soft/SaaS, Orthodontic – Dover, DE

CephX Announces FDA Clearance for 3D Imaging and Expands Global AI Imaging Ecosystem with Integrations into DEXIS and Greyfinch

Approval
Pixee Medical: AR, Surgical Guidance, Orthopedic Surgery – Besancon, France

Pixee Medical Announces CE Mark for Knee+ NexSight and Performs Europe’s First Augmented Reality Knee Surgeries

Approval
Kallisio: DME, Radiation Therapy Protection – Baltimore, MD

Kallisio Receives CE Mark for Stentra™ Precision Oral Immobilization System

Approval
MeMed: Diagnostic Test – Tirat Carmel, Israe

MeMed Expands Global Footprint as Health Canada Approves MeMed BV® on MeMed Key®

Approval
Wingderm: Laser, Aesthetic – Beijing, China

Lasermach by Wingderm® Receives FDA Clearance for All Three Wavelengths

Approval
Swift Medical: Diagnostic, Imaging, Wounds – Toronto, ON

Swift Medical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Swift Ray™ Spectral Imaging Device

Approval
Anumana: AI, Diagnostic, Cardiology – Cambridge, MA

Anumana Secures FDA Clearance for First-of-Its-Kind ECG-AI Algorithm for Early Detection of Pulmonary Hypertension

Product News

KeyCare: Soft/SaaS, Virtual Care – Chicago, IL

KeyCare Deploys NVIDIA Nemotron to Power AI-Driven Clinical Intake at Scale

Starlight Cardiovascular: Implant, Procedural Device, Pediatric Cardiology – San Diego, CA

Starlight Cardiovascular Announces First Baby in the World Treated with Lifeline Stent System at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Francis Medical : Procedural, Ablation, Prostate Cancer, Urology – Minneapolis, MN

Francis Medical Announces First Commercial Vanquish® Procedure on the East Coast for Prostate Tissue Ablation

Breakthrough Devices

Noah Labs: AI, Diagnostic, Digital Health, Heart Failure – Berlin, Germany

Noah Labs Obtains FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its AI-Powered Voice Diagnostic for Heart Failure

Clinical Trials/Studies

Immunexpress : Diagnostic, Rapid, Sepsis, Infectious Disease – Seattle, WA

Immunexpress Presenting at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 2026 Critical Care Congress Showing SeptiCyte RAPID® High Correlation with Blood Culture Positive Sepsis Patients

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

Three New Studies Show Viz.ai’s Cardio Suite Speeds Detection of Cardiac Disease and Improves Patient Follow-Up

Cytovale: Diagnostic Test, Sepsis – San Francisco, CA

Multicenter Study Shows Reproducible Clinical and Operational Gains Following Expansion of IntelliSep Sepsis Test Across Health System

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

Adagio Medical Announces Publication of Pre-Clinical Results for Next Generation Ventricular Ablation Catheter

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

NBDF’s Pathway to Cures Announces Spark Biomedical’s LUNA Trial to Advance Non-Pharmaceutical Options for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Belay Diagnostics: Diagnostic, Test, Liquid Biopsy – Chicago, IL

Belay Diagnostics Reports 82% Clinical Impact Rate for Summit™ and Vantage™ in CNS Lymphoma Study

Co-Diagnostics : Diagnostic, Molecular – Salt Lake City, UT

Co-Diagnostics Ships Diagnostic Materials to India for Initiation of Tuberculosis Clinical Studies Following Recently Issued Guidance from the World Health Organization

EvON Medics: Digital Therapeutic, Cognition – Ellicott City, MD

EvON Medics Data Demonstrates Digital Olfactory Therapy Reverses Gray Matter Loss in Key Alzheimer’s Brain Regions and Significantly Improves Cognition

Galaxy Brain Scientific: Diagnostic, Non-Invasive, Digital Therapeutic, Parkinson’s – Beijing, China

From SCAN to SPARK: Galaxy Brain Scientific Enables a New Paradigm in Non-invasive, Personalized Precision Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease

Imperative Care: Procedural Device, Robotics, Thrombectomy, Neurovascular, Vascular – Campbell, CA

Imperative Care Initiates CLEAR-IT Clinical Study to Address Critical Gaps in Clinical Standards for Peripheral Thromboembolism

Luminopia: Digital Therapeutic, Neuro-Visual – Cambridge, MA

Luminopia Shows Promise in Improving Control of Intermittent Exotropia in Pilot Study

Optellum: AI, Diagnostic, SaMD, Cancer – Oxford, UK

Optellum AI Shown to be Highly Cost-Effective in First US Lifetime Payer Study of Lung Nodule Risk Stratification

Verigraft : Implants, Tissue, Personalized – Gothenburg, Sweden

VERIGRAFT Advances First Potential Curative Treatment for CVI into Pivotal Phase II/III Trial

VolitionRx: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Cancer – Henderson, NV

Volition Announces Detection of Over 95% of Early-Stage Cancers

Imagine Pediatrics: Virtual Medicine, Pediatrics – Nashville, TN

Imagine Pediatrics Releases First Annual Impact Report Demonstrating Proven Outcomes in Pediatric Value-Based Care

Long Bridge Medical: Implant, Ophthalmic Surgery – San Francisco, CA

Long Bridge Medical Receives Clearance from FDA to Initiate U.S. Pivotal Clinical Study for LensOne Prosthetic Capsular Bag

Partnerships

BioElectronics: Bioelectric Therapeutic, Pain – Frederick, MD
Electrome Corp: Bioelectric Therapeutic, Pain – Los Angeles, CA

Electrome Launches PAINKILLER™ Bioelectric Pain Management Platform in Partnership with BIEL

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical, Cardiology – Cambridge, MA
Viz.ai: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, COPD – San Francisco, CA

Viz.ai Partners with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to Advance Earlier Identification and Care Coordination in Cardiac Amyloidosis

Verana Health: Digital Health, Pt. Data Analysis – San Francisco, CA
Guardant Health: Diagnostic Test, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology – Palo Alto, CA

Verana Health and Guardant Health Partner to Advance Precision Medicine with Real-World Data

Legal Battles

SkinCure Oncology: Radiation Therapy, Superficial, Skin Cancer – Burr Ridge, IL
Sensus Healthcare: Capital Equip, Superficial Radiotherapy, Skin Cancer, Dermatology – Boca Raton, FL

Sensus Healthcare Files Lawsuit Against SkinCure Oncology for Breach of Contract

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