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MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.2 No.3

The news you need on MedTech startups

M&A

Acquisition
Integrity Orthopaedics: Implant, Procedural, Sports Med Surgery – Maple Plain, MN
Smith & Nephew: Medical Devices – Watford, UK

Acquisition
Valencia Technologies : Implant, Neuromodulation, Urinary Incontinence, Urology – Valencia, CA
Boston Scientific: Medical Devices – Marlborough, MA

Acquisition
Penumbra: Procedural Device, Thrombectomy, Peripheral Vascular, Neurovascular – Alameda, CA
Boston Scientific: Medical Devices – Marlborough, MA

Asset Acquisitions


Robotron Surgical Technologies: AI, Robotics, Surgical Visibility – Miami, FL
VB Spine: Implant, Spine, Intraoperative Visualization – Leesburg, VA

The Cs

Renata Medical: Procedural Device, Interventional Pediatric Cardiology – Newport Beach, CA

  • Evan Zahn, MD – CMO – Medical (Joining)

Bioretec : Implant, Absorbable, Orthopedic Surgery – Tampere, Finland

  • Tuukka Paavola – CFO (Joining)

Ntracts: Soft/SaaS, Contract Lifecycle Mgt, Policy Mgt – Chattanooga, TN

  • Stephanie Haywood – CCO – Client (Promotion)
  • Dale Van Gorder – CSO – Sales (Joining)
  • Lily He – CPO – Product (Promotion)
  • Sara Low – COO (Promotion)
  • Nate Reveley – CIO – Innovation
  • Emily Danek – COS – Chief of Statt (Promotion)

Board Members

Anumana: AI, Diagnostic, Cardiology – Cambridge, MA

  • Kevin Ballinger – Board Member (Joining)
  • Jean-Luc Butel – Board Member (Joining)

PulseAI: AI, ECG, Cardiology – Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • Justin Mortara, PhD – Chairman of the Board (Joining)

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

  • Jeff Tyber – Board Member (Joining)

Kandu, Inc.: Rehabilitation, Post-Stroke, Neurology – Van Nuys, CA

  • Marshal Linder – Board Member (Joining)

IntuiTap Medical: Imaging, Equip, Spine – Houston, TX

  • Ric Cote – Executive Chairman of the Board (Joining)

Funding

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

VieCure: AI, Soft/SaaS, Decision Support, Oncology, EMR – Denver, CO

PulseAI: AI, ECG, Cardiology – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Synchrony Medical: DME, Pulmonology, Airway Clearance – Or Yehuda, Israel

MeMed: Rapid Diagnostic, Infectious Disease – Haifa, Israel

Kandu, Inc.: Rehabilitation, Post-Stroke, Neurology – Van Nuys, CA

Nanochon: Implantable, 3D Printing, Sports Medicine Surgery, Cartilage Replacement – Washington, DC

Distalmotion: Robotics, Surgical – Lausanne, Switzerland

Precede Biosciences: Diagnostic, Precision – Boston, MA

Avalon Healthcare: Soft/SaaS, Reimbursement, Laboratory Testing – Tampa, FL

MAUI Imaging: Imaging, Computed Echo Tomography, Neurology – San Jose, CA

Enspire DBS Therapy: Implant, Neuromodulation, DBS, Post-Stroke Rrecovery – Cleveland, OH

PedsOne: Soft/Saas, RCM, Pediatric – Winooski, VT

Vista AI: Imaging, MRI, Automated – Palo Alto, CA

Wearlinq: Remote Medicine, ECG, Cardiology – San Francisco, CA

Breakthrough Devices

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

Reimbursement

Bioretec : Implant, Absorbable, Orthopedic Surgery – Tampere, Finland

Legal Battles


Kent Imaging: Imaging, Wound Care. Vascular, Surgical – Calgary, AB
MolecuLight: Imaging, Surgical Wound Care – Toronto, ON

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