MedTech Startup Roundup – Vol.1 No.5

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3Sonic: AI, Capital Equip, 3D Imaging, Surgical Oncology – Copenhagen. Denmark

Smarter Technologies: AI, Soft/SaaS, Revenue Cycle Mgt – Dallas, TX

Smarter Technologies Launches the Industry’s First AI-Powered Revenue Management Automation and Insights Platform

M&A

Acquisition
Cardionomic: Heart Failure Assets – Forest Lake, MN
Catheter Precision: Procedural Device, E-P – Fort Mill, SC

Catheter Precision, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Cardionomic Heart Failure Assets

Acquisition
Spesana: Soft/SaaS, Data Integration – Memphis, TN
Aranscia: Soft/SaaS, Precision Medicine, Oncology – Houston, TX

Aranscia Acquires Spesana to Advance Precision Oncology

Acquisition
Genoox: AI, Soft/Saas, Clinical Decision Support – Tel Aviv, Israel
Qiagen: Diagnostics, Molecular – Venlo, The Netherlands

QIAGEN enhances leading clinical genomics portfolio with acquisition of Genoox AI-powered software

Acquisition
Aetion: Soft/Saas, Clinical Decision Support – New York, NY
Datavant: Soft/SaaS, Data Connectivity, Data Exchange – Phoenix, AZ

Datavant to Acquire Aetion, Empowering Healthcare and Life Sciences Organizations to Generate High-Quality, Scalable Real-World Evidence from Connected, Privacy-Protected Data

The Cs

eGenesis: Implant, Xenotransplant, Renal – Cambridge, MA

Jay Barth, MD – CMO – Medical (Outside Hire)

eGenesis Appoints Dr. Jay Barth as Chief Medical Officer

Iodine Software: AI, Soft/SaaS, RCM – Austin, TX

Valerie Mondelli – CCO (Outside Hire)

Iodine Software Expands Executive Team with New Chief Commercial Officer to Scale Clinical Intelligence AI Platform for Health Systems

EDGe Surgical: Procedural Device, Disposable, Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery – Chicago, IL

Leo Carayannopoulos – CEO (Outside Hire)

EDGe Surgical Appoints Leo Carayannopoulos as Chief Executive Officer

Oshi Health: Telemedicine, Gastroenterology – New York, NY

Brittany Flanagan – CPO – People (Outside Hire)

Oshi Health Appoints Brittany Flanagan as Chief People Officer

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

Dr. Haywood Brown – CMO – Medical, Prenatal (Outside Hire)

BillionToOne Expands Executive Team with Dr. Haywood Brown as Chief Medical Officer, Prenatal

Prolucent: AI, Soft/SaaS, Workforce Mgt – Dallas, TX

Staci Roberts – CEO (Joining)

Prolucent Appoints Staci Roberts as Chief Executive Officer to Lead Next Chapter of Growth

Glooko: Soft/SaaS, Data Mgt, Diabetes – Palo Alto, CA

Mark Clements, MD, PhD – CMO – Medical (Promotion)

Glooko Names Mark Clements, M.D., Ph.D. as Chief Medical and Strategy Officer

Board Members

CorFlow Therapeutics: Capital Equip, Procedural Device, Diagnostic, Interventional Cardiology – Baar, Switzerland

Chris O’Connell – Chairman of the Board (Joining)

CorFlow Therapeutics Appoints Chris O’Connell as Chairman of the Board of Directors

OrthAlign: Navigation, Hand-Held, Orthopedic Surgery – Irvine, CA

Brett Brodnax – Board Member (Joining)

OrthAlign Welcomes Brett Brodnax to Board of Directors, Marking a Strategic Step Forward in ASC Innovation and Growth

PATH EX: Device, Circulating Pathogen Removal, Infection Control – Houston, TX

Jeff Burbank – Board Member (Joining)

PATH EX, Inc. Announces Successful $5 Million Financing Round to Advance CycloPE, a Breakthrough Treatment for Sepsis

SOLVD Health: Diagnostic, Predictive, Opioid Risk – Carlsbad, CA

Mike Aicher – Board Member (Joining)
Vince Cebula – Board Member (Joining)

SOLVD Health Appoints Mike Aicher and Vince Cebula to Board of Directors to Support Next Phase of Growth

OncoLens: Diagnostic, Precision Medicine, Oncology – Atlanta, GA

Prasanth Reddy – Board Member (Joining)

OncoLens Expands Board with Addition of Dr. Prasanth Reddy and Welcomes Advisory Members Dr. Joseph Kim and Dr. Walter Curran

Funding

Carta Healthcare: AI, Soft/SaaS, Clinical Data Abstraction and Analytics – San Francisco, CA

Carta Healthcare Secures $18.25 Million in Series B1 Funding to Accelerate AI-Powered Clinical Data Abstraction and Analytics

AutoIVF: Capital Equip, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) – Watertown, MA

Vitrolife AB (publ) becomes lead investor in AutoIVF

Clarium: AI, Soft/SaaS, Supply Chain, Operations – New York, NY

Clarium Raises $27M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Supply Chain Resiliency Technology to Leading Health Systems

OrganOx: Liver Replacement, Hepatology – Oxford, UK

OrganOx Announces Second Private Placement Closing, Investments by Intuitive Ventures and Terumo Ventures

Kouper Health: Soft/SaaS, Pt. Care Transition – New York, NY

Kouper Emerges from Stealth with $10M in Funding to Transform Transitions of Care

PATH EX: Device, Circulating Pathogen Removal, Infection Control – Houston, TX

PATH EX, Inc. Announces Successful $5 Million Financing Round to Advance CycloPE, a Breakthrough Treatment for Sepsis

EDGe Surgical: Procedural Device, Disposable, Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery – Chicago, IL

EDGe Surgical Raises Over $1.3M to Accelerate Commercial Expansion and Launch New Ortho EDG SKUs

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

Olio Raises $11M Series B Funding to Expand Product Innovation and Market Reach

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

Catheter Precision Announces $1.5 Million Private Placement and Acquisition of QHSLab Promissory Notes

FEMSelect : Procedural Device, Gynecology Surgery, Urology Surgery, POP – Tel Aviv, Israel

FEMSelect Poised for Market Leadership with Strategic Advancements in Women’s Health

Cohere Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Prior Authorization – Boston, MA

Cohere Health Secures $90M Series C to Expand AI-Powered Platform Transforming Health Plan Clinical Decision-Making

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

Alpheus Medical Raises $52M in Series B Round to Advance Groundbreaking Glioblastoma Therapy

Dazos: AI, Soft/SaaS, Practice Mgt, Mental Health – Boca Raton, FL

Dazos: $25 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Product Development

Regulatory

Submittal
Leo Cancer Care: Capital Equipment, Radiation Therapy – Crawley, UK

Leo Cancer Care Particle Therapy Solution Marie is now 510(k) Pending

Approval
BrightHeart: AI, Support for Obstetric & Fetal Cardiology Ultrasound – Paris, France

BrightHeart Obtains Second FDA Clearance for Expansion of Platform Capabilities – Adding Tablet Support For Fetal Heart Ultrasound Evaluations

Feasibility Study
FastWave Medical: Procedural Device, Laser IVL, Interventional Cardiology – Brooklyn Park, MN

FastWave Medical Receives IRB Approval for Sola™, its Novel Coronary Laser IVL (L-IVL) System

Approval
Teal Health: Diagnostic, Remote Testing, Gynecology, Cervical Cancer – San Francisco, CA

FDA Approves Teal Health’s Teal Wand™–The First and Only At-Home Self-Collection Device for Cervical Cancer Screening, Introducing a Comfortable Alternative to In-Person Screening

Approval
United Imaging: AI, Robotics, Capital Equip, Imaging, Interventional Rad – Shanghai, China

United Imaging Expands its U.S. Portfolio with the FDA Clearance of the uAngio® AVIVA for Interventional X-Ray

Approval
Freespira: Digital Medicine, Psychiatry, Adolescent, Panic, PTSD – Kirkland, WA

Freespira Receives FDA Clearance for Adolescents Ages 13–17; Clinically Validated, At-Home Treatment Reduces Panic Disorder Symptom Severity by 54% and PTSD Symptom Severity by 44%

Approval
BrightHeart: AI, Support for Obstetric & Fetal Cardiology Ultrasound – Paris, France

BrightHeart Obtains Third FDA Clearance and PCCP Approval, Becoming First to Offer One Integrated Solution for Real-Time Fetal Heart Documentation and CHD Detection

Submittal
Median Technologies: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Oncology – Sophia-Antipolis, France

Median Technologies submits U.S. application for 510(k) clearance of eyonis® LCS

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

SubtleHD™ Gains Health Canada Approval to Support MRI Efficiency Improvements

Approval
VUNO: AI, Pt. Monitoring, Cardiac Risk Assessment – Seoul, South Korea

VUNO’s AI-Powered Cardiac Arrest Risk Management System Earns CE MDR and UKCA Certifications

Product News

Electronic Caregiver: AI, Virtual Care Ecosystem – Las Cruces, NM

Electronic Caregiver Launches First-Ever AI-Powered Virtual Care Ecosystem Featuring Interactive Avatar, Now Available via Athenahealth’s EHR Network

Imperative Care: Device, Neurovascular, Thrombectomy – Campbell, CA

Imperative Care Launches its Next Innovation to Elevate Ischemic Stroke Treatment and Announces First Patients Treated with Continuous Dual Aspiration Technique

Coreline Soft: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Lung Cancer – Seoul, South Korea

Coreline Soft’s lung cancer screening AI added to Bayer’s Calantic platform

Circulogene Theranostics: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology – Birmingham, AL

Circulogene Announces Exclusive Commercial Launch of LungLifeAI® for Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule Assessment

Pathway Medical: AI, Soft/SaaS, Drug Interactions & Dosing – Montreal, QC

Pathway Expands Medical AI Platform with Drug Reference and Interaction Checker

Mirvie: Diagnostic, Obstetrics, Preeclampsia – South San Francisco, CA

Introducing Encompass™: A Breakthrough Solution from Mirvie to Advance Care for Pregnancy Complications

BoomerangFX: Soft/SaaS, Practice Mgt and Marketing – Miami, FL

BoomerangFX Introduces LeadEngineAI™: The World’s First AI Platform Revolutionizing Lead Generation, Patient Conversion, and Retention for Private Healthcare

Breakthrough Devices

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

Prevencio Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for HART CADhs, Its Artificial Intelligence-driven Blood Test for Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

Clinical Trials/Studies

AppliedVR: VR, Immersive Therapeutics, Pain Mgt. – Van Nuys, CA

New Research Published: VR Therapy Provides Greater Relief for Hard-to-Treat Patients

IBEX: AI, Breast Cancer Diagnostic Support – Tel Aviv, Israel

AI-Driven Accuracy and Efficiency in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: New Study Validates Ibex Breast Solution

MicroTransponder: Implant, Neuro, Post Stroke Recovery – Lakeway, TX

Chronic Stroke Survivors Demonstrate Long-Term Improvement in Motor Impairment with Vivistim Therapy

CorVista Health: Diagnostic, POC, Cardiology, Pulmonary Hypertension – Bethesda, MD

CorVista Health Announces European Respiratory Journal Publication Detailing Validation of its Non-Invasive Test for Pulmonary Hypertension

Delve Bio: Diagnostic, Infectious Disease – San Francisco, CA

New Data Show Delve Bio’s Metagenomic Platform Accurately Identifies Viruses and Their Subtypes With a Single Test

Epineuron: DME, Wearable, Nerve Stimulation/Regeneration – Toronto, ON

Epineuron Announces Topline Pilot Study Results Published in Bioelectronic Medicine Showing the Potential of the PeriPulse® System in Accelerating Nerve Regeneration

Nalu Medical: Neurostimulation, Pain – Carlsbad, CA

Nalu Announces Publication of the Largest Long-Term Report of Real-World Data (RWD) on a Permanent PNS Device

Signum Surgical: Procedural Device, Colorectal Surgery – Galway, Ireland

Signum Surgical Publishes Positive First-in-Human Results for BioHealx® Anal Fistula Device

Aerin Medical: Procedural Device, ENT – Mountain View, CA

VivAer® Continues to Demonstrate Long-Term Effectiveness and Safety for Nasal Airway Obstruction Treatment in Third Study Published with Three-Year Follow-Up Results

Apreo Health: Procedural Device, Interventional Pulmonology – Menlo Park, CA

Apreo Health® Announces Presentation of Clinical Data from the BREATHE 1&2 Trials at ATS 2025 and Publication of Six-Month Data in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Partnerships

NewVue.ai: AI, Soft/SaaS, Radiology Workflow – Tampa, FL
MD.ai: AI, Soft/Saas, Radiology Reporting and Annotation – New York, NY

NewVue.ai and MD.ai Announce Integration to Embed AI-Powered Reporting Directly into NewVue’s Radiologist Cockpit

Babyscripts: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Obstetrics – Washington, DC
Withings Health Solutions: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Obstetrics – Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Withings Health Solutions and Babyscripts Partner to Combat Leading Cause of Pregnancy-Related Death in the United States

Raydiant Oximetry: Diagnostic, Fetal Monitoring – San Ramon, CA
GE Healthcare: Capital Equipment – Chicago, IL

GE HealthCare and Raydiant Oximetry accelerate innovation in fetal oxygen saturation technology

Synchron: BCI, Implant – Brooklyn, NY
Apple: Consumer Electronics – Cupertino, CA

Apple has teamed up with Synchron to develop tech that lets people control its devices with thoughts

Pearl: AI, Imaging, Dental – West Hollywood, CA
vVARDIS: Dental, Drill-Free Tooth Decay Treatment – Zug, Switzerland

Pearl Announces Global Collaboration with vVARDIS to Transform Early Detection and Proactive Treatment of Early Dental Decay

Cognixion: BCI, AR, Neuro, ALS – Santa Barbara, CA
Blackrock Neurotech: Implant, BCI, Neurology – Salt Lake City, UT

Cognixion and Blackrock Neurotech Expand Access to Non-Invasive, Multi-Modal BCI Research with Axon-R

Patents

Route 92 Medical: Device, Neurovascular, Thrombectomy – San Mateo, CA

Route 92 Medical Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with Q’Apel Medical

This & That

Iantrek: Procedural Device, Ophthalmic Surgery – White Plains, NY

Iantrek Hits 2,000 Procedures for New Bio-Interventional Technology – AlloFlo™ Uveo

SmarterDx: AI, Soft/Saas, Hospital Revenue Generation – New York, NY

SmarterDx Named “Best Overall Healthcare Operations Solution” in 9th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

Peerbridge Health: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Diagnostic, Cardiology – New York, NY

Peerbridge Health Recognized for Cardiology Technology Innovation in 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

b.well: AI, Soft/SaaS, Data Integration – Baltimore, MD

b.well’s AI-Driven Large Health Model Wins “Best Healthcare Big Data Solution” in 9th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

HealthSnap: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Chronic Care Mgt. – Miami, FL

HealthSnap Named “Best Clinical Efficiency Solution” in 9th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

Candid Health: Soft/SaaS, Revenue Cycle Mgt – San Francisco, CA

Candid Health Wins “Best RCM Solution” Designation in 9th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

AmplifyMD: Soft/Saas, Virtual Pt. Care – Los Gatos, CA

AmplifyMD Wins “Best Overall Telemedicine Platform” in 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards

Yosi Health: Soft/Saas, Pt. Intake – New York, NY

Yosi Health Wins 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Its Digital Front Door Automation Solutions

Envello Medical: Remote Pt. Monitoring, Cardiology – Richmond, VA

Envello Core Named “Best IoT Healthcare Wearable Device” in 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

Cloudticity: Soft/Saas, Cloud Services – Seattle, WA

Cloudticity Crowned with Distinction in the 2025 TITAN Business Awards

CaryHealth: AI, Soft/SaaS, Clinical Reference – Washington, DC

CaryHealth Wins 2025 AI TechAward for Excellence in AI Healthcare Innovation

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