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Funding rounds, regulatory milestones, partnerships, and awards from the companies in the MedTech Innovator cohort.

Samay named to the 2026 Colombia Early Stage 100 by NuMundo Ventures
2024 ALUMNIAugust 13, 2026

Samay named to the 2026 Colombia Early Stage 100 by NuMundo Ventures

Samay is developing Sylvee, an AI-powered wearable designed to detect COPD before spirometry can, enabling earlier and more accessible respiratory disease detection for the millions of people who need it.

First-in-Human Trial of NeoCast, Arsenal Medical's Liquid Embolic Biomaterial
2024 ALUMNIAugust 11, 2026

First-in-Human Trial of NeoCast, Arsenal Medical's Liquid Embolic Biomaterial

NeoCast is a solvent-free, non-adhesive biomaterial engineered to achieve microvascular occlusion. EMBO-01 is the first-in-human trial of NeoCast for the pre-surgical embolization of hypervascular brain tumors.

Hamilton company acquires Charlottesville-based UVA spin-off company Cerillo
2024 ALUMNIAugust 11, 2026

Hamilton company acquires Charlottesville-based UVA spin-off company Cerillo

Hamilton Company, a global life sciences and laboratory technology company, has acquired Charlottesville-based, University of Virginia spin-off company Cerillo.

Laura Yecies, CEO of Osteoboost Health, named to Forbes’ Women 50 Over 50 list in the Innovation category
2019 ALUMNIAugust 11, 2026

Laura Yecies, CEO of Osteoboost Health, named to Forbes’ Women 50 Over 50 list in the Innovation category

One in every two women over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis, but Laura Yecies is working to reduce that risk. As the CEO of Osteoboost, Yecies oversees a company making the first FDA-cleared wearable device shown to slow bone loss in postmenopausal women with osteopenia.

How VB Spine is building an AR ecosystem featuring Augmedics
2016 ALUMNIAugust 11, 2026

How VB Spine is building an AR ecosystem featuring Augmedics

VB Spine’s co-CEO and global president discuss how CT-Fluoro technology, augmented reality navigation, and family ownership are shaping the company’s strategy in a consolidating market.

Knowtex Publishes White Paper on National VA Deployment of Ambient AI
2023 ALUMNIAugust 11, 2026

Knowtex Publishes White Paper on National VA Deployment of Ambient AI

New white paper details how Knowtex's ambient clinical intelligence platform was integrated into VA's CPRS and scaled from a single site to nationwide primary care.

OncoRes Medical featured in the latest Winter edition of Uniview
2019 ALUMNIAugust 7, 2026

OncoRes Medical featured in the latest Winter edition of Uniview

OncoRes Medical is featured in the latest Winter edition of Uniview, where its article explores how its intraoperative imaging technology is being developed to help surgeons better distinguish cancerous from healthy tissue during breast-conserving surgery, with the goal of reducing repeat surgeries and improving outcomes for patients.

Magnendo Awarded Up to $32M by ARPA-H to Advance Autonomous Robotic Stroke Intervention
2025 ALUMNIAugust 7, 2026

Magnendo Awarded Up to $32M by ARPA-H to Advance Autonomous Robotic Stroke Intervention

Magnendo Corp., an MIT spinout developing magnetic robotic navigation technology for endovascular intervention, has been selected for an award of up to $32 million from ARPA-H under its Autonomous Interventions and Robotics (AIR) program.

Class Medical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for the TransUrethral Catheter Safety Valve
2026 ALUMNIAugust 6, 2026

Class Medical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for the TransUrethral Catheter Safety Valve

Class Medical Limited today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance (K260919) for the TransUrethral Catheter Safety Valve (TUCSV), clearing the device for marketing in the United States for use in adult patients.

Vektor democratizes cardiac ablations: vanguards of health care
2026 ALUMNIAugust 6, 2026

Vektor democratizes cardiac ablations: vanguards of health care

“We started using AI to enhance algorithms and software to better be able to understand the data that’s in each patient’s ECG. And our goal with that was to bring forward personalized medicine in arrhythmia therapy and improve patient outcomes.”

Philips Expands Open Monitoring Ecosystem, Adding Caretaker Medical
2021 ALUMNIAugust 6, 2026

Philips Expands Open Monitoring Ecosystem, Adding Caretaker Medical

Royal Philips announced new collaborations with Caretaker Medical and others, expanding its open monitoring ecosystem to support connected patient monitoring from hospital to home.

Medasense Biometrics receives Innovative Technology contract from Vizient® for PMD-200™ with NOL technology
2019 ALUMNIAugust 4, 2026

Medasense Biometrics receives Innovative Technology contract from Vizient® for PMD-200™ with NOL technology

Medasense Biometrics announced today that its PMD-200™ pain response (nociception) monitoring system with NOL technology has received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient®, the largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company in the U.S.

Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring for babies and children in ICU featuring AcQumen Medical
2026 ALUMNIAugust 3, 2026

Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring for babies and children in ICU featuring AcQumen Medical

On today’s episode we speak with Dori Jones , Co-Founder and CEO of AcQumen Medical — a company on a mission to close one of pediatric critical care’s most glaring gaps: the lack of real-time, non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring for babies and children in the ICU.

Henry Ford, MSU Innovation Fund backs 2 health tech startups featuring LightHearted AI
2025 ALUMNIJuly 30, 2026

Henry Ford, MSU Innovation Fund backs 2 health tech startups featuring LightHearted AI

Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences made the first investments from the Henry Ford + MSU Innovation Fund, backing early-stage companies LightHearted AI and M3D.

Total Flow Medical receives FDA clearance for innovative Femoral Arterial Cannula for cardiopulmonary bypass
2023 ALUMNIJuly 30, 2026

Total Flow Medical receives FDA clearance for innovative Femoral Arterial Cannula for cardiopulmonary bypass

The TFA Cannula incorporates a distal balloon feature designed to allow blood flow to the cannulated limb during cardiopulmonary bypass

Regenyx Medical granted new U.S. Patent further strengthening the IP foundation of the company’s proprietary self-assembling peptide hydrogel platform
2025 ALUMNIJuly 29, 2026

Regenyx Medical granted new U.S. Patent further strengthening the IP foundation of the company’s proprietary self-assembling peptide hydrogel platform

This patent further strengthens the IP foundation of Regenyx‘s proprietary self-assembling peptide hydrogel platform, protecting applications across regenerative and aesthetic medicine, including Lipogenyx™ and future applications.

From risk to retention: using wearable hyperkalemia monitoring to sustain GDMT by Moin Hussaini, Chief Product Officer at AccurKardia
2024 ALUMNIJuly 29, 2026

From risk to retention: using wearable hyperkalemia monitoring to sustain GDMT by Moin Hussaini, Chief Product Officer at AccurKardia

In this compelling discussion, Moin Hussaini, Chief Product Officer at AccurKardia, explores how wearable technologies and artificial intelligence are transforming the management of hyperkalemia and helping clinicians sustain Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) for patients with cardiovascular disease.

LifeBridge Health deploys Prenosis’ FDA-authorized AI tool to speed sepsis detection
2021 ALUMNIJuly 28, 2026

LifeBridge Health deploys Prenosis’ FDA-authorized AI tool to speed sepsis detection

LifeBridge Health’s Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is putting an artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic for sepsis into clinical use, bringing a research-backed tool to the patients’ bedside.

Epitel Secures $26 Million Series B to Expand Remote Wireless EEG Monitoring
2020 ALUMNIJuly 28, 2026

Epitel Secures $26 Million Series B to Expand Remote Wireless EEG Monitoring

Funding will drive commercial expansion of the first fully wireless FDA-cleared EEG system, making AI-driven remote brain monitoring more widely available to patients and providers.

Aqua Medical Treats First U.S. Patient for Type 2 Diabetes at UNC Health Using Investigational Through-The-Scope Endoscopic Therapy
2022 ALUMNIJuly 28, 2026

Aqua Medical Treats First U.S. Patient for Type 2 Diabetes at UNC Health Using Investigational Through-The-Scope Endoscopic Therapy

Aqua Medical, Inc., a clinical-stage medical technology company pioneering Endoscopic Metabolic Restoration, today announced the successful treatment of the first U.S. patient in its U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial evaluating the company’s proprietary Proximal Intestinal Mucosal Ablation (PIMA) procedure for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

EvoEndo® expands access to sedation-free endoscopy across gastroenterology programs of all sizes
2022 ALUMNIJuly 28, 2026

EvoEndo® expands access to sedation-free endoscopy across gastroenterology programs of all sizes

EvoEndo®, Inc. (EvoEndo) today announced that sedation-free transnasal endoscopy (TNE) is reaching a broader range of gastroenterology programs, including clinic settings without dedicated anesthesia coverage or operating room access.

Ozlo launches Sleepbuds® 2, the world’s smallest earbuds designed for sleep
2024 ALUMNIJuly 27, 2026

Ozlo launches Sleepbuds® 2, the world’s smallest earbuds designed for sleep

Ultra-small Sleepbuds engineered to help people fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up more restored with all-night comfort, 14-hour battery life, noise-masking technology, and personalized sleep insights.

Dopl is developing robotics for remote ultrasounds (and one day, much more)
2024 ALUMNIJuly 27, 2026

Dopl is developing robotics for remote ultrasounds (and one day, much more)

Dopl Technologies is developing an ultrasound robotics platform for patient imaging by remote sonographers.

Dopl Technologies raises $6.3 million seed round to advance robotic ultrasound platform toward FDA clearance
2024 ALUMNIJuly 27, 2026

Dopl Technologies raises $6.3 million seed round to advance robotic ultrasound platform toward FDA clearance

Dopl Technologies has raised $6.3 million in seed financing to accelerate development and regulatory approval of its telerobotic ultrasound platform, positioning the company to expand access to diagnostic imaging through remotely operated robotic systems.

Universal Brain Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Rapid Brain-Function Measurement Platform for Psychiatry
2023 ALUMNIJuly 27, 2026

Universal Brain Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Rapid Brain-Function Measurement Platform for Psychiatry

Universal Brain, a neurotechnology company pioneering objective brain-function measurement for mental health, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its proprietary UB ERP System, which measures brain function using electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs).

Magnendo secures $18M series A financing to transform endovascular access for stroke intervention
2025 ALUMNIJuly 24, 2026

Magnendo secures $18M series A financing to transform endovascular access for stroke intervention

MIT spinout to accelerate product development and first-in-human studies of its magnetic robotic navigation platform designed to dramatically improve the speed and reliability of neuro-endovascular procedures

NeuraNova receives FDA 510(k) clearance for STEDI Device
2023 ALUMNIJuly 23, 2026

NeuraNova receives FDA 510(k) clearance for STEDI Device

NeuraNova, Inc., a medical technology company developing portable, noninvasive technologies for neurological care, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance to the STEDI Device.

TYBR Health announces $30 million series A financing to expand access to the B3 GEL® System
2024 ALUMNIJuly 21, 2026

TYBR Health announces $30 million series A financing to expand access to the B3 GEL® System

TYBR Health today announced a $30 million Series A financing led by Vensana Capital and Mutual Capital Partners, with participation from Neovate Capital Partners and existing investors.

Psychiatry lacks biomarkers. Can this EEG ballcap get a base hit? Featuring Universal Brain
2023 ALUMNIJuly 13, 2026

Psychiatry lacks biomarkers. Can this EEG ballcap get a base hit? Featuring Universal Brain

Universal Brain just announced an FDA 510(k) clearance for its Neurotique™ platform, which offers a five-minute assessment to measure cognitive and emotional brain function in support of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

ClearCam™ Wins AFWERX SBIR Phase I Award to Advance ClearScope IQ™
2019 ALUMNIJuly 9, 2026

ClearCam™ Wins AFWERX SBIR Phase I Award to Advance ClearScope IQ™

ClearCam™, Inc., an Austin-based medical device company focused on minimally invasive surgery, announced its selection by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I contract worth $74,360.