Cohort Company News

Explorer Surgical lands $3 million more for operating room software

DateAug 29 2017

New Venture Challenge alum ExplORer Surgical, which makes software for surgical teams to use in the operating room, has raised $3 million, the company announced Tuesday.

Eximis Surgical: Filling a Gap in Laparoscopic Tissue Removal

DateJul 31 2017

The notorious morcellator, a tool for the laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids and other tissues, has largely gone into disuse since the FDA issued a black box warning about the devices because of their potential for spreading cancerous cells. Eximis Surgical is filling the gap with a laparoscopic device that it says will not only be safe, but will also offer procedural advantages and result in higher quality tissue specimens for analysis.

Tueo Health Oversubscribes Seed Round to Support Clinical Study and Growth

DateJul 24 2017

Tueo Health, a digital health start-up company that has developed a unique solution for monitoring and managing pediatric asthma, has closed $1.1 million in seed round funding. The seed financing was led by Launchpad Digital Health, with participation from Plug and Play, and other strategic angel investors.

Vixiar Medical Raises $1.5M in Seed Financing

DateJul 24 2017

Vixiar Medical, Inc., an Annapolis, MD-based company dedicated to the development of non-invasive devices and systems for monitoring cardiopulmonary diseases, raised over $1.5m in seed financing.

Shark Tank Meets Spine Start Up VerteCore!

DateJul 21 2017

While most of the talk this summer has been about shark sightings and attacks along our beaches and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps’s race against the great white shark on the Discovery channel, there are some entrepreneurs who are quietly preparing to go head to head with a different group of sharks in the upcoming season of ABC’s Shark Tank which is scheduled to return in the fall.

Selio Medical Wins UK-Ireland HeadStart/Proof-of-Concept Awards

DateJul 19 2017

Seven winners from the UK and Ireland were chosen to receive funding when EIT Health UK-Ireland held its HeadStart/Proof-of-Concept finals pitch competition on 19 July at Oxford University.

MobileODT Secures $6.8M Series B Funding led by OrbiMed

DateJul 07 2017

Today, MobileODT announced it has raised an additional $6.825 million in a Series B fundraising round led by OrbiMed Advisors - a leading healthcare venture fund. Previous investors Tristel plc. also participated in the round. MobileODT has raised over $13 million to date.

Spry Health Lands $5.5M to Fund Commercialization of Clinical-Grade Wearable

DateJun 15 2017

Spry Health, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring solutions has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Grove Ventures with participation from the Stanford-StartX Fund.

Osso VR Gets $2M to Train Surgeons in Virtual Operating Rooms

DateJun 14 2017

Osso VR, a startup looking to disrupt the surgical device training space with virtual reality, has raised $2 million in seed funding in a round led by Signalfire, with participation from Anorak Ventures. The company provides software that creates a virtual operating room on VR platforms like Oculus Rift/Touch or the HTC Vive.

Precision Dosing Leader Abreos Biosciences Announces New Investment Round

DateJun 06 2017

Abreos Biosciences, a San Diego-based biotech company and a leader in the precision dosing of biological therapeutics, is pleased to announce that it has completed a new investment round. The funding came from existing investors as well as new investor TLP Investment Partners LLC and its affiliates.

Atlanta-based Patientory raises $7.2 million in three days

DateJun 06 2017

Atlanta-based cybersecurity startup Patientory raised $7.2 million in three days from 1,728 individual purchasers. The money will be used to launch Patientory's electronic medical record (EMR) storage platform, the goal of which is to unite EMR chains.

11 Israeli Startups You Should Know

DateJun 05 2017

Back in 2015, I ran an article about 10 innovative Israeli startups to watch, compiled from my discussions with Hillel Fuld and others who follow the Israeli startup scene. It is now 2017, and I have assembled a new list of Israeli firms to watch. (Please note that I have specifically avoided including any information-security related businesses in this list as I cover cybersecurity firms in other pieces.)

Tech Toys and Tools That Excite the Top Entrepreneurs

DateJun 01 2017

Everybody has their favourite app, gadget or new technology that can make life easier, work more productive, and the future that much more exciting, and entrepreneurs are no different. For Virgin founder and disruptive technology fan Richard Branson, it’s graphene, the world’s thinnest material, set to revolutionise life as we know it, that he’s buzzing about.

Companies Pursue Diagnostics that Mine the Microbiome

DateMay 23 2017

If we think of our bodies as walking, talking ecosystems, it stands to reason that microbial collections may change in response to the foods we eat and places we live. Similarly, disease-related shifts in the human environment are expected to influence our resident microbes, even if those microbes themselves don’t cause the changes.

Houston-area company wins $50K top prize at Texas A&M New Ventures Competition

DateMay 19 2017

A Houston-based medical device company took the top prize Thursday at the third annual Texas A&M New Ventures Competition. The all-day event concluded in the Robert Gates Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center, where Intuitap Medical Inc. was named the 2017 winner — taking home the grand prize of $50,000. The competition featured 16 startups from across Texas competing for a combined total of $250,000 in prizes.

INBRACE Unveils World’s Most Advanced Fully Invisible Braces

DateMay 10 2017

INBRACE (http://myinbrace.com), the most advanced technology ever used to straighten teeth and perfect a patient’s smile, was publicly displayed for the first time during the American Association of Orthodontists Conference in front of a capacity crowd at EvoNexus (http://evonexus.org) in San Diego, California. INBRACE has received more than $6M in funding to date, is FDA registered, and currently available to orthodontists and patients.