StartUp Health

Founded in 2011, StartUp Health is dedicated to improving global health through collaboration with entrepreneurs. It invests in 'Health Transformers' across six continents, focusing on various health moonshots such as Access to Care, Cure Disease, and Mental Health. With over 330 companies in its portfolio, it's backed by prominent investors.

Joshua Cherry-Seto

Partner and CFO

Katya Hancock

Partner and Chief Impact Officer

Steven Krein JD

Managing Partner

Priya Reddy

Associate

Unity Stoakes

President

Past deals in Wearables

hav.

Seed Round in 2022
hav. is a health-tech platform that focuses on promoting healthy lifestyles through a gamified rewards system. The company operates an application designed to track users' wellness activities while offering rewards in the form of coins. These coins can be redeemed for various products and vouchers, incentivizing users to engage in healthier behaviors. By integrating wellness tracking with a rewards mechanism, hav. aims to support holistic well-being and motivate individuals to adopt and maintain healthier habits.

Everyplace Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Everyplace Labs develops automated point-of-care testing solutions. Their self-service kiosk enables patient-initiated or staff-assisted urine diagnostics, reducing bottlenecks and improving efficiency in acute care settings.

Aimee

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Aimee Health is a company that specializes in developing a mobile application focused on personalized vitamin plans. The app utilizes artificial intelligence technology and system-thinking algorithms to analyze key inputs related to the body's needs. Based on this analysis, Aimee Health offers users presorted thirty-day subscription packs of vitamins tailored for brain health. This approach aims to help users live longer, fitter, and healthier lives by providing customized healthcare services through their mobile application.

Cala Health

Series C in 2019
Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company that develops wearable neuromodulation therapies for chronic diseases. Its primary product, Cala Trio therapy, is a non-invasive prescription treatment for essential tremor.

CarePredict

Series A in 2019
CarePredict, Inc. is a technology company based in Plantation, Florida, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing wearable sensors for seniors. The company's primary product, Tempo, is a wrist-worn device that monitors a senior's activities of daily living (ADLs) using advanced remote sensing technologies and artificial intelligence. This technology autonomously collects and analyzes data on individual behavior patterns to identify significant changes that may indicate declining health. By leveraging deep machine learning, CarePredict provides actionable wellness insights to caregivers through user-friendly digital dashboards, enabling timely interventions without the need for self-reporting or direct human observation. The platform aims to enhance the quality of care for seniors by facilitating continuous monitoring and just-in-time responses from healthcare professionals.

Resility Health

Seed Round in 2018
Resility Health is a digital platform that assesses, monitors, and manages stress for individuals, families, employers, and healthcare providers. It combines stress-management techniques with biofeedback from wearable sensors and uses machine learning to create personalized training programs that continually adapt to the user. The platform supports on-the-job stress management, enhances coping skills and relationships, and mitigates the physical impacts of stress on medical conditions, with the aim of reducing chronic pain and anxiety and delivering better health outcomes at lower costs.

NuEyes Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
NuEyes Technologies Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing innovative glasses and software designed to assist individuals with visual impairments, such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, and retinitis pigmentosa. Founded in 2016 and based in Newport Beach, California, NuEyes offers smart glasses equipped with an adjustable HD magnification camera that captures images and projects them onto the back of the lenses, allowing users to see with customized magnification and brightness. The glasses feature wireless, battery-powered functionality and hands-free, voice-activated controls for ease of use. NuEyes provides two product variants, NuEyes Easy and NuEyes Pro, delivering a comprehensive solution tailored to the needs of those with vision challenges.

MyPurpleFolder

Seed Round in 2018
MyPurpleFolder is a company that specializes in creating a universal digital healthcare master key. This tool allows seamless integration with various Electronic Medical Record Systems, enhancing continuity of care for providers and improving patient outcomes. The platform translates complex medical chart information into an intuitive 3D human body image, complete with interactive features designed to educate patients and caregivers. By consolidating all health records and medical information in one accessible location, MyPurpleFolder enables healthcare organizations and physicians to efficiently manage and utilize comprehensive patient data.

Fruit Street

Debt Financing in 2017
Fruit Street offers a virtual diabetes prevention program. It helps participants adopt healthier lifestyles to prevent type 2 diabetes through online classes, personalized tracking of diet and activity, and integration with wireless scales for progress monitoring.

Curacase

Seed Round in 2017
Curacase is a diabetes management platform founded in 2016 and based in New York, New York. The company focuses on enhancing patient quality of life through its innovative technology, which offers real-time testing, data diagnostics, and actionable reports. By providing low-cost alerts, Curacase enables healthcare providers to make informed decisions and effectively manage diabetes care for their patients.

Myontec

Seed Round in 2017
Myontec Ltd., headquartered in Kuopio, Finland, specializes in developing, manufacturing, and marketing wearable sensory solutions designed to measure muscle activity and other bio-signals from the human body. The company's flagship product is Myontec Mbody, a pair of smart shorts equipped with real-time muscle sensing technology, accompanied by a mobile app for exercise analysis and tracking. Additionally, they offer the MyOnWear Research System for field studies and measurement services for various applications such as sports performance testing, coaching, research on occupational health, and biofeedback training.

Fruit Street

Series B in 2017
Fruit Street offers a virtual diabetes prevention program. It helps participants adopt healthier lifestyles to prevent type 2 diabetes through online classes, personalized tracking of diet and activity, and integration with wireless scales for progress monitoring.

Multisensor Diagnostics

Seed Round in 2016
Multisensor Diagnostics (MDx), LLC, is a diversified health and wellness company primarily serving the high-acuity patients.

Sleep.ai

Venture Round in 2016
Sleep.ai develops wearable devices and mobile applications to diagnose and monitor sleeping disorders through mobile health solutions. The system detects snoring and grinding sounds and triggers a wearable to vibrate, prompting the user to shift position or adjust habits, with the goal of reducing disturbances. The app tracks sleep-related events over time and can be used in a shared sleep environment, since the device operates even when multiple people are sleeping in the same room. Data collected by the device and app supports ongoing assessment of sleep quality and disorder symptoms. By analyzing sound patterns and user activity, the technology helps healthcare professionals identify factors that influence sleep issues, such as alcohol use, smoking, and medications, facilitating targeted evaluation and management.

WeaRobot

Seed Round in 2016
Wearobot is a company that specializes in the design and development of wearable robotic exoskeletons. These devices serve multiple purposes, including assisting with motion, rehabilitation, and human augmentation. Targeting elderly individuals and those with physical impairments, Wearobot's exoskeletons enhance physical stability and mobility, facilitating greater independence for users. By focusing on accessibility, the company aims to democratize the benefits of robotic assistance, making advanced mobility solutions available to a wider audience.

BraceUnder

Seed Round in 2016
BRACEUNDER specializes in developing innovative orthopedic garment technology aimed at preventing injuries and supporting recovery for individuals with joint injuries and ligament problems. The company creates custom, smart compression clothing and musculoskeletal support systems designed to alleviate pain, reduce swelling, and enhance the overall recovery process. Grounded in a mission to empower individuals from all walks of life, BRACEUNDER’s team is committed to addressing diverse challenges through targeted solutions. Each product is crafted in Chicago, ensuring local production while leveraging global talent. BRACEUNDER's focus on continuous innovation allows them to produce dynamic, custom products that facilitate physical engagement and self-improvement, helping users to overcome barriers and lead meaningful lives.

ProjectVision

Seed Round in 2016
ProjectVision's platform provides clinicians with the right insights to help patients overcome the key environmental, psychological, and social barriers that inhibit long term health behavior change and lead to health outcomes disparities. Combining behavioral data from their free health management app, biometric data from connected devices, and GPS data from the smartphone, their platform generates individualized daily challenges that are tailored to each patient's psychological readiness for change and that are sensitive to the patient's environmental limitations. They combine existing clinical research and their own behavior risk algorithms into a behavioral risk index that can consistently improve behavioral compliance across a wide range of demographic groups and managed conditions.

HLD Healthy Life Devices

Seed Round in 2016
HLD Healthy Life Devices Ltd. provides solutions to effectuate physiotherapeutic rehabilitation processes. It offers LymphaTouch, a measurement based treatment concept for edema removal. The company’s products are used in physical therapy centers, physiotherapy clinics, centers for physical rehabilitation, and patients' homes. It serves healthcare practitioners, such as physical therapists and professionals working in hospitals. HLD Healthy Life Devices Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

Flosonics Medical

Venture Round in 2016
Flosonics Medical is a Canadian medical device company founded in 2017, specializing in the development of non-invasive sensors aimed at enhancing the management of critically ill patients. Its flagship product, the FloPatch, is a wearable ultrasound sensor designed to monitor blood flow in patients post-clinical intervention, thereby addressing critical clinical needs. The FloPatch is particularly beneficial for healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and paramedics, operating in various high-pressure environments such as ambulances, emergency departments, operating rooms, and intensive care units. The device is notable for its portability, wireless connectivity with tablets and other medical equipment, and user-friendly functionality, all of which contribute to improved patient care in urgent medical situations. Flosonics Medical, previously known as Ke2 Technologies, rebranded in September 2017.

Eco Fusion

Seed Round in 2015
Eco Fusion Ltd is a digital therapeutics company that specializes in designing and developing an artificial intelligence platform aimed at addressing chronic, mental, and severe illnesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, with an additional office in New York, the company offers innovative solutions such as Serenita technology, which aids in stress reduction, and the NewMe platform, designed for analyzing patient-reported data. Eco Fusion's comprehensive approach includes mobile applications and active wearables that target a variety of medical conditions, including stress, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.

Performance Tracking Solutions

Seed Round in 2015
Performance Tracking Solutions is a technology company focused on the connected health and fitness sector. The company specializes in developing fitness applications designed to enhance the relationship between clubs, gyms, and their members. By engaging users and collecting real-time data, these applications transform information into actionable insights and percentages. This capability enables gym operators to effectively increase revenues and remotely manage and motivate their members through mobile engagement. Performance Tracking Solutions combines expertise in information technology and health to deliver innovative solutions that support both fitness facilities and their clientele.

Breathresearch

Seed Round in 2015
BreathResearch, Inc., based in Walnut Creek, California, specializes in developing portable spirometers and applications for tracking and early detection of respiratory ailments. Founded in 2008, the company focuses on converting the air waves from breathing into sound waves, which allows for advanced respiratory analytics aimed at improving health, fitness, and performance. BreathResearch is also working on new wearable technology to simplify and make affordable cardiorespiratory assessments accessible to both athletes and patients at risk for heart or lung diseases. Its flagship device, Breath Acoustic, leverages breath analysis to detect lung and heart conditions, providing valuable tools for lifestyle consumers and individuals with chronic health issues to monitor their cardiorespiratory fitness and facilitate early detection of potential health complications.

Skindroid

Venture Round in 2015
Skindroid, founded in 2014 by Winston Capel and Somair Riaz, is a Colorado-based company that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of innovative skin biosensors for wearable devices. The company focuses on developing intelligent sensors that enable non-invasive monitoring of skin-based sweat through IoT technology. Skindroid's devices analyze molecules in sweat, providing automatic biometric readouts via a mobile application. This functionality allows users to optimize their workouts and prevent injuries by gaining deeper insights into their physiological data.

UnaliWear

Seed Round in 2014
UnaliWear Inc. is a Texas-based company founded in 2013 that creates advanced wearable technology designed to enhance the independence and safety of seniors. Its flagship product, the Kanega watch, is often likened to an "OnStar for People," offering discreet support for falls, medication reminders, and guidance for those at risk of wandering. The watch features a user-friendly speech interface, eliminating the need for buttons, and incorporates a patented battery system, allowing continuous use without the necessity for recharging. Built with integrated cellular, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth technologies, the Kanega watch provides round-the-clock medical alerts and utilizes artificial intelligence to learn and adapt to the wearer’s lifestyle. This innovative approach aims to empower vulnerable seniors by ensuring they receive timely assistance while maintaining their dignity and independence.

CarePredict

Angel Round in 2014
CarePredict, Inc. is a technology company based in Plantation, Florida, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing wearable sensors for seniors. The company's primary product, Tempo, is a wrist-worn device that monitors a senior's activities of daily living (ADLs) using advanced remote sensing technologies and artificial intelligence. This technology autonomously collects and analyzes data on individual behavior patterns to identify significant changes that may indicate declining health. By leveraging deep machine learning, CarePredict provides actionable wellness insights to caregivers through user-friendly digital dashboards, enabling timely interventions without the need for self-reporting or direct human observation. The platform aims to enhance the quality of care for seniors by facilitating continuous monitoring and just-in-time responses from healthcare professionals.

PHmHealth

Seed Round in 2014
PHmHealth LLC is a Philadelphia-based company that specializes in mobile healthcare technology, founded in 2012. The company has developed a smartphone application that leverages Near Field Communication technology alongside patent-pending geo-locational fingerprinting to enhance efficiency and reliability in the home healthcare sector. This platform enables healthcare providers to verify visits, track interactions, and upload data to a secure cloud-based server. By improving accountability in healthcare settings, PHmHealth empowers home healthcare agencies, long-term care facilities, hospitals, pharmaceutical delivery services, healthcare payers, and families to monitor visit information and service duration, ultimately facilitating better healthcare delivery.

Oxitone Medical

Venture Round in 2013
Oxitone Medical is a medical device company that has developed a wrist-based pulse oximetry continuous monitoring platform for home care and remote patient management. The FDA-cleared solution uses AI-assisted analytics to turn continuous data into personalized therapeutic guidance without requiring a fingertip probe, enabling efficient remote monitoring of high-risk patients. The system is deployed in more than ten countries and supports continuous data collection for hyper-personalized interventions, with partnerships including Ascom for monitoring COVID-19 patients.

Cerora

Venture Round in 2013
Cerora, Inc. is a healthcare information technology company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, specializing in neuro diagnostic solutions for conditions such as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and Alzheimer’s disease. Founded in 2011, Cerora has developed MindReader, a portable neuro diagnostics-as-a-service technology that monitors brain health and aids in the diagnosis of various neurological conditions, including mTBI, mild cognitive impairment, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's innovative products also support applications in sports concussion management and the development of pharmaceutical compounds. By providing objective, biomarker-based diagnostic information, Cerora enables clinicians to make informed decisions and improve patient outcomes in the realm of brain health.
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