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Healthcare

18 healthcare startups based in Carlsbad, $594.2M raised total, led by Nalu Medical, Inc. ($265.1M raised). See what Healthcare means more broadly on the Healthcare industry page.

18
companies
$594.2M
total raised

The breakdown

15 of 18 companies have disclosed funding, $594.2M combined, 7 at Series A stage, making up 38% of the 48 Carlsbad startups on file across every industry, founding dates span 2018-2023.

Companies

Nalu Medical, Inc. hero photo
Series E$265.1M
Nalu Medical, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Nalu Medical offers a neurostimulation system that provides a long-term solution for managing intractable chronic nerve pain.

Series EHealthcare
Series B$155.8M
Equip Health, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2019

Equip Health provides virtual eating disorder treatment through a 5-person care team that includes a therapist, medical provider, dietitian, family mentor, and peer mentor.

Series BHealthcare
Series B$53.0M
GLO Pharma, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2018

Co-founded in 2018 by Scott Glenn and Lauren Otsuki, the skincare-tech company (parent of the Ourself brand) is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and added former Allergan CEO Brent Saunders to its board.

Series BHealthcare
Ceresti Health, Inc. hero photo
Series A$37.7M
Ceresti Health, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Ceresti reduces hospitalizations and medical costs for people living with dementia by activating family caregivers to detect changes in the patient's condition.

Series AHealthcare
$21.7M
Amicrobe, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

German skincare giant Beiersdorf (maker of Nivea) became an investor in the company; Amicrobe later rebranded as Macro Biologics.

Healthcare
Series A$19.1M
Rapalogix Health, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2023

Rapalogix is advancing a portfolio of TORC1-selective therapies and pro-longevity skincare products, addressing skin aging and disease at the root to extend skin healthspan.

Series AHealthcare
Series A$11.7M
Cytonus Therapeutics, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2018

Founded by physician-entrepreneur Remo Moomiaie-Qajar, M.D.; the San Diego biotech has raised $14.4M in funding, including from Partners Investment.

Series AHealthcare
Series A$10.8M
RCE Technologies, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2018

RCE Technologies is developing Infrasensor™, a non-invasive wearable that uses infrared spectroscopy and machine learning to detect severe coronary artery occlusion in about three minutes, without a blood draw — aimed at catching the 60%+ of heart attacks that standard chest-pain triage misses.

Series AHealthcare
Series A$4.5M
Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Nasdaq-listed (QLGN); received a $41 million strategic PIPE investment from Faraday Future, whose founder is Chinese entrepreneur YT Jia (Jia Yueting).

Series AHealthcare
ChromaCode, Inc. hero photo
$3.8M
ChromaCode, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

ChromaCode is a leading provider of HDPCR™ multiplexing technology for genomic solutions. Our breakthrough platform enables labs, physicians, and patients to access actionable biomarkers faster and more affordably. With HDPCR™, you can get critical and complete data, analyzed with simplicity, without paying for excess information.

Healthcare
$3.8M
View Point Medical, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Co-founded by Jeffrey Port and William Blair; the company was acquired by Merit Medical Systems, expanding Merit's therapeutic oncology portfolio.

Healthcare
Virgo Surgical Video Solutions, Inc. hero photo
Series A$3.7M
Virgo Surgical Video Solutions, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Virgo builds frontier AI models to solve diseases mediated by the gut. Our flagship model, EndoDINO, was trained on the largest GI endoscopy dataset.

Series AHealthcare
Oral Genome Corp. hero photo
Series A$3.1M
Oral Genome Corp.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2021

Effortless, science-backed oral microbiome insights from saliva. Decode your saliva for personalized wellness.

Series AHealthcare
$167K
Renova Therapeutics, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Renova Therapeutics is focused on developing definitive treatments to restore health to people suffering from congestive heart failure and type 2 diabetes through transformational gene therapies.

Healthcare
Seed$105K
EMERGE DIAGNOSTICS, INC
Carlsbad, CA

Founded by MaryRose Reaston (co-founder/CSO) alongside CEO Brett Ottemeier; the Carlsbad-based company makes functional EMG diagnostic technology and has won an industry innovation award.

SeedHealthcare
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Macro Biologics
Carlsbad, CA

Macro Biologics designs, patents, and produces advanced biomaterials for healthcare, food and water applications, and packaging.

Healthcare
Daisy Genomics
Carlsbad, CA
Healthcare
Float Health
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2022 · 3 employees

Float is the full-stack platform for Specialty Pharma

Y CombinatorHealthcare