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Medical Technology startups in Southern California

A deep biotech research base and a growing bench of medical device and diagnostics startups.

477
companies
$20.52B
total raised
43
cities

Companies

Acurion, Inc. hero photo
Seed$4.1M
Acurion, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2026 · ~201-500 employees

Acurion's OncoGaze™ technology delivers critical genomic insights at the biopsy stage, empowering oncologists to make precision therapy a reality for more patients.

SeedHealthcare
Virchow Medical, Inc. hero photo
Seed$4.1M
Virchow Medical, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2023

Why Use the Virchow Medical Crow’s Nest Biopsy Catchment System? To Improve Core Needle Biopsy Collection, Tissue Management, and Access to Targeted Diagnostics.

SeedHealthcare
PiLogic Inc. hero photo
Seed$4.1M
PiLogic Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024

PiLogic is a dual-use company that revolutionizes aerospace by delivering precise, efficient, and mathematically grounded AI solutions for critical dual-use aerospace applications like tracking, diagnosis, and sensor fusion.

SeedB2B
Series B$4.0M
Meduloc, LLC
Del Mar, CA

Meduloc provides minimally invasive, intramedullary implants that offer stable fixation and secure reduction for all types of small, long-bone fractures.

Series BHealthcare
$4.0M
PSHUH, LLC
Culver City, CA · Founded 2023
Healthcare
Playhouse Method Inc. hero photo
$4.0M
Playhouse Method Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024

Children’s healthcare products designed to make sick days more playful. Playhouse MD empowers kids to feel confident and connected — because a dose of play goes a long way.

B2B
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
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Seed$3.8M
2A Biosciences, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022

2A Biosciences is pioneering neural restoration by advancing precision agonists to restore neural circuitry and immune balance, having demonstrated in vivo nerve regeneration via 5-HT2A modulation.

SeedHealthcare
Limber Prosthetics, Inc. hero photo
Seed$3.8M
Limber Prosthetics, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2022

Precision fit and fully alignable. Unbelievably durable, versatile and affordable. It’s time for the UniLeg.

SeedHealthcare
$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
Certis Oncology Solutions, Inc. hero photo
$3.7M
Certis Oncology Solutions, Inc.
San Diego, CA · ~11-50 employees

Certis Oncology Intelligence: predictive AI + advanced cancer models for more insightful data. Translational science, done differently.

Healthcare
ProCode Inc. hero photo
Series A$3.6M
ProCode Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024 · ~51-200 employees

ProCode Inc. provides an AI-Powered Medical Billing & Coding Copilot.

Series AB2B
$3.6M
10K Health, LLC
Beverly Hills, CA
Healthcare
Kindra Corp hero photo
Seed$3.6M
Kindra Corp
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2019

Kindra is transforming vaginal health and sexual wellness for women navigating their changing bodies and profound hormonal shifts.

SeedB2B
Crop Diagnostix, Inc. hero photo
Seed$3.5M
Crop Diagnostix, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2023

Crop Diagnostix uses plant RNA to detect asymptomatic crop stress before symptoms appear. Asymptomatic Agronomy for partners, retailers, and input providers.

SeedB2B
$3.5M
LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
Pasadena, CA
Healthcare
Series B$3.5M
Custom Health, Inc.
West Hollywood, CA

Make medication work as intended. Custom Health connects pharmacy, in-home technology, and pharmacist-led care for 98% adherence and improved outcomes.

Series BB2B
Series B$3.5M
JumpCode Genomics, Inc.
San Diego, CA

The majority of molecules sequenced are uninformative. Jumpcode Genomics is changing that by helping researchers boost usable NGS data.

Series BHealthcare
Series A$3.3M
MCH Ventures, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Does business as Mahmee, a maternal health startup co-founded by Melissa Hanna that raised $3M in seed funding from Mark Cuban and Serena Williams.

Series AHealthcare
Laguna Tech USA, Inc. hero photo
Series A$3.3M
Laguna Tech USA, Inc.
Irvine, CA · Founded 2022

Laguna Tech USA is developing the ZETA Transcatheter Aortic Valve System, a balloon-expandable valve solution designed for Aortic Regurgitation and Aortic Stenosis.

Series AHealthcare
$3.2M
ONclick Healthcare Inc
Westlake Village, CA
Healthcare
Illudent, Inc. hero photo
Seed$3.2M
Illudent, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Illudent (operating as Illudent Therapeutics), a San Diego cancer-treatment biotech, has raised roughly $3.25-5.2M in funding from investors including Ulu Ventures and SeedFolio.

SeedHealthcare
Vivamed, Inc. hero photo
Series A$3.1M
Vivamed, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024 · ~51-200 employees

VivaMed BioPharma is a clinical-stage biopharma advancing new chemical entities and repurposed drugs across neurology, pain, psychiatry, pulmonology, and rheumatology. Operator-led development, global partnerships.

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
Series A$3.0M
Ocelot Bio, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2020

Ocelot Bio closed a $36M Series A led by RA Capital Management, Venrock, and Vivo Capital.

Series AHealthcare
NUDJ HEALTH, INC. hero photo
Series A$3.0M
NUDJ HEALTH, INC.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2021 · ~11-50 employees

Strengthen care and improve patient outcomes by prescribing a healthier lifestyle

Series AB2B
Amydis, Inc. hero photo
Series A$3.0M
Amydis, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Amydis is the leader in developing a new class of diagnostic compounds that enable digital detection and monitoring of human disease-related molecular biomarkers through standard ocular imaging cameras.

Series AHealthcare
Facile Skincare Inc. hero photo
$3.0M
Facile Skincare Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025

Facile is a clinically-kind skincare brand and aesthetics boutique featuring Core Four products and targeted Super Skin serums. Dermatologist-formulated, easy to follow and designed with your best skin in mind. Good skin should be easy.

Consumer
Series A$2.9M
Pear Health Labs, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2022

Through its health & fitness AI platform, PEAR creates personalized digital coaching experiences to help people move smarter, get healthier, and live happier.

Series AB2B
$2.7M
BIOLASE, INC
Lake Forest, CA
Healthcare
$2.7M
K & B Surgical Center, LLC
Beverly Hills, CA
Healthcare
$2.7M
MedVector Corp
El Segundo, CA · ~11-50 employees

MedVector connects healthcare providers with clinical trials by protecting the patient/doctor relationship, compensating for additional workload, aiding in patient identification, and enhancing patient care through advanced medicine.

Healthcare
Series A$2.6M
Tetrous, Inc.
Sherman Oaks, CA · Founded 2019

Biologic solutions to optimize enthesis reformation, EnFix® is the future of bone to tendon healing.

Series AHealthcare
OrthoRPM, Inc. hero photo
Seed$2.6M
OrthoRPM, Inc.
Encinitas, CA · Founded 2021

Discover OrthoRPM, transforming home exercise programs with guided rehabilitation, motion tracking, and connected digital therapy solutions for clinics without paper.

SeedHealthcare
CARI Health, Inc. hero photo
Seed$2.5M
CARI Health, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2021

CARI Health empowers clinicians to personalize methadone dosing for every patient.

SeedHealthcare
$2.5M
Sure Count Surgical, LLC
Los Angeles, CA

SureCount SmartTrays streamline surgical instrument management, reducing errors, speeding counts, and improving safety across OR and SPD teams.

Healthcare
$2.5M
TruBrain
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2012 · 31 employees

TruBrain is a nootropic created by UCLA-trained neuroscientists founded in 2012.

Health
$2.4M
UCSD Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC
San Diego, CA
Healthcare
Series A$2.3M
Sensible Care Inc.
Irvine, CA · Founded 2022

Sensible Care Inc. offers online therapy and psychiatry for individuals, couples, and families, including adults, teens, and children, with access to in-network care.

Series AHealthcare
Series A$2.3M
U.S. NeuroSurgical Holdings, Inc.
Ontario, CA

Formerly operated Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery centers; the publicly traded company (OTC: USNU) renamed itself Elite Health Systems Inc. in September 2024.

Series AHealthcare
Series A$2.3M
Dracen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Dracen Pharmaceuticals is a private pharmaceutical company leveraging immuno-metabolism to create new cancer treatments, with their lead candidate, sirpiglenastat (DRP-104), being a unique glutamine inhibitor.

Series AHealthcare
Options MD, Inc. hero photo
Pre-Seed$2.3M
Options MD, Inc.
West Hollywood, CA · Founded 2020

Options MD was a telehealth company for treatment-resistant depression, connecting patients with providers for options like ketamine-assisted therapy and TMS.

Pre-SeedB2B
$2.2M
Varsity Emergency Care Holdings, LLC
Los Angeles, CA

Varsity Healthcare Partners builds leading healthcare companies, employing a differentiated partnership model.

Healthcare
Biocanic, Inc. hero photo
Seed$2.1M
Biocanic, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Streamline your functional health business with Biocanic to get better better scale and outcomes for you and your clients.

SeedB2B
Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc. hero photo
Series A$2.1M
Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Transforming medicine through cellular therapies that restore, regenerate, and repair tissues and organs

Series AHealthcare
$2.0M
BioDynamik, Inc.
Lake Forest, CA · Founded 2023
Healthcare
$1.9M
Balboa Joint Ventures Consolidated, LLC
La Jolla, CA · Founded 2021
Healthcare
A28 Therapeutics, Inc. hero photo
Series A$1.9M
A28 Therapeutics, Inc.
La Jolla, CA · Founded 2021

A28 Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel platform technology to treat multiple cancer types

Series AB2B
$1.8M
Synedgen, Inc.
Claremont, CA

Synedgen develops first-in-class therapeutics that improve patient outcomes by promoting barrier function to repair mucosal injury, with their lead asset MIIST305 aimed at repairing GI mucosal injury.

Healthcare
Seed$1.7M
AscentX Medical, Inc.
San Diego, CA

AscentX Medical, Inc. is dedicated to improving quality of life through injectable regenerative therapy focusing on advanced soft tissue engineering using autologous tissue engineering technology with injectable microspheres.

SeedHealthcare
Series A$1.6M
InPractice, Inc.
Goleta, CA · Founded 2023

Review medical records in minutes, not days. Our AI-powered software creates instant summaries and chronologies so you can focus on what matters.

Series AB2B
$1.6M
Pasadena Fair Oaks Exer Management Services, LLC
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2024
Healthcare
Seed$1.5M
CancerVAX, Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA · Founded 2021

CancerVax is a pre-clinical biotech company developing a novel Universal Cancer Treatment Platform that uses artificial intelligence to disguise cancer cells to look like measles, thereby tricking the body's immune system into killing them.

SeedHealthcare
Series A$1.5M
Allevion Therapeutics, Inc.
Irvine, CA

Discover Allevion Therapeutics’ Allevx™ Smart-Band, a wearable device designed to reduce movement-related disorders due to Essential Tremor.

Series AHealthcare
Seed$1.4M
TPT GLOBAL TECH, INC.
San Diego, CA

TPT Global Tech is a technology holding company with an emphasis on Media Content, Medical Technology and Telecommunications.

SeedB2B
$1.3M
Navega Therapeutics, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Navega Therapeutics is harnessing the precision of zinc-finger and CRISPR based epigenome regulation to enable next-generation gene therapies for chronic pain and precision pain management.

Healthcare
$1.2M
Ocean Pediatrics MSO, LLC
Costa Mesa, CA · Founded 2024
Healthcare
$1.2M
Califia Pharma, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Discover delicious and nourishing Oatmilks, Almondmilks, Creamers, Coffees, and other natural, non-GMO beverages from Califia Farms. We’re dedicated to powering your wellness transformation by innovating better forms of nourishment with delicious dairy-free plant-based products.

Healthcare
Seed$1.2M
Paralos Bioscience Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024

Paralos Bioscience Inc. is developing phage-drug conjugates using a modular M13 phage drug delivery platform designed to concentrate payloads at specific targets.

SeedHealthcare