Thousands of new startups are founded every year – emerging companies with the potential to disrupt the healthcare industry. To give you a head-start on emerging technologies and startups that will impact the healthcare sector in 2022, we analyzed a total of 3 621 global healthtech startups & scaleups. Meet 5 of the most promising startups to watch!
Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 HealthTech Startups to Watch in 2022
Out of 3 621, the 5 healthtech startups to watch are chosen through the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering over 2 093 000+ startups & scaleups globally. As the world’s largest resource for data on emerging companies, the SaaS platform enables you to identify relevant startups, emerging technologies & future industry trends quickly & exhaustively.
The Global Startup Heat Map below highlights the 5 healthtech startups you should watch in 2022 as well as the geo-distribution of the other 3 616 startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. We hand-picked the 5 highlighted healthtech startups based on our data-driven startup scouting approach, taking into account factors such as location, founding year, the relevance of technology, and funding, among others.
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Bottneuro offers Personalized Neuromodulation Therapy
Founding Year: 2021
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Total Funding: undisclosed
Use for: Personalized Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Bottneuro is a Swiss startup that offers a non-invasive neuromodulation therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. The startup’s NENI platform develops and validates electrical stimulation protocols. Many neuromodulation therapies fail due to imprecise targeting and limited sensing capabilities. But, Bottneuro collects patient data to identify regions of interest for electrical stimulation using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans. It then utilizes computer simulations to optimize the stimulation of affected regions and is delivered through wearables. As a result, the startup’s therapies are more effective at targeting glia cells that control Aβ accumulation in brain cells. This, in turn, stabilizes patient behavior and slows down cognitive decline.
NAOMI provides a Mental Health Assistant
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Total Funding: USD 5 000 000
Use for: Mental Health, Anxiety Management
NAOMI is a Croatian startup that creates an eponymous virtual mental health assistant smartphone app. NAOMI allows users to select the area they want to work on, for example, stress, anxiety, depression, or anger. Mental health support platforms significantly assist individuals going through a hard time. Even then, most patients are bound by the stigma over mental health and may not want to consult a psychiatrist directly. NAOMI strengthens user anonymity and, hence, facilitates mental health improvement. Based on the users’ specific issues, the app guides them through carefully formulated questions that encourage users to think and create solutions. It also offers various techniques to improve mental well-being based on cognitive-behavioral therapy. In addition, NAOMI connects the users with certified psychotherapists, if required.
AI Talos advances AI-based Breast Screening
Founding Year: 2021
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Total Funding: undisclosed
Use for: Breast Cancer Detection, Thermogram Analysis
Canadian startup AI Talos provides an intelligent decision support system to find anomalies in breast health screenings. The startup combines deep learning, computer vision, and image processing to achieve high accuracy in analyzing thermograms. Presently, a large number of women die every year because of breast cancers due to the lack of timely interventions. Talos Cloud allows users to upload thermograms of patients, where the startup’s AI offers precise risk measurement and classify cases based on risk levels. This, in effect, enables the prompt identification of suspicious malignancy which significantly increases the chances of patient recovery.
Zealth-AI offers Hyper-Personalized Cancer Therapeutics
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Central Region, Singapore
Total Funding: USD 100 000
Use for: Remote Patient Monitoring, Outpatient Management
Zealth-AI is a Singaporean startup that provides hyper-personalized digital therapeutics for cancer patients. The startup’s platform, CareShare, connects patients and doctors remotely. This way, health providers engage with patients on time and better understand how they respond to treatments. Many lives are lost every day due to poor management of chronic outpatients at their homes. Besides, there are numerous cases where the patient is brought to emergency wards only after it is too late. Zealth-AI’s platform tackles this by ensuring continuous remote care for cancer patients. CareShare also monitors patient health, provides personalized medication and nutrition as well as facilitates symptoms management.
NexStem develops Electroencephalography (EEG) Headsets
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Palo Alto, California, USA
Total Funding: USD 100 000
Use for: Continuous EEG Monitoring, EEG Headset, HealthTech Wearable
US-based startup NexStem provides an EEG headset. The compact headset combines 16 polymer Ag/AgCl electrodes and low-latency connectivity systems, such as Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi, to collect and transmit brain activity data. Conventional EEG systems, on the contrary, are bulky and deter patients from wearing these devices in daily life. This makes it challenging to monitor EEGs continuously, which is essential for patients living with epilepsy or sleeping disorders. NexStem’s wearables enable patients to collect brain data without hindering their daily tasks.
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