Welcome New Readers! Greetings from a family trip to Palm Springs🌴
The last time it was Feb 29th was in 2020. A four-year decade, amiright?
What will happen by February 29, 2028? In general, and in neurotech land?
Will BCI have gone mainstream, helping hundreds, thousands, or millions?
Will new diagnostics have transformed the practice of neurology?
Will neuromodulation have displaced pills in safe and meaningful ways?
Will neurotech have navigated the valley of death?
Will any moonshots have landed?
Will we have digitally twinned the brain?
Will Elon have changed X back to Twitter?
One can hope…What are you hoping for?
On a shorter horizon, exciting updates are just around the corner here at Neurotech Futures. We’ve been meeting dozens of brilliant commercial leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs from all market segments. New articles are coming soon. We just crossed the 100 reader mark! We’ve secured our first sponsor (🎉) and are excited to grow this newsletter into a thought leadership ecosystem with help from new editorial advisors, contributing writers, and engagement from readers like you.
Stay tuned, spread the word, and reach out.
Fundraising
Avation Medical raises $22 million for bladder neuromodulation (Today’s Medical Developments)
Psyonic wins $1m on Sharktank at a $50m valuation (CNBC)
Samphire raises $2.3m for neuromodulation for period pain (TechCrunch)
FSU team lands $1.44M DoD grant for brain stimulation for PTSD (FSU)
Neurable raises undisclosed funding from Ultratech Capital (LinkedIn)
Startups, Markets, & Industry News
AppliedVR and Kernel Flow Announce Clinical Results Evaluating How Brain Changes During VR Treatment of Chronic Pain (Press Release)
Linus Health’s Cognitive Test Outperforms Commonly Used Paper-Based Test (Linus Health)
Koneksa Enrolls First Patient in LEARNS Observational Study to Remotely Measure Disease Progression Using Digital Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Disorders (BusinessWire)
Tivic Health Announces Completion of Enrollment for Study of Novel Non-Invasive Bioelectronic Approach to Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Tivic Health)
Thynk emerges from stealth with EEG neurofeedback platform ( LinkedIn)
uCat launches “world’s first Neuralink app” (Youtube/White Paper)
Alto Neuroscience announces IPO (Alto)
Stratus Announces Full-Service Remote Continuous EEG Monitoring for Hospitals (PR Web)
Aptar Digital Health Acquires Healint to Broaden Neurology Portfolio (Aptar)
Lenire expands to 24 US clinics for tinnitus neuromodulation device (Lenire)
Highmark Grants Commercial Coverage to Theranica’s Wearable for Migraine Treatment (HIT Consultant)
Insightec Focused Ultrasound Now Covered for Parkinson’s Disease Pallidotomy in US (Insightec)
StrivePD and LSVT announce partnerships for Parkinson’s (StrivePD)
Cambridge Cognition and ActiGraph Announce Partnership to Accelerate Central Nervous System Trials (Actigraph)
Beacon Biosignals hires David Matthews, PhD as Chief Business Officer (LinkedIn)
Genesis SPAC, which bought Mindmaze last year for $21m, is mid-rebrand to “Neuro Mind AI Corp.” (SEC)
Note: Other interesting tidbits in this filing, from “mask” technology to detect emotions using facial electrodes, and pertinent competitive analysis.
TMS ‘Pioneer’ Greenbrook Delisted from Nasdaq (BHB)
Meta publishes pre-print on neuro-motor interface for human-computer interaction (Biorxiv)
Note: Some more context here. I’d love your (critical) Meta-related perspectives….
Regulatory Updates
FDA clears Viz.ai algorithm for quantifying intracerebral hemorrhage (MassDevice)
neuro42 Receives FDA Clearance on Portable and Compact Brain MRI Scanner for Point of Care Imaging (Globe Newswire)
X-trodes System M gains FDA 510k clearance for Wireless Electrode Skin Patch System for Sleep Monitoring (Sleep Review)
Onward Medical Gains 10th FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for BCI (Morningstar)
Neuroqore receives FDA 510k for TMS to treat depression (Newswire)
Articles, Analysis, Resources
NINDS issues a new Glossary of Neurological Terms (NINDS)
NIH BRAIN reissues Neuroethics R01 and launches R21 funding opportunity (NIH)
Mind-reading devices are revealing the brain’s secrets (Nature)
What does the future of brain-computer interfaces look like? (Medical Device Network)
BCI - Beyond Neural Signals (Neurotech X)
Revolutionizing Mental Healthcare: A Conversation with Fred Walke, CEO of Wave Neuro (DataRoot Labs)
AI in neurology: opportunities, challenges, and policy implications (Journal of Neurology)
🗓️ Events & Community News
March 8-11: Neureality Hackathon (Columbia University)
March 19-20, 2024: A2’s National Symposium - Empowering Innovation in AI/Tech & Aging (PennAITech)
March 21: Bringing Neuromodulation to the Advocacy Table (Neuromodec & Neurotech Network)
April 5, 2024: 2024 Bioelectronic Medicine Forum (Neurotech Reports)
April 30-May 1, 2024: Interface Rice (Rice.edu)
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New Podcast: Mission Based Media and Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative’s "Brain Health News" (LinkedIn)
Dr. Benjamin Rein, Phd’s Insights from Center for Brain Health’s Brain³ Summit last week (LinkedIn)
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