Neurotech Notables #33: June 1-15, 2025
☀️Neurotech's Working Summer 🧠
Hello Readers,
From June gloom to sunny heatwaves, the summer is upon us. But from conference circuits near and far, neurotech’s summer vacation looks to be a working affair this year.
In recent weeks, NANS, Neurotech Reports, BIO, and many other events have convened experts, founders, and leaders around the world. As PR fervor continues to bring new energy, capital, and curiosity to neurotech, such gatherings are critical to go behind the headlines, review evidence, chart the course forward, and perhaps discover some “pre-PR” startups and founders.
Inside this edition you’ll find a relatively modest slate of commercial updates curated from (mostly) the last 2 weeks, including new funding, research, launches, evidence, and developments across policy, industry, and ethics.
Other Updates
I’m still on leave. I’ll be slowly catching up with email and all work projects going into July. Thanks for your patience & understanding.
For those of you in the Bay Area for SF Deeptech Week, check out PsyMed Ventures & E11 Bio’s upcoming Night of Neurotech on June 24.
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NANS
NANS Responds to CMS Proposed FY26 Inpatient Rule (NANS)
TTP
Beyond miniaturisation: what’s really driving innovation in active implants - Read more
Datwyler
Open Position! BD Manager, Wearable Sensors based in Ontario, California (Datwyler)
Card79
Everyday Life with Robots: Coevolving with Intelligent Machines - Read More.
Funding
Khosla Ventures, Orlando Magic owners back sleep tech company Somnee's $10M round (Fierce)
BrainsWay invests $5M in Stella Mental Health to expand access to Deep TMS therapy (MassDevice)
“The strategic equity financing agreement gives BrainsWay a preferred equity position in Stella, a management services organization that supports more than 20 mental health clinics in the U.S. and Israel. Stella’s network has treated over 30,000 patients to date.”
Brooklyn Health scores $6.5M to improve mental health assessment in clinical trials (MobiHealth)
Alzheimer’s Association Fuels Global Treatment Breakthroughs with $10M Venture Fund Investment (Alzheimer’s Association)
Neuromod startup INOPASE announces seed extension round for neuromodulation (LinkedIn)
Bakersfield City Council approves grant for BIOS (Bakersfield)
Commercial
28bio Announces Nexon™ Neurotechnology Platform Powered by Engineered Human Brains (PR Newswire)
Cognixion and Pupil Labs Partner to Integrate Eye Tracking with Axon-R Neural Interface (FirstWord HealthTech | Medtech Spectrum)
BrainsWay Reports Positive Results from Multicenter Study (Yahoo Finance)
BrainScope Expands Board and Launches Advanced Deep Learning Platform to Enhance Brain Health Insights (BusinessWire)
Starkey and MED-EL Announce All-New DualSync Partnership to Advance Bluetooth Connectivity for Cochlear Implant Users (Business Wire)
Cogstate announces new investor page and webinar detailing new Medidata Partnership (Cogstate)
Vivani Medical Announces Filing of Form 10 Registration Statement for Planned Spin-Off of Cortigent Neurostimulation Business to Vivani Shareholders (SEC)
Ampa Health partners with Southern California TMS Center (LinkedIn)
Spark Biomedical Completes Enrollment in a Neurostimulation Pivotal Trial for Opioid Use Disorder (Spark Biomedical)
Precision Neuroscience Expands Leadership Team With Key Hires From Meta and FDA (Globe Newswire)
Axoft announces Oliver Armitage as Vice President of Neural Data and Clinical Strategy (LinkedIn)
Craig Cook appointed Chief Business Officer and Co-founder at Ability Neurotech, the Wyss Geneva’s flagship spin-off (LinkedIn)
Motif appoints Jake Wiederin as Head of Medical Device Manufacturing (LinkedIn)
SetPoint Medical Appoints Tyler Binney to Board (SetPoint Medical)
Orchestra BioMed Appoints Vivek Reddy, M.D. as Executive Chairman of the BACKBEAT Study Steering Committee and Chairman of Bioelectronic Therapies Scientific Advisory Board (The Globe & Mail)
Action Potential Ventures’ Eba moves from GSK’s corporate VC arm to CFO at Alpheus Medical (Global Venturing)
Regulatory
Presidio Medical Receives IDE Approval for Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) Neuromodulation Clinical Study and Appoints Dimas Jiménez as Chief Financial Officer (Business Wire)
Viz.ai Receives First and Only FDA 510(k) Clearance for Subdural Measurements (BusinessWire)
Biotech Start-Ups Feel the Pain of Federal Funding Cuts (Bloomberg)
Priorities for a New FDA (Jama)
F.D.A. to Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’ (NYTimes)
DARPA announces proposers day for CoasterChase (DARPA)
Rune Labs’ Response to CMS/ONC: Building the Health Technology Ecosystem (Rune)
Industry
China reportedly launches country’s first invasive BCI trial (MassDevice)
A brain–computer interface working definition (Nature BME)
Former MIT Researchers Advance New Model of Innovation, the FRO (MIT News)
Preclinical Neural Signal Stability (Paradromics)
Cognito Therapeutics says neuromod slows Alzheimer’s progression (MassDevice)
Supercharging the Brain’s Cleanup Crew: How Owl Therapeutics Is Helping the Brain’s Unsung Heroes Clean Up Harmful Cellular Debris (Startup Health)
IBM and Inclusive Brains Bring Together AI, Quantum and Neurotechnologies to Improve the Understanding of Brain-Machine Interfaces (IBM Newsroom)
Catching the Right Wave in Digital Health (Rock Health)
Epiminder study backs implantable EEG tech (MassDevice)
LivaNova Announces CORE-VNS 24-Month Data Show Adjunctive VNS Therapy is Associated with Substantial Reductions in Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures in People with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy (BusinessWire)
New Clinical Data Highlights Onera Health’s Patch-Based Home Polysomnography Solution at SLEEP 2025 (BusinessWire)
The First Commercially Available AI Screening Tool In Psychiatry...is FREE. (Frontier Psychiatrist)
Neuromodulation Dominates The U.S. Market For Neurological Devices (MedDeviceOnline)
The Silent Command: Decoding Intention Before Action (Neurotech Pulse)
Inside Neurotech’s Next Leap: Brain Chips, Apple Integration & Mental Privacy (Neurotech Pulse)
ICL Neurotech Monthly Newsletter - June 2025 (ICL)
New In Human Flourishing: Summer 2025 (Amy Kruse)
Neurotech.TV
Understanding the Market Opportunity for iBCIs — iBCI-CC Fundamentals Webinar (iBCI-CC)
Achieving Universal Access to Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Therapies by Dr. Jonathan Downar from Ampa Health (Stanford)
Podcast - Brain Implants Without a Hole in Your Skull – Wes Jones of Vonova (Xeiavp)
Society
ARIA and James Lind Alliance launch first public consultation survey on BCI (LinkedIn)
Q&A: Inside ARIA, the UK's Bet to Build Scientific Revolutions (Asimov Press)
Alzheimer’s Disease & Music Engagement: Quality of Life Economic Impact Analysis (NeuroArts)
Fitness is the Future of Healthcare (Healthspan, Decoded)
Beyond Fitness: VO₂ Max as a Window Into Your Future Health (Healthspan, Decoded)
Brain-reading devices raise ethical dilemmas — researchers propose protections (Nature)
Emerging Applications of Neurotechnology and Their Implications for EU Governance (European Commission)
Good summary here. What do you think is missing from p. 30-31?
Delegates to a United Nations meeting on neurotechnology ethics have devised the first set of global guidelines on maintaining users’ privacy (Nature)
Dana Foundation Recognizes Two Neuroscience & Society Champions with Inaugural Awards (PR Newswire)
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay-Writing (LinkedIn | ArXiv)
Exploring the difference between Brain Health and Mental Health: A Whitepaper (Center for Brain Health)
Research
Furthering Convergence Between STEM Trainees and the University Ecosystem (Sharena’s Arenas)
An instantaneous voice-synthesis neuroprosthesis (Nature)
Brain implantation of soft bioelectronics via embryonic development (Nature | Axoft)
Doctors Could Hack the Nervous System With Ultrasound (IEEE Spectrum)
Wearable peripheral nerve stimulator reduces essential tremor symptoms through targeted brain modulation (Brain Stimulation)
Facial Stimulation May Help Brain Clear Waste, Study Finds (Neuroscience News)
Negative Study Findings Further Question Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Stimulation to Treat Insomnia (Neurology Live)
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