Neurotech Notables #57: June 15-30, 2026
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Hello again Readers,
Here’s what happened in the second half of June in Neurotech land.
About $50m in new startup investments, not counting Histosonics’ latest financing, or a new commercial program financed by MidJourney for a full-body ultrasound scanner.
Aurenar’s FDA Breakthrough, Bioness’s 510k for the PONS stroke product they rescued from Helius, and Saluda’s FDA approval in spinal cord stim. Meanwhile the FDA advanced a pilot effort for accelerated drug approvals (but nothing yet on devices) and Vermont advanced a neural data law.
Coherence crossed the first-in-human barrier with three implants for their cancer-treating BCI. In China, Nanochap announced successful ‘functional restoration’ with their vision BCI. New ultrasound programs from Aleph Neuro and Lotus Neuro (the latter coming with funding for research teams).
Other notables include Snap Specs’s latest wearable; new clinical programs in TMS, TBI, Parkinson’s, stroke and spinal cord injury rehabilitation; a SLEEP conference recap;new SpecTech grants; a mouse to fish shift at Janelia, and more!
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PL Neuro: Working in BCI: Culture, Purpose, & Vision + 2026 BCI Hiring Map - Read more
Resonant Link Medical: What if the hardest part of your device wasn't yours to solve? Resonant Link Medical's wireless power and data platform — already in 50+ implantable devices — lets your team focus on what actually sets you apart.
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Funding
HistoSonics Announces Financing with Participation from Yosemite Among Other Strategic Investors (PR Newswire)
WISE Closes Oversubscribed Series D Financing Round of €30 Million, Welcoming ENEA Tech and Biomedical as Strategic New Investor (Business Wire)
NeuroBell raises $5.5M for AI-powered neonatal brain monitor (Mass Device)
Valence AI announces $5M in seed funding and two U.S. patents (Linkedin)
NeuroLife Launches with $2.9m seed to bring Non-Invasive Technology Aimed at Restoring Hand and Arm Movement After Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury (Business Wire)
NIH Awards Up to $4 Million to CraniUS Therapeutics to Advance Skull-Embedded Platform Designed to Bypass the Blood-Brain Barrier (PR Newswire)
Craig Hospital Joins SCI Ventures as Alliance Partner to Accelerate Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury (Business Wire)
Applications open for 2027 AAN Research Program funding (American Academy of Neurology)
Brains Showcase 2026 (Spec Tech Newsletter)
Commercial
A New Era of Midjourney (Midjourney)
Butterfly Network Provides Commentary on Midjourney Medical’s Full Body Ultrasound Scanner Announcement (Butterfly Network)
My take is that there are at least three layers of this story that represent positive signals for the field. What do you think?
Snap Launches $2,195 Specs, Declaring Glasses the Next Computer (Bloomberg)
Who knows someone at Snap I can talk to about this?
Breaking Barriers in GBM & DIPG Therapeutics (Lotus Neuro)
A funded opportunity for leading GBM and DIPG clinical centers to add a Focused Ultrasound arm to an existing IND trial and help establish human proof of pharmacology for the next generation of brain cancer therapies.
Regulatory
FDA to launch pilot program to speed up early-stage clinical trials (Stat 10 | Public Inspection)
From Maple to Mind Taps: New Vermont Law Puts Neurotech on Notice (Cooley)
Aurenar gets FDA breakthrough nod for noninvasive neuromod tech (Mass Device)
Bioness wins 510k clearance for portable neurostimulator for stroke recovery (Mass Device)
ABILITY Neurotech Receives IMDD Approval to Start Clinical Trial for Chronic Implantation of Brain-Computer Interface in ALS Patients (PR Newswire)
Saluda Medical Receives U.S. FDA Approval for New CAP24™ Surgical Paddle Lead (PR Newswire)
Global Outlook, Local Action: Neurotech Policy Updates from the FDA & Beyond
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GABA Neurotechnology Journal Club seeks new members for interactive discussion group. Applications close July 31st.
Hopelab is launching its inaugural Artist-In-Residence programme (Linkedin)
Industry
Coherence Neuro begins first clinical study for BCI, implants 3 patients (Mass Device | Wired)
China’s First High-Resolution Visual BCI GCP Clinical Trial Achieves Breakthrough Success (VC Beat Health)
Aleph Neuro Ultrasound imaging of the brian (Aleph Neuro | X | Aleph Neuro)
SLEEP 2026 Meeting: Five Takeaways That Leave Me Optimistic About the Future of Sleep Medicine (Sleep Docs)
Cumulus Neuroscience Announces Publication in Frontiers in Digital Health Demonstrating the NeuLogiq® Platform Is Feasible and Usable for At-Home Cognitive and EEG Assessment in People Living with Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia (PR Newswire)
Reimagining Pain Management: NXTSTIM EcoAI (Smart Trak)
NeuroLife® Launch Brings Non-Invasive Technology Aimed at Restoring Hand and Arm Movement After Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury (Business Wire | Linkedin)
Meta releases Brain2Qwerty v2, extending its work on non-invasive brain-to-text decoding (Linkedin)
Lancet Neurology study confirms staged bilateral focused ultrasound delivers substantial, durable relief for Parkinson’s disease (Insightec)
Active Care Group announces landmark development of new private specialist rehabilitation hospital in Stoke Mandeville (PR Newswire)
Medical College of Wisconsin to Lead Landmark Multi-Center Clinical Trial in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation (MCW)
“Avalon Action Alliance awarded MCW a $7.5 million clinical trial agreement to conduct the study over the next four years, representing a major national investment in advancing evidence-based care for veterans and first responders living with the effects of TBI and co-occurring conditions.”
Clinical outcomes in adolescents and young adults associated with a novel sequential bilateral protocol for treatment resistant depression (PR Newswire | TMS Journal)
Neurotech.TV
The Power of a Single Neuron and Simulating the Brain | Dr. Konrad Kording (Juan Benet Podcast)
Asilomar for the Brain and Mind: Ethics and Reputation Risk Matrix (Youtube)
The Story Behind Tivic Health’s Rise and Pivot from Bioelectronics to Biologics (Youtube)
What does democratizing mental healthcare look like? (Instagram)
Ep55: Movement Disorders, Epilepsy and More: The Expanding Impact of Focused Ultrasound (Curing with Sound)
Society
The Science of Team Science: Lessons Learned from the International Brain Laboratory (Simons Foundation)
Janelia’s Two Big Bets: Decoding the Brain and Reinventing How Science is Done (hhmi)
Exclusive: Janelia sunsets rodent work, launches transparent fish project (The Transmitter)
The Transmitter also launched the Neuro Funding Finder, a new open resource to “Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages.”
How AI is rebuilding America’s primary care system (INSIGHT Partners)
A Trillion-Dollar Industry Deserves a Better Engine (Renaissance Philanthropy)
Research
Non-invasive deep-brain neuromodulation by transcranial radio frequency stimulation (Nature)
Human neuronal firing varies with the frequency of local field potential oscillations (PLOS Biology)
Focused Ultrasound System Design Considerations Based on the Applications for the Peripheral Nervous System (IEEE Xplore)
Positive psychiatry interventions to promote health and well-being in Canada: a narrative review (Academia Mental Health and Well Being)
Targeted dream incubation at sleep onset can influence later dream content in REM sleep: a pilot study (Frontiers)
Connectivity- vs Scalp-Based Targeting of Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression (Linkedin | JAMA Psychiatry)
Clinical Results: Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Treatment Improves Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (FUSF)
Why health authorities should endorse rTMS for treatment-resistant depression (Clinical TMS Society)
Restoring vision and touch with cortical microstimulation (Nature)
Timescapes of nonhuman experience (Nature)
That’s a wrap! What did we miss? Let me know for next time.
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