Medtech & diagnostics startups in Melbourne

(patient-specific implants)

Melbourne medtech manufacturing patient-specific 3D-printed surgical implants (cranial, maxillofacial, spinal) and surgical planning models for global distribution, and in-licensing novel devices for ANZ. Lo...

Sportstech leader (ASX:CAT) in athlete wearables and performance analytics — GPS/load monitoring, video and athlete-management software used by 5,500+ teams across the NFL, EPL, MLB, NHL, AFL and NCAA. Found...

David Burton

Founded 1987 by David Burton; medical-device maker for sleep, neurology (EEG/MEG) and ultrasonic blood-flow diagnostics. Installed Australia's first computerised sleep clinic; holds ~80% of the Australian sl...

(non-invasive brain oxygen monitoring)

Medtech developing a patented Brain Pulse Monitor for non-invasive, continuous monitoring of brain oxygenation (avoiding surgically inserted probes) in traumatic brain injury and stroke. Raised a ~A$6.25m Se...

Mark Cook & Chris Williams

Founded 2017–18 as a collaboration between the Bionics Institute, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's and Cochlear. Its Minder is the first and only implantable continuous EEG monitor for drug-resistant ep...

Malcolm Horne & Rob Griffiths

Founded 2007 on Florey Institute research; makes the Personal KinetiGraph (PKG), a wristwatch-style wearable that continuously and objectively quantifies Parkinson's movement symptoms (tremor, bradykinesia, ...

Care-tech marketplace connecting Australians to NDIS, aged-care and home-care providers — improving access and matching in the disability/care sector. Venture-backed Melbourne startup targeting one of Austra...

(rapid point-of-care tests)

Founded 2015 by Planet Innovation; point-of-care diagnostics company whose flagship FebriDx uses a fingerstick blood sample to differentiate bacterial from viral respiratory infections in ~10 minutes, aiding...

Medtech developing a continuous molecular-monitoring 'smart patch' — a wearable platform tracking multiple biomarkers (e.g. antibiotics, key molecules) in real time, likened to a molecular version of continu...

(confocal endomicroscopy)

Global leader in miniaturised confocal endomicroscopy ('optical biopsy') delivering real-time microscopic tissue imaging at >1000x the resolution of CT/MRI, aiming to reduce physical biopsies. All R&D and ma...

Dean Freestone & Mark Cook

Founded 2017 out of the University of Melbourne / St Vincent's; pioneered at-home epilepsy diagnostics with a portable EEG+ECG kit and cloud/ML analytics that cut monitoring wait times from 6–18 months to 6–...

(electrochemical test strips)

Founded 2001; point-of-care diagnostics company with a proprietary electrochemical test-strip platform that has delivered 10bn+ tests worldwide. Partners include LifeScan (J&J) for OneTouch Verio glucose str...