Healthtech startups in San Diego

David Inns, Arlene Harris

GreatCall (San Diego) built simplified mobile phones and wearable medical-alert / fall-detection devices (Lively Mobile, Jitterbug) with 24/7 urgent-response and health-monitoring services for older adults. ...

Suman Kanuganti, Yuja Chang, Larry Bock

Founded 2015, Aira pairs smartphone/wearable cameras with AI and live human agents to deliver real-time visual interpretation for people who are blind or have low vision (used across airports, campuses, reta...

Rajaram Krishnan, David Charlot

San Diego diagnostics company whose Verita ExoVerita platform uses AC electrokinetics to isolate exosomes directly from blood for ultra-early cancer detection (pancreatic, ovarian). Raised $100M+ to advance ...

Mike Kijewski, Eric Pancoast

Founded 2016 (Y Combinator), MedCrypt provides proactive cybersecurity software (cryptography, behavior monitoring, vulnerability management) purpose-built for medical devices, used by seven of the top 10 de...

Colin Lawlor, ResMed/Dr. Oz backed

Founded 2016 (spun with ResMed involvement), SleepScore Labs built non-contact, sensor/wearable-based sleep tracking and an evidence-based sleep-improvement platform; acquired Dutch Sleep.AI (snoring/bruxism...

(spun from PhotoMedex/DermaTrac lineage)

A connected, at-home narrowband-UVB light-therapy device plus companion app for chronic skin conditions (psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo), with remote clinician oversight extending dermatology care into the home...

Edward Wang

Founded by UC San Diego faculty member Edward Wang, Billion Labs develops software that turns an ordinary smartphone into a hardware-free, cuffless blood-pressure monitor. At prototype/seed stage as of late ...

(San Diego founding team)

Digital-health startup developing a wearable Remote Medication Monitor (RMM) that continuously tracks medication levels in the body and reports adherence/pharmacokinetics to clinicians in real time, with ale...