Medtech & devices startups in San Diego

Randy Werneth

Founded 2011, Acutus develops AI-driven, real-time 3D cardiac imaging and mapping (AcQMap) plus ablation tools for cardiac arrhythmias. Went public (Nasdaq: AFIB) in 2020 and has since restructured toward a ...

Ayub Khattak, Clint Sever

Founded 2010, Cue built a portable molecular diagnostics platform delivering lab-quality PCR-grade results (COVID, flu, RSV) at home/point-of-care. IPO'd 2021 at a multi-billion valuation but wound down oper...

John Burd, Scott Glenn

Founded 1999, Dexcom is the global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), with its wearable sensor/transmitter patches streaming real-time glucose data to phones and receivers. Its G7 platform is a m...

Alexis Shelokov, Keith Valentine

Founded 1997, NuVasive pioneered minimally invasive spine surgery devices and surgical automation/neuromonitoring platforms. It merged with Globus Medical in 2023 (~$3.1B) but retains a major San Diego footp...

Peter Farrell

Founded 1989, ResMed makes cloud-connected medical devices and digital health software for sleep apnea, COPD and other chronic respiratory conditions (CPAP machines, masks, and the AirView/myAir remote-monit...

Kim Blickenstaff

Founded 2006, Tandem builds touchscreen insulin pumps (t:slim X2, Mobi) with automated insulin-delivery algorithms (Control-IQ) that integrate with CGMs like Dexcom. A leading diabetes device maker and a cor...

Jared Tangney, Joshua Windmiller

Founded 2012, Biolinq makes a minimally invasive, intradermal microneedle biosensor patch for continuous metabolic/glucose monitoring, featuring an on-body color-changing display (no phone needed). Raised $5...

Sean Saint, Mark Estes

Founded 2012, Companion Medical made the InPen — the first FDA-cleared smart insulin pen with a companion app for dose tracking, reminders and CGM-integrated dosing guidance. Acquired by Medtronic in 2020, s...

Cary Gunn

Founded 2007, Genalyte's Maverick silicon-photonics platform performs rapid, multiplexed blood diagnostics from a finger-stick with results in under ~15-30 minutes at point-of-care. A San Diego diagnostics-d...

Andrew McCulloch, Chris Villongco, David Krummen, Gordon Ho

Founded 2017 out of UC San Diego research, Vektor's FDA-cleared vMap is an AI-based arrhythmia-analysis tool that identifies arrhythmia sources from non-invasive ECG data to guide cardiac ablation. Raised a ...

(formed by ex-cardiac-device operators)

Founded July 2022, Atraverse Medical makes the HOTWIRE transseptal access system for structural-heart and electrophysiology procedures, enabling zero-exchange workflows and universal sheath compatibility. Re...

Kate Dilligan

Founder-led (by a cancer survivor), Cooler Heads makes Amma — the first FDA-cleared portable, lightweight scalp-cooling system that helps chemotherapy patients keep their hair, designed for lower cost and ho...

(San Diego founding team)

Early-stage medtech developing an automation/robotics platform for precision-sensitive tasks in spine surgery, aiming to improve accuracy and consistency of surgical steps. Part of San Diego's deep spine/sur...