Top 30 Medical Device VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in October 2023

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• CatalYm — Catalym develops antibodies against a placental factor which is overexpressed by various tumour types.
• Entact Bio — Entact Bio is a biotechnology company that is in the preclinical stages of developing medications to improve protein function. It was founded by a team with deep roots in deubiquitinase (DUB) biochemistry, chemical biology, disease biology, and small-molecule drug development. The company's proprietary EncompassTM platform was designed tocreate enhancement-targeting chimeric (ENTACTM) medicines. ENTACs take advantage of DUBs' ability to regulate proteins.
• NRG Therapeutics — energizing drug discovery in neurodegenerative diseases.

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• Glyscend — Glyscend develops a revolutionary approach to treating type 2 diabetes. The company began with the insight that bariatric surgery can lead to the immediate remission of the disease, and has since been engaged in the development of a non-invasive approach which will act on the same mechanism as surgery but fit within the current care pathway. Thecompany's technology is an orally ingestible intestinal coating that prevents the stimulation of duodenal mucosa and inhibits key neurohormonal pathways in the proximal gut. Glyscend is devoted to providing patients with an effective strategy to keep glucose levels under control and eliminate potential side effects like weight gain and hypoglycemia. Meanwhile, the company aims to provide endocrinologists and primary care physicians with the innovative tools they need to treat the disease instead of merely managing it. It was founded in 2014 by co-founders Ashish Nimgaonkar, Michael Parlato, and Pratik Patel.
• Currus Biologics — Currus Biologics is a biotechnology company that develop CAR-T cell therapies for the treatment of solid tumour cancers.
• Azura Ophthalmics — Azura Ophthalmics is a clinical-stage company that develops an innovative portfolio of compounds to advance treatments for MGD, the leading cause of DED. By targeting the root cause of MGD, Azura brings the promise of improved health and well-being to millions of people worldwide who suffer from MGD and other ocular surface diseases where treatmentoptions are currently lacking. Azura is underpinned by an experienced management team with an established track record of successfully developing and commercializing novel treatments for ocular surface diseases. The company headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel with operations in Australia and the U.S.

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• Tayble — Spend more time enjoying your food and less time waiting.We hate waiting...For anything...And food and drinks are no exception!If your hobbies include:- Waiting in line - Calling out to a waiter - Watching the kettle boil - Calculating your split of the billPLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP... YOU'LL HATE IT!But if you're likeus...And want your food and drinks ready exactly when you are...Or to leave a restaurant without worrying about your bill...Then step right up, this bad boy's for you!With Tayble, you’ll never have to flag down a waiter... EVER!Simply order from your "Tayble"Or before you even arrive...Leave the rest to us and the 1,000's of minions in the cloud that keep this all running!You’ll be left asking where has this been all my life, guaranteed!*(Definitely not a real guarantee)
• Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
• Apop Imaging — Apop Imaging develops and commercialises novel imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic tools to improve patient outcomes based on our proprietary calcitonin receptor antibody technology.

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• ZoomAgri — ZOOMAGRI provides an assessment of agricultural commodities to all participants of Agri supply chain via AI, computer vision and IoT.
• Supplynote — End-to-end supply chain management tool to track inventory, orders, payments and suppliers online
• Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.

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• Monod Bio — Monod Bio l Simple. Powerful. Biosensors for Medicine & Biotech.
• CXL Ophthalmics — CXLO is developing a minimally invasive treatment for an ectatic corneal disease that can bring early intervention to millions of patients globally.
• Endpoint Health — Endpoint Health is a precision-first therapeutics company. By rewriting the molecule-first drug development model, we aim to deliver precision therapies that have the potential to improve outcomes for patients with immune-driven illnesses.

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• Nykaa — Nykaa is an e-Commerce platform for different beauty and wellness products for men and women. They also offer comprehensive content including product reviews, beauty how-to videos, articles by experts, and an e-beauty magazine. Their helpline helps to choose products and services best suited for customer's needs. Nykaa's products areauthentic sourced directly from brands and provide a delivery experience.Nykaa was founded in 2012 by Falguni Nayar and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
• SendFX — SendFX provides cross-border payment and remittance services to individuals and SMEs.
• Send Payments — Send is a fast-growing fintech delivering embedded finance solutions to well-known brands.

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• Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
• Morse Micro — Smarter, farther, better. Meet the latest Wi-Fi, HaLow, 802.11ah. 10X FARTHER>1Km range, 100x area, 1000x volume 10X EFFICIENCYMulti-year on a single
• Tiny Bright Things — Melbourne-based company Tiny Bright Things was cofounded in 2020 by long-time research collaborators Ray Dagastine and Chris Bolton. We invented Halo microscopy to transform the way researchers and manufacturers look at small or transparent things. This helps manufacturers in areas like agrichemicals and pharmaceuticals (where the size and shape ofpowders are critical) and researchers at every stage of discovery— particularly in nanotechnology (where samples are especially tiny) and life sciences (where samples are often also transparent).

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• Agerris — Agerris is a field robotics and AI start-up for the agriculture industry, based on technology created at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, the University of Sydney, where they have been developing air and ground robotic solutions for the agriculture industry since 2005.
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• Evrima Technologies — Our clinical trial recruitment and management services put participants first. Trusted, timely clinical trial results are a good thing - for everybody.

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• Kapiche — Instant insights. No set up or coding. The Kapiche feedback analytics platform helps you ingest and analyze mountains of customer feedback in minutes.
• FloodMapp — Enhance operational efficiency, lead time, situational awareness and decision making using FloodMapp rapid flood mapping software.
• Chipper Cash — Join over 5 million people securely sending and receiving money with Chipper Cash. Great app to send and receive money across a number of countries, highly recommended as a money transfer alternative.

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• Cydarm — A case management platform that enables cybersecurity operations teams to collaborate, integrate, and respond with ease.
• Reejig — At Reejig, we believe in zero wasted potential in people and in business – and that starts with harnessing the skills you have within your organisation. Our workforce intelligence platform provides 100% visibility of your people’s skills, potential, passions and experiences, creating a powerful central nervous system for all talent decisions.Powered by the world’s first independently audited Ethical Talent AI engine, Reejig generates the intelligence to instantly fill roles, track retention risks, mobilise talent to opportunities, pivot talent for reskilling and much more. Plus, we give you the power to ‘nudge’ people to new career opportunities, taking your engagement with internal and external talent to the next level. Put simply, we make workforce agility a reality.Reejig is trusted and used by some of the largest and most complex organisations including Woolworths, KPMG, NSW Government, John Holland, MYOB and UTS, and together we are creating a world where everyone can reach their full potential at work. It’s what we call zero-wasted potential in people and in business.
• Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation

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• Harrison.ai — Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools thatintegrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes.Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images.Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients.Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia.

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• Hadean — Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE.
• MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
• Dayta AI — SaaS Shopper Analytics - Cyclops presents you insightful data like shopper demographics, bahavioral metrics and many more. Drive more sales and traffic with AI now!

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• Tyba — Tyba provides end-to-end modeling of standalone and hybrid storage projects from early-stage development through operations, giving your business the edge to build and operate the best projects faster and more profitably.
• Axiom Cloud — Axiom Cloud Inc. uses AI to solve the biggest energy and maintenance problems plaguing the underserved commercial cooling/refrigeration industry ($120B/year in the US alone). Our first target customer segment is retail grocery. Customers pay an initial setup fee to install/configure the IoT platform onsite, along with recurring SaaSfees for one or more cloud-based software apps that run on the IoT platform.
• Granular Energy — Granular Energy provides solutions for managing and trading clean energy. Our tools have been developed to support the recent emergence of 24/7 time-stamped energy certificates as well as traditional "annual" certificates.

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• Baymatob — Baymatob is an AI-guided solution to improve health outcomes for mothers and their babies.

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• Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
• Framework — All-in-one productivity tool for teams & individuals.

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• Marqo — A tensor-based search and analytics engine that seamlessly integrates with your applications, websites, and workflows.
• BioticsAI — Advancing Fetal Ultrasound Screenings Using AI
• Kiki — Kiki is a subletting startup that matches listers with people looking to rent for up to six months.

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• Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
• Ahura AI — Ahura AI, an EdTech startup using artificial intelligence to create personalized learning tools that replicate a 1-to-1 learning experience
• Ensuredit — ENSUREDIT enables and empowers end customers and Insurance Intermediaries with AI-based product platforms for transformational customer experience.

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• Signostics — Signostics produces Biotech medical devices. Their flagship product, Signos, allows healthcare professionals to use ultrasound in their clinical practice. It offers ultrasound platform technology that clinicians can place in their pocket or wear around their neck like a stethoscope. Just as handheld devices transformed the business world, it isanticipated the Signos will change the way healthcare professionals practice medicine.Signostics was established in Adelaide, Australia in 2005 and expanded into the U.S. in 2008, dedicated to developing fast and affordable point‐of‐care medical devices. The company launched its first product into the veterinarian market in January 2009 andgained regulatory approvals to enter the human medical device market for the United States, Europe, and Australia in May 2009. Signostics has offices in Palo Alto, California and Adelaide, South Australia.

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• OmniVis — OmniVis is a technology company creating handheld devices to rapidly detect dangerous pathogens - saving food and saving lives.
• Nivi, Inc. — Nivi is the best digital health chatbot built for whatsapp and rooted in behavioral science. Nivi enables users to take charge of their own health and works with private and public agencies to driver better public health outcomes.
• Sensoreal — Sensoreal Inc. is a diagnostic device and service provider company. The company is developing a variety of biosensors, which can perform one-step immunoassays in low-cost, accurate and quantifiable manners. Sensoreal was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

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• Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.

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• Kate Therapeutics — Kate Therapeutics is a patient-focused biotechnology company developing AAV-based gene therapies to treat genetically defined muscle and heart diseases.
• Nexo Therapeutics — Nexo Therapeutics is a small molecule oncology company dedicated to the discovery and development of new drugs for cancer patients who currently lack meaningful therapies.
• Tentarix Biotherapeutics — Tentarix creates innovative protein therapeutics with uniquely combined bioactivities that leverage synthetic biology. The company develops a protein engineering platform designed for multispecific therapies.

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• Aktana — Build stronger relationships with HCPs using Aktana's artificial intelligence (AI) platform for life sciences to optimize omnichannel engagement.
• DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,136,169 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
• Marani — Marani Health is developing a prenatal care platform which includes a wearable, textile-based product to measure key vital statistics of women and their developing fetus, for use during pregnancy, labor & delivery. The products utilize Artificial Intelligence to better assess health & wellness during pregnancy, labor & delivery. Maraniis collaborating with key partners including The Mayo Clinic.

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• Signostics — Signostics produces Biotech medical devices. Their flagship product, Signos, allows healthcare professionals to use ultrasound in their clinical practice. It offers ultrasound platform technology that clinicians can place in their pocket or wear around their neck like a stethoscope. Just as handheld devices transformed the business world, it isanticipated the Signos will change the way healthcare professionals practice medicine.Signostics was established in Adelaide, Australia in 2005 and expanded into the U.S. in 2008, dedicated to developing fast and affordable point‐of‐care medical devices. The company launched its first product into the veterinarian market in January 2009 andgained regulatory approvals to enter the human medical device market for the United States, Europe, and Australia in May 2009. Signostics has offices in Palo Alto, California and Adelaide, South Australia.

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• Vaxxas — Vaxxas develops and commercializes needle-free vaccine delivery system. Vaxxas was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Brisbane, Australia.
• BiVACOR — BiVACOR is a privately held company founded in 2008. Their staff includes world-class engineers, medical specialists, and business executives, who are diligently working to advance this ground-breaking technology. Together, they have established a strong collaborative network that extends both nationally and internationally. Their worldheadquarters is located in Houston, Texas, USA, and their international office is in Brisbane, Australia.
• ImmVirX — ImmVirX is an Australian company founded in 2019 with a mission to improve outcomes for patients with cancer types in which immunotherapy treatments have limited effect.

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• Neara — Neara electric utility software is a physics-enabled platform that builds 3D interactive models of critical infrastructure networks and assets. Request a demo.
• Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
• Morse Micro — Smarter, farther, better. Meet the latest Wi-Fi, HaLow, 802.11ah. 10X FARTHER>1Km range, 100x area, 1000x volume 10X EFFICIENCYMulti-year on a single

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• Kapiche — Instant insights. No set up or coding. The Kapiche feedback analytics platform helps you ingest and analyze mountains of customer feedback in minutes.
• Remi AI — A.I-Powered Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain AI, & Price Optimisation | Remi AI
• Trendspek — Trendspek is the drone data solution asset managers use to make empowered decisions and ensure absolute asset knowledge. Conduct complete visual inspections from any web browser. Extract detailed insights without a site visit. Use powerful tools to analyse the structure and build a complete picture of asset condition. Enhance predictive maintenanceby closely monitoring trends. View different models side by side to observe important differences. Refine your understanding of an ever-changing asset.

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• FLAIM Systems — FLAIM Systems is a virtual reality platform that develops, produces and supports the next step in skills training for emergency services.
• Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.
• Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.

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• Lumary — Simplify Your Care Management Optimise Your Organisation Create Better Wellbeing
• BiomeBank — BiomeBank is a clinical stage biotechnology company with a mission to treat our microbiome and prevent disease by restoring gut microbial ecology.
• Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.

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• Colorescience — Know Better Skin with Colorescience. From mineral sunscreen to clinical skincare products, achieve a clear, even complexion and protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun and environmental aggressors such as pollution. Shop Now!
• Leap Therapeutics — Leap Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is engaged in acquiring and developing novel therapeutics. The company focus is to identify translational-stage molecules in the areas of cell signaling and immuno-oncology.
• Proteostasis Therapeutics — Proteostasis Therapeutics is discovering and developing novel small molecule therapeutics designed to control the body's protein homeostasis, or Proteostasis Network. The Proteostasis Network maintains the body's natural balance of proteins to protect us from numerous diseases. These novel therapies, or Proteostasis Regulators, aredesigned to treat multiple genetic and degenerative disorders associated with deficiencies of the Proteostasis Network, such as emphysema, type II diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease and Huntington's Disease.

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• UniPay — UniPay is an eCommerce platform for infrastructure and industry-lacking regions that offers 5 products that enable trust, promote transparency, and enforce accountability.
• NotJustEvent — NotJustEvent stands at the forefront of innovation as a comprehensive event platform transforming the event planning and management landscape, utilizing advanced technologies and offering a versatile suite of services. We seamlessly link event organizers, vendors, performers, and attendees within our dynamic ecosystem. Our platform elevates theevent planning process by providing an array of high-quality event-related services, such as venue rentals, catering, ticketing, decorations, and more.
• Emission Sentri — Drive emission management and reduction with insights