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Could silicon be more effective for medical treatment than drugs someday? We think that day could be soon. Openwater was founded in 2016 to explore an idea: What if advancements in fields as diverse as consumer electronics, semiconductor device physics, and artificial intelligence could come together for a future where the profound act of curing disease becomes a reality for all, transcending borders and transforming the course of human health. The world of healthcare diagnostics and therapeutics could be transformed the way that semiconductors and software have transformed everything else. This is no dream: 7 years into the journey of starting Openwater we now have are poised with strong clinical feasibility date promising to diagnose and treat a spectrum of diseases, from aggressive cancers to mental health disorders and debilitating strokes and beyond touching on treatments for COVID/long COVID, stimulating stem cells, and rejuvenation of senescent cells.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$100M
Founded date
2016
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 6
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| May 7, 2026 | Sharma Lab Deploys Openwater’s Open-LIFU for Multidisciplinary Neurological Research at NC State and UNC | Openwater, an open-source medical technology company delivering portable, hospital-grade diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Teams will study low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) neuromodulation as a potential noninvasive approach for ne... |
| Jul 24, 2025 | MIT Deploys Openwater’s Open-LIFU to Advance Neuroscience Research | Openwater, an open-source medical technology company delivering portable, hospital-grade diagnostic and therapeutic devices. MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory first to receive latest version of the device, with the goal to use low-intensity focused ... |
| Jul 24, 2025 | MIT Launches New Clinical Trial Using Ultrasound to Study Human Consciousness | Open-LIFU Device What You Should Know: – Openwater, an open-source medical technology company delivering portable, hospital-grade diagnostic and therapeutic devices, today announced that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Lin... |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Openwater Raises $100M in Total Funding | Openwater, a Newark, CA-based provider of a healthcare platform, raised $100M in total funding. Backers included Plum Alley Ventures, Khosla Ventures, BOLD Capital Partners, Esther Dyson, Peter Gabriel, among others. The company intends to ... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Openwater Secures $100M to Tackle Diseases at the Cellular Level | What You Should Know: – Openwater, a pioneering healthcare technology company, today announced the acceleration of its plans to commercialize its groundbreaking platform that leverages semiconductor physics, light, and sound to diagnose and... |
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FAQ about Openwater
When was Openwater founded?
Openwater was founded in 2016.
How much funding has Openwater raised?
Openwater has raised $100M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Openwater?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning Openwater, among them “Sharma Lab Deploys Openwater’s Open-LIFU for Multidisciplinary Neurological Research at NC State and UNC” (May 7, 2026) and “MIT Deploys Openwater’s Open-LIFU to Advance Neuroscience Research” (Jul 24, 2025).
Is Openwater still active?
Yes, Openwater is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 29, 2026.