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| Jun 29, 2020 | 18 Healthcare Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies to Watch | Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are redefining what’s possible in healthcare, as well as other sectors. The 18 companies listed below are some of the top virtual and augmented reality companies in the medical industry.
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| Dec 9, 2019 | SyncThink’s eye-tracking helps monitor brain health and concussion risk | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
SyncThink, which uses a virtual reality headset and eye-tracking to perform neurotechnology and brain health analytics, said it has par... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | SyncThink’s eye-tracking helps monitor brain health and concussion risk | SyncThink, which uses a virtual reality headset and eye-tracking to perform neurotechnology and brain health analytics, said it has partnered with two clinic chains that can use the tech to evaluate patients for brain health and concussion ... |
| Sep 4, 2019 | How Magic Leap is using spatial computing to transform healthcare | Jennifer Esposito, formerly of GE Healthcare and Intel, has joined the company VP of Health
For a long time, Magic Leap remained one of the best held secrets in tech, with no one really knowing what the company did even while it raked in bu... |
| Jun 25, 2019 | MassChallenge HealthTech Awards More Than $200K in Cash Prizes to Top Digital Health Startups | June 25, 2019 (Boston) MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today awarded more than $200K in cash prizes to six elite digital health startups from the 2019 HealthTech accelerator.
“In our first three years w... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Healthtech M&A and IPO Activity Resilient in the Face of Global Economic Slowdown | Blockchain, data storage, artificial intelligence, patient information and self-service healthcare technology attract motivated buyers
Private equity acquisitions on the rise as financial buyers keen to get a foot in the door
Medical mariju... |
| Aug 27, 2018 | SyncThink uses VR analytics to examine sports athletes for possible injuries | SyncThink, which uses a virtual reality headset to perform neurotechnology and brain health analytics, announced today the release of expanded software capabilities to its platform. Healthy individuals such as athletes can use these new fea... |
| Aug 27, 2018 | SyncThink uses VR analytics to examine sports athletes for possible injuries | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
SyncThink, which uses a virtual reality headset to perform neurotechnology and brain health analytics, announced today the release of e... |
| Apr 4, 2018 | SyncThink Appoints Laura Yecies as CEO | SyncThink, a world leader in neurotechnology and brain health analytics with foundational IP in eye-tracking, announces the appointment of Laura Yecies as its new CEO.
A two-time successful CEO, Harvard MBA, and Silicon Valley veteran, Sync... |
| Apr 4, 2018 | SyncThink Appoints Laura Yecies as CEO | SyncThink, a world leader in neurotechnology and brain health analytics with foundational IP in eye-tracking, announces the appointment of Laura Yecies as its new CEO.
A two-time successful CEO, Harvard MBA, and Silicon Valley veteran, Sync... |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Concussion detection tech scores milestone with FDA clearance for brain injury diagnostic | The FDA clearance for Banyan’s blood test is a milestone for concussion diagnostics. Many different companies have also worked towards this goal. Last year Abbott received an $11.2 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) ... |
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| Jan 10, 2018 | Sync-Think Secures $3.5M in Series A-1 Funding | Sync-Think Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based developer of eye-tracking technology products, secured $3.5m in Series A-1 funding.
The round was led by Quadrant Management, Inc.
The company expects to utilize the proceeds from the offering ... |
| Jan 10, 2018 | Quadrant Leads $3.5M for SyncThink | Sync-Think, Inc. a world leader in neuro-technology and proprietary eye-tracking intellectual property, announces the closing of a Series A-1 Preferred Stock funding round consisting of $3.5 million dollars in cash subscriptions, led by Qua... |
| Sep 8, 2017 | FDA slaps SyncThink with warning letter over concussion detection claims | In response to the FDA’s demand that SyncThink stop misbranding its Eye-Sync device, the company said in an email that it had removed the claims from its website.
“We have removed all of the references that the FDA have identified in their ... |
| Jun 14, 2017 | MassChallenge’s digital health program gets funding renewed | Although Baker comes from a health administration background as a former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim, his presence at the event marking the end of the six-month program is not the kind of recognition most healthcare accelerators are able to must... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | PULSE@MassChallenge Awards $200,000 to Top Digital Health Startups | BOSTON, JUNE 13, 2017 MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, tonight awarded shares of $200,000 in zero-equity prizes to three digital health startups from the inaugural PULSE @MassChallenge cohort. More than 60... |
| Apr 4, 2017 | PULSE@MassChallengeAwardsScholarships | BOSTON, April 4 MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, today announced the recipients of its first-ever PULSE@MassChallenge scholarship program, which awarded $50,000 through generous support from Microsoft Corp... |
| Jan 19, 2017 | 15 Entrepreneurs on What It’s Like to Be a Startup in Boston | Boston “is a bit of the Rodney Dangerfield of cities,” according to Paige Arnof-Fenn, founder & CEO of the Boston-based Mavens & Moguls. After all, the Bay Area and NYC get all the good press but “truly Boston is where a lot of the ... |
| Dec 13, 2016 | Meet 31 digital health startups chosen by new digital health accelerator | The program participants were whittled down from a pool of 439 applicants responding to pitches from accelerator partners articulating their needs. In some cases, the partners are teaming up to support pilot programs. Nick Dougherty, PULSE ... |
| Dec 13, 2016 | SyncThink uses VR to help test athletes for concussions on the field | Concussion from high-impact sports like football have gathered a great deal of attention over the past decade as studies have emerged detailing some of the long-term impact of repeated head trauma.
SyncThink, which was founded by Dr. Jamshi... |
| Oct 27, 2016 | Investors: Disrupt London’s huge crop of startups awaits you | We have a rich crop of startups at this year’s Disrupt London, and we’re making it easier than ever to check them out before the show and to arrange meetings in advance. We’re all about making the best use of your time.
To get started, have... |
| Oct 17, 2016 | SyncThink gets a patent for eye tracking in virtual reality | Neuro-technology firm SyncThink announced today that it has received a patent related to tracking eye movements in virtual reality headsets.
That could be a potentially important piece of intellectual property, as VR headsets become more pl... |
| Oct 17, 2016 | SyncThink gets a patent for eye tracking in virtual reality | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Neuro-technology firm SyncThink announced today that it has received a patent related to tracking eye movements in virtual reality head... |
| Healthcare hires of note | These job announcements are intended to highlight some of the hiring news over the past month and are not intended to be comprehensive. If you’d like to share job listings or announcements on our website, please contact Winnie Liu at this e... |
| MassChallenge’s digital health program gets funding renewed | Boston skyline along the Harborwalk
MassChallenge marked the end of its first digital health cohort PULSE@MassChallenge with assurances from Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker that the Commonwealth would back a second class of digital health ... |
| Concussion detection tech scores milestone with FDA clearance for brain injury diagnostic | The interest in developing ways to rapidly diagnose a concussion to reduce the need for CT scans has given rise to a number of companies that have taken different approaches to this challenge from eye tests to diagnostics and sideline asses... |
| FDA slaps SyncThink with warning letter over concussion detection claims | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to SyncThink calling for the medtech business to stop marketing its device as a concussion detection tool since its device had not been approved for that indication from the FDA. T... |
| Meet 31 digital health startups chosen by new digital health accelerator | Earlier this year, MassChallenge kicked off a search for startups for an inaugural digital health accelerator as part of a statewide initiative. Three months later, PULSE@MassChallenge has made its selections, a news release said. The 31 co... |