Top 76 Heart disease treatment startups

Jun 11, 2025 | By Jason Kwon

Cardiology startups develop new heart diagnostics, treatment and regeneration technologies, like genome analysis, AI-powered diagnostics, stem cells, ECG apps and gadgets, new drugs, implantable pulse generators, heart prosthesis...
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Country: USA | Funding: $3.5B
We are developing tools and platforms to enable more continuous health data collection for timely decision-making and effective interventions. We are running longitudinal studies to better understand ways to predict and prevent disease onset and progression. And, we are undertaking significant joint efforts with partners to radically transform the way healthcare is delivered.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.8B
Cytokinetics develops first-in-class muscle activators as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which muscle performance is compromised.
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: $786.3M
Founded is a clinical stage company focused on the research and development of transformative therapies for cardio-metabolic diseases
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Country: USA | Funding: $603.2M
Cardurion is a cardiovascular biotechnology company developing therapeutics for the treatment of heart failure and cardiovascular diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $419.3M
Verve is focused on discovering and developing therapies that safely edit the genomes of adults to confer protection against coronary.
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Country: USA | Funding: $390.6M
CVRx developed an implantable technology, called Barostim neo, for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure.
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Country: USA | Funding: $386.5M
Cleerly is a digital healthcare company that provides diagnostic solutions for people with heart disease.
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Country: USA | Funding: $368.4M
HealthCheck Diagnostics seeks to reduce mortality in CAD and atherosclerosis patients with breakthrough biomarker testing that reveals cardiovascular disease and likely heart attacks through a non-invasive procedure.
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Country: USA | Funding: $337.3M
CardioDx is a cardiovascular genomic diagnostics company located in Redwood City, CA. CardioDx develops clinically validated genomic tests to aid in assessing and tailoring care of individuals with cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $322.6M
Milestone Pharmaceuticals is a drug development company developing small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $300M
Kardigan is a patient-driven heart health company that is modernizing cardiovascular drug development to deliver medicines that move patients beyond symptom management to functional cures.
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Country: USA | Funding: $282.8M
Orchestra BioMed is a biomedical innovation company focused on developing high impact, high value, evidence-based therapeutic solutions for medical procedures that address major medical conditions. The main focus is on developing new therapies for cardiovascular diseases
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Country: France | Funding: €238.1M
The mission of every team member at Carmat is to contribute to the development of innovative artificial organs – the artificial heart today, tomorrow other vital organs – to treat millions of patients affected by advanced disease of these organs and to restore their normal life.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $225M
BlueRock Therapeutics is pioneering cell therapies that replace dead, damaged, or dysfunctional cells to restore critical natural functions in the body. The company is initially targeting severe brain and heart conditions, two areas of critical unmet medical need with blockbuster potential.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $179M
Magenta Medical has developed a temporary venous catheter-based therapy for hospital-admitted patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF).
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Country: USA | Funding: $169.2M
Eko creates FDA approved software, AI, and heart sound and EKG sensors for heart disease monitoring.
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Country: USA | Funding: $167M
Rivus Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to improving metabolic health by developing controlled metabolic accelerators (CMAs) that treat metabolic disorders, including the tricky nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cardio-metabolic diseases and obesity, via weight loss.
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Country: USA | Funding: $154.3M
AliveCor is a leading FDA-cleared mobile heart solution that helps save lives, save money, and bring healthcare into the 21st century.
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Country: USA | Funding: $145M
Bitterroot is harnessing the power of immunotherapy to develop and deliver transformative medicines for patients with cardiovascular disease
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Country: USA | Funding: $141.4M
Capstan Medical is creating minimally invasive technologies to treat heart valve disorders.
Editor: Jason Kwon
Jason Kwon is a senior editor for MedicalStartups. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries for FDAnews and worked as a head of marketing for medical startup Sonic Therapeutics. Before that, he co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in Asia. Jason graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school. In his free time, Jason enjoys yoga, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where he can't get cell service. You can contact Jason at jaskwon(at)medicalstartups(dot)com