Top 8 Myopia Treatment startups

Updated: Jul 05, 2026
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These startups develop new technologies to diagnose and treat myopia, such as orthokeratology lenses, lasik surgeries, implantable collamer lenses, optical coherence tomography, atropine eye drops therapy, corneal topography, myopia control contact lenses.
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Mediwhale
Country: South Korea | Funding: $38.1M
Medi Whale offers medical AI software for eye disease detection. Its software assess cardiovascular risk through the use of retinal imagery and AI. The company says, its model is trained on over 2.1M high-quality clinical data points across diverse populations and imaging devices. Through retinal image analysis, it aids diagnosis by identifying conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal diseases (including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and epiretinal membrane), while also assessing the risk of future cardiovascular events.
2
Dopavision
Country: Germany | Funding: €13.2M
Dopavision is a therapeutic company developing a digital therapeutic for myopia.
3
Myoptechs
Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Myoptechs™ is an ophthalmic medical device company developing a novel soft contact lens specifically designed to slow the progression of myopia while providing exceptionally clear vision.
4
Kubota Pharmaceutical
Country: Japan
Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings is an ophthalmic medical solutions company.
5
CooperVision
Country: USA
CooperVision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses and related products and services.
6
Beta-Simplicity
Country: Singapore
Beta-Simplicity offers technical eyewear which are specifically engineered for myopia control lenses, running or a workout in the gym.
7
Essilor
Country: France
Essilor is a ophthalmic optics company, providing various types of lenses for vision.
8
Vision Science and Technology
Country: Japan
VS Technology is a manufacturer of optics in the machine vision industry.
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