Top 26 Startups developing Bionic prosthesis and Exoskeletons

Oct 11, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

These startups create bionic prosthesis and exoskeletons to provide individuals with natural and functional limb replacements, enable people with mobility limitations to regain independence and engage in daily activities.
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Country: USA | Funding: $316.1M
Sarcos is a robotics company developing wearable and teleoperated industrial robotics that improve the safety & productivity of their users.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $210.6M
ReWalk Robotics is an innovative medical device company that is designing, developing and commercializing exoskeletons allowing wheelchair-bound individuals to stand and walk once again. Our mission is to fundamentally change the Quality of Life for individuals with lower limb disability through the creation and development of market leading robotic technologies.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $192.5M
Ekso Bionics develops wearable exoskeletons for military, civilian and medical uses that augment strength, endurance and mobility.
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Country: Australia | Funding: $145M
Synchron manufactures and markets a medical device that can be delivered to the brain with a catheter to record neuron signals that might be used to control an advanced prosthetic.
5
Country: France | Funding: $75.9M
Wandercraft develops and sells the first exoskeleton to walk self-balanced, for inpatient rehab and outpatient daily life.
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Country: USA | Funding: $35M
Verve Motion develops exo-suits to aid workers in physically demanding tasks.
7
Country: USA
Mobius Bionics is a medical device company focused on bringing advanced prosthetic technologies, such as the LUKE arm, to upper-limb amputees.
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: €50K
Xilloc Medical aims to provide patient specific implants to reconstruct parts of the human’s skeleton.
9
Country: Spain | Funding: €8.1M
60 million people in the world have lost walking ability. 17 million are children affected by a number of neurological diseases. While wheelchair bounded, they suffer from a number of physiological and psychological side effects. Their quality of life could be largely improved if walking could be repaired, restored or rehabilitated. Marsi Bionics works towards this goal.
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Country: UK | Funding: $15M
Open Bionics is developing affordable and open source 3D printed bionic hands for amputees.
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Country: USA | Funding: $12M
Roam builds robotic exoskeletons to enhance strength, speed, and endurance for everyday people. We’ve created light, affordable robotic exoskeletons that are designed for everyday life. Whether you ski, walk, run or hike, our products make it easier to move so you can get the most out of life.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $11.2M
Mecuris develops tailor-made prostheses and orthoses from the 3D printer.
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Country: Poland | Funding: $11.3M
Aether Biomedical is a rehabiliation robotics startup focused on building bionic limbs for upper limb amputees
14
Country: USA | Funding: $7.1M
SuitX is a VC, industry and government funded start-up bringing advanced accessible exoskeletons to industrial, medical, and military markets.
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Country: UK | Funding: $9.1M
Touch Bionics is a provider of world-leading prosthetic technologies and supporting services designed to ensure the best possible outcomes for people with upper limb deficiencies. Our advanced products include myoelectric prosthetic hand and prosthetic finger solutions, as well as highly realistic passive functional prostheses that match the natural appearance of the wearer.
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Country: Italy | Funding: $6.7M
Rejoint has developed a solution for knee replacement based on the integration of 3D Additive Manufacturing (AM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT), which enables the design of personalized implants and surgical simulation based on unique patient anatomy.
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Country: USA | Funding: $5M
Esper Bionics is an award-winning engineering company that builds human enhancement devices. Our first products are Esper Hand, a bionic self-learning hand prosthesis, Esper Control, a wearable brain-computer interface, and Esper Platform, a cloud-based software solution to individualize the control of wearables.
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Country: South Korea | Funding: $4.2M
Exosystems provides an IoT rehabilitation solution for rehabilitation patients.
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Country: Saudi Arabia | Funding: $1.2M
HealTec is a B2B HealthTech and medical rehabilitation manufacturing company that produces medical prosthetics and other devices.
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Country: Japan | Funding: $819.1K
Exii developed a high quality bionic prosthetic that could cost as little as $300. Exii is aiming to make this product a casual option that can be worn as if it was watch or a pair of glasses, not as a crazily expensive medical device.
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