Top 9 Startups developing Bionic prosthesis and Exoskeletons in USA

Sep 28, 2025 | By Jason Kwon

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Funding: $323.1M
Palladyne AI is a robotics company developing wearable and teleoperated industrial robotics that improve the safety & productivity of their users.
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Funding: $198.5M
Ekso Bionics develops wearable exoskeletons for military, civilian and medical uses that augment strength, endurance and mobility.
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Funding: $35M
Verve Motion develops exo-suits to aid workers in physically demanding tasks.
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Funding: $28.3M
Phantom Neuro develops muscle-machine interfaces for robotic limb rehabilitation solutions.
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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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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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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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Funding: $5.2M
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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DEKA's affectionately dubbed “Luke” (after Luke Skywalker), the robotic arm is a DARPA funded project intended to restore functionality for individuals with upper extremity amputations.
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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