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Funding and backers

Total raised
$154M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$100M
Venture round · Aug 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
Excel Venture Management, Untapped
The money's age
Long since its last round
25 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
30/100
in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 2026 Formerly Open Water (openwater.cc) Aug 22, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $100M Jan 4, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $54M 2016 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.08%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
GitHub stars
54 public repositories · +2%
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Aug 2024 $100M — hitconsultant.net
Venture round Jan 2023 $54M — axios.com
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Overview

Openwater builds open-source, smartphone-cost medical devices using light and ultrasound to diagnose and treat disease. In clinical trials now.

News

News neurology live 20 days ago
Openwater's LIFU Technology at MIT: A New Era for Consciousness and Neurological Care NeurologyLive - Clinical Neurology News and Neurology Expert Insights
Daniel Freedman, PhD, of MIT, gave clinical commentary on how Openwater's Open-LIFU enables new research into conscious perception and potential clinical applications for conditions like pain and depression.
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News medeconomics 20 days ago
Using real-time blood flow imaging to prevent limb loss in diabetic foot disease Medical Economics
A new technology may help primary care physicians meet the growing need for comprehensive foot exams for patients with diabetes
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News Forbes 1 month ago
Why The Next Wave Of Medtech Startups Won't Build Their Own Hardware
Proprietary hardware was once nearly the only pathway to building a new medical device company, but open-source hardware is changing what's possible.
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News thehustle.co 1 month ago
This is your brain. This is your brain on ultrasound. Any questions?
Focused ultrasound, a groundbreaking treatment, lets doctors perform brain surgery without a scalpel.
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News WIRED 2 months ago
Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound-Not a Scalpel
One woman's meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive, focused ultrasound seemed to do what years of treatment could not.
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News Forbes 2 months ago
Unlocking The Potential Of Ultrasound In CNS Drug Delivery
The next phase of CNS delivery depends on decoupling precision from active MRI guidance.
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News Drug Target Review 3 months ago
Why the blood-brain barrier blocks most drugs - and how ultrasound could help
The blood-brain barrier protects the brain from harmful substances, but it also prevents many medicines from reaching their target. Researchers are investigating whether focused ultrasound could safely improve drug delivery.
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Press release EIN Presswire 3 months ago
Openwater's Open-Motion Wearable Earns Open-Source Hardware Association Certification
Open source blood flow monitor accelerating stroke research and transparent, accessible innovation at University of Pennsylvania and University of Birmingham.
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News Radiology Today Magazine 3 months ago
Ultrasound News: Innocence and Experience
Researchers are using focused ultrasound to probe human consciousness.
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Financials

Total raised
$154M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $100M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $54M Details