Health-tech is one of the most well-funded industries for many Midwestern startup hubs and Cincinnati is no exception.
Companies like Kroger or Procter & Gamble might get a lot of attention in the region, but there are plenty of promising health care, biotech and medical device startups poised to become the next Queen City super power.
Below are five of the most well-funded health care tech companies in the region. Cumulative funding numbers are estimates based on available CrunchBase data.
PatientPoint
Total VC funding: $140 million
PatientPoint is a health care communications firm whose clients include thousands of doctors' offices and hospitals across the country. The company provides educational materials and health-related news to patients. It also relays messages from advertisers, such as pharmaceutical firms.
Enable Injections
Total VC funding: $82 million
Founded in 2011, Enable Injections is a medical device company offering a disposable drug delivery platform that can self-inject drugs at the touch of a button. Last year, Enable Injections was named one of the most promising startups in the state by VentureOhio.
Airway Therapeutics
Total VC funding: $38.8 million
Sharonville-based biotech company Airway Therapeutics is developing ways to prevent and treat lung disease. When the Covid-19 pandemic reached Ohio, the Business Courier reported that Airway Therapeutics was working with the National Institutes of Health to evaluate whether a protein replacement therapy the firm is developing might be used to treat those suffering from coronavirus.
Eccrine Systems
Total VC funding: $18.7 million
Eccrine Systems is a technology company using sweat to develop personalized pharmacology. The company was founded in 2013 and is among the top 20 overall most well-funded Queen City startups, according to the Business Courier.
Halo Communications
Total VC funding: $16.5 million
Halo Communications offers a mobile platform that enables doctors, nurses and medical staff to communicate with each other via secure messaging. The HIPPA-compliant texting system allows health care professionals to share electronic health records, physician on-call schedules, labs and directories. Halo has more than 200 health system customers in the U.S.
