"Ambit understood deeply the problem we were trying to solve and shared our vision for the potential clinical impact and the enormity of the business opportunity”
– Laura Yecies, CEO, Bone Health Technologies
AEye
AEYE-DS utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to instantly diagnose diabetic retinopathy from retinal images.
Date Of Investment
July 2022
Location
New York, NY
Funding Round
Series C, Ambit special purpose vehicle (SPV)
Website
Bone Health Technologies
Bone Health Technologies' "Osteoboost" belt prevents osteoporosis and reduces related fractures through gentle vibration to the hips and spine.
Date Of Investment
May 2021
Location
San Francisco, CA
Funding Round
Series A, Ambit Board Seat
Website
Encapsulate
Encapsulate specializes in personalized cancer diagnostics. Their tumor-on-a-chip platform grows microtumors from patient biopsies to test chemotherapy efficacy before treatment.
Date Of Investment
November 2024
Location
Hartford, Connecticut
Funding Round
Seed, Ambit Board Seat
Website
https://encapsulate.bio/
Brainbox Solutions
Brainbox Solutions offers proprietary brain blood bio-markers and digital cognitive testing to diagnose concussions and track concussion progression with proprietary point-of-care and AI-enabled technology.
Date Of Investment
February 2021
Location
Richmond, VA
Funding Round
Series A, Ambit Board Seat
Website
Soap
A SaaS platform for patient-reported data collection, assessment, and integration using a conversational AI-powered “digital human” platform to conduct patient interviews, clinically proven to elicit more truthful answers than actual human interviews.
Date Of Investment
September 2022
Location
Boca Raton, Florida
Funding Round
Seed, Ambit Board Seat
Website
Smartlens
MiLens remotely monitors eye pressure using fluid dynamics through a contact lens. Continuous monitoring of eye pressure will improve the treatment of glaucoma.
Date Of Investment
December 2021
Location
Mountain View, CA
Funding Round
Seed and led Series A, Ambit Board Seat
Website
SurgiBox
SurgiField™ is an ultraportable sterile system. It offers precise environmental control of a state-of-the-art operating room, with the footprint of a drape pack.
Date Of Investment
August 2023
Location
Cambridge, MA
Funding Round
Series Seed, Ambit Board Seat
Website
Head Diagnostics
Head Diagnostics has developed the iTremor One, a handheld device helping general practitioners and neurologists identify Parkinson's and other brain diseases and injuries. It scans the eye for microtremors, detecting illnesses and injuries in seconds.
Date Of Investment
November 2022
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Funding Round
Series A, Ambit Board Seat
Website
Perosphere
Perosphere has developed and is currently commercializing a novel point-of-care (PoC) blood coagulation diagnostic device used to measure blood clotting time, primarily for patients on anticoagulants.
Date Of Investment
August 2024
Location
Danbury, Connecticut
Funding Round
Series C, Ambit Board Observer
Website
Wavely Diagnostic
Wavely Diagnostic offers a rapid home diagnostic for ear infections using an inexpensive and proprietary paper tip to convert the mobile phone into a high-accuracy acoustic reflectometer.
Date Of Investment
April 2021
Location
Seattle, WA
Funding Round
Seed, Ambit Board Seat
Website