Top 10 Brain Regeneration startups in USA

Oct 12, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

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Funding: $1.1B
Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the largest medical challenges of our time. Denali Therapeutics is dedicated to defeating neurodegenerative diseases through rigorous therapeutic discovery and development.
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Funding: $612M
Neumora Therapeutics is pioneering a new era of precision medicines for Brain Diseases
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Funding: $487.2M
At Kallyope, we believe that the gut is the gateway to our internal world. Containing millions of neurons, the gut informs our brains about our well-being, metabolism, and nutritional state. The gut-brain axis—the communication highway between our gut and our brain—offers an unprecedented opportunity to access and influence brain centers involved in fundamental human processes. An understanding of the biology mediated by the gut and gut-brain circuits will change the way we think about food, nutrition, and human physiology.
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Funding: $448.5M
Amylyx Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in providing solutions on Alzheimer’s and other diseases of the brain.
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Funding: $409M
Pear Therapeutics develops digital therapies to address a broad range of severe conditions including addiction, schizophrenia, pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and sleep. PEAR’s eFormulationTM platform combines pharmaceutical preparations with user-friendly, customizable, and scientifically validated software applications. PEAR’s patented approach provides better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools for clinicians, and cost-effective solutions for payors. Pear Therapeutics filed for bankruptcy
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Funding: $374M
Voyager Therapeutics is a clinical stage gene therapy company developing life-changing treatments for severe diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). Gene therapy has the potential to transform the treatment of CNS and other diseases by providing a one-time therapy that dramatically improves patients' lives.
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Funding: $373.4M
Neuronetics has pioneered and refined the NeuroStar TMS Therapy system. This non-invasive, non-systemic treatment for depression uses a highly focused, pulsed magnetic field to stimulate function in targeted brain regions. NeuroStar TMS Therapy is a safe and effective outpatient procedure, performed in a physician's office with each treatment lasting about 37 minutes daily for four to six weeks.
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Funding: $273.9M
Aptinyx Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing innovative therapies for challenging disorders of the brain and nervous system. Aptinyx has a proven platform for discovering proprietary compounds that work through a novel mechanism: modulation of the NMDA receptor to enhance pathways involved with nerve cell communication.
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Funding: $269.5M
Alector is a hypothesis-driven, neurology-focused startup that’s pioneering the discovery and development of first-in-class, immuno-modulatory therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. We are combining state-of-the-art antibody technology and recent discoveries in neuro-immunology and human genetics to develop a broad platform of novel therapeutics that harness the immune system to fight dementia and neurodegeneration.
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Funding: $257.2M
Alzheon is committed to developing innovative medicines for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Our Alzheon’s drug development platform which comprises proprietary chemistries, robust clinical efficacy and safety datasets in patients and genetically-defined subpopulations, and the ability to optimize molecules to have the desired therapeutic attributes.
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