Top 7 Eye Disease and Blindness treatment startups in Israel

Oct 12, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

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Funding: $126M
Orasis Pharmaceuticals develops a corrective eye drop to treat presbyopia as an alternative to reading glasses.
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Funding: $130M
OrCam’s mission is to harness the power of artificial vision by incorporating pioneering technology into a wearable platform which improves the lives of individuals who are blind, visually impaired, and have reading difficulties. OrCam has created a technologically advanced device unique in its ability to provide visual aid through a discreet wearable platform and simple easy-to-use interface which serves to enhance the daily lives of people with vision loss.
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Funding: $67M
ForSight Robotics created surgical platform designed specifically for ophthalmological (eye) surgeries — a category requiring a great deal of precision.
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Funding: $38.1M
EyeYon Medical is an Israeli start-up company that develops innovative medical devices for the treatment of corneal edema.
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Nano Retina is an innovative company that took on the ambitious goal of restoring vision to blind people using advanced nanotechnology. Based on sound scientific knowledge and through rigorous research processes the team at Nano Retina is developing a device that will enable blind people due to retinal degenerative disease gain functional vision.
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Funding: $16M
NovaSight brings pediatric vision care into the digital age. Its revolutionary eye tracking-based solutions aim to prevent pediatric vision loss through rapid vision assessment and innovative vision therapy.
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Funding: $7.2M
IOPtima develops minimally-invasive surgical ophthalmic devices. The company’s flagship product IOPtimate is a surgical system for the treatment of Glaucoma, which utilizes a CO2 laser technology to significantly reduce internal eye pressure (“IOP”), by restoring the natural fluid percolation without penetrating into the eye.
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