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Best HealthTech Companies in Detroit, United States

The 37 best HealthTech companies in Detroit, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ripple Science.

37companies tracked
$6.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HEALTHTECH × DETROIT

Our analysis of 305 HealthTech companies

$32.1b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

305companies analysed
95%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
35unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best HealthTech companies in Detroit

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Ripple Science
Web-based patient recruitment and management software for clinical trials
$3M71 mo agoSeedJacob Bonenberger
Co-Founder & CEO
2016Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+17——
2Pure Green
Developer of cannabis-based therapeutics for multiple disorders
$2M35 mo agoFunding RaisedStephen Goldner
Founder & CEO
2020———
3QwikLeaf
Online pharmacy for CBD and cannabis products
$606K55 mo agoSeedNeil Biafore
Founder & CEO
2018———
4Birdhouse
Provider of a SaaS based behavioral assessment and social networking platform for doctors and individuals
$500K126 mo agoSeed—2012———
5MySwimPro
Personalized swim coaching platform offering training plans, retreats, and community
$306K114 mo agoSeedFares Ksebati
CEO & Co-Founder
2014WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+25——
6Alerje
Provider of food allergy management app
$175K62 mo agoSeed—2015—30 patents
Immunotherapy patient monitoring, auto-injection devices, and adverse symptom prediction analytics
—
7BioVigil
Provider of hand hygiene compliance system
—53 mo agoSeedSteven Bolling
Founder & Chairman
2006WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+3525 patents
Hand hygiene monitoring and compliance detection devices
—
8Bulk The Weight Gain App
App offering AI-led fitness and nutrition training programs
——UnfundedTremaine Grant
Co-Founder
2018———

Top 7 HealthTech companies in Detroit

#1
Funding Raised · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2020
$2.1Mraised
▾

Developer of cannabis-based therapeutics for multiple disorders. The company has water-soluble sublingual tablets for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, dysmenorrhea, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$2.1M
Founders & team
Stephen GoldnerFounder & CEO
Investors
HHS, Heller Capital
#2
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2016 · 20 employees
$3.2Mraised
▾

Web-based patient recruitment and management software for clinical trials. The software, Ripple offers features including recruitment campaign statistics dashboard, recruitment campaign management, potential participant tracking, enrolled participant tracking & task management. The software is useful for CROs, principal investigators, and project coordinators.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 5.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. EnrollNow) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Seed—
  • Jan 2020Seed$2.5M
  • Mar 2019Seed$750K
Founders & team
Jacob BonenbergerCo-Founder & CEONestor Lopez-DuranCo-Founder & President
Investors
Dundee Venture Capital, Mercury Fund, Springtime Ventures, Red Cedar Ventures, M25, ID Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Cloudwatch RumAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#3
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2018
$605.8Kraised
▾

Online pharmacy for CBD and cannabis products. The platform enables customers to order online and pick up their cannabis products at a dedicated locker and gives dispensary owners easier entry into the online space.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 52.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$605.8K
Founders & team
Neil BiaforeFounder & CEO
#4
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2015 · 7 employees
$175Kraised
▾

Alerje is developing a food allergy management app. The online platform and app enable users to create food allergy profiles, share the profile, filter the recipes based on the profile, and also scan grocery items to detect allergens in the ingredients.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Grant (prize money)—
  • Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$255.3K
  • Apr 2021Seed—
  • May 2020Seed$75K
Investors
Quantum Medical Concepts, National Science Foundation, Innovation Fund America, Backstage Capital, Invest Detroit, ID Ventures
Tech stack
WebflowGoogle AdsJqueryGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Ads Conversion Tracking
#5
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2012 · 2 employees
$500Kraised
▾

Provider of a SaaS-based behavioral assessment and social networking platform for doctors and individuals. The company has developed online web- and mobile-based tools to assist parents with autistic child care, doctors with patient care, and more. The platform allows users to schedule activities like medications, supplements, and therapies. Caregivers can identify and diagnose the behavioral patterns of a patient for treatment and care. The app-based platform allows parents and employees to self-analyze and tracks children's behavior. The company provides services and support to employees of an organization who are dealing with autistic or disabled children.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016Seed$250K
  • Jul 2014Seed$250K
Investors
Start Garden
#6
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2014 · 15 employees
$305.6Kraised
▾

Personalized swim coaching platform offering training plans, retreats, and community. It is a technology company focused on helping swimmers achieve their goals through personalized training and expert coaching. The company provides a mobile app with AI swim workouts, training plans, swim tracking, and technique videos. It also offers virtual coaching services through its academy, providing personalized support and feedback. Additionally, the company organizes all-inclusive wellness retreats for swimmers. The platform fosters a community where swimmers can connect, share tips, and find motivation. It is a SaaS platform that offers subscription-based access to its workout app and coaching services. The company aims to empower people to improve their swimming and live healthier lives.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 8.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2017Seed$280.6K
  • Mar 2017Grant (prize money)$25K
  • May 2016Seed$25K
Founders & team
Fares KsebatiCEO & Co-FounderAdam OxnerCo-FounderMichael AllonCo-Founder
Investors
Desai Accelerator, Innovation Fund America, Invest Detroit, La Jolla Holding
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Ec2Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Sign-In
#7
Seed · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2006 · 26 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of hand hygiene compliance system. The company has developed hand hygiene by using a room sensor, a plug-in base station, and a personal identification badge (with Alcohol Sensor and LED indicators). The system is designed to detect and monitor hand washing events and automatically communicate compliance information to base stations via an internet cloud host. The system provides visual confirmation that proper hand hygiene is being adhered to every patient's room entry and exit.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 5.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Steven BollingFounder & ChairmanSanjay GuptaCEO
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorGoogle Analytics

Funding & investor landscape

$6.9Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
14disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
ID Ventures4 rounds
Invest Detroit4 rounds
Michigan Rise4 rounds
Innovation Fund America2 rounds
Michigan Founders Fund2 rounds
Backstage Capital1 rounds
Blu18771 rounds
Chloe Capital1 rounds
City Side Ventures1 rounds
Desai Accelerator1 rounds

Notable founders

Stephen Goldner
Founder & CEO · Pure Green
Jacob Bonenberger
Co-Founder & CEO · Ripple Science
Nestor Lopez-Duran
Co-Founder & President · Ripple Science
Neil Biafore
Founder & CEO · QwikLeaf
Fares Ksebati
CEO & Co-Founder · MySwimPro
Adam Oxner
Co-Founder · MySwimPro
Steven Bolling
Founder & Chairman · BioVigil
Sanjay Gupta
CEO · BioVigil
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,619,476 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of HealthTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Digital Health is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Digital Health — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 8,843 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 30% → 43% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Design Intelligence421
  • Harvard University383
  • Johns Hopkins University295
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill206
  • University of Washington173
leading researchers
www.rasitdinc.com · John Torous · Raşit Dinç · Byron J. Powell · Zhu, Zhoule · Ying, Yuqi · Zhu, Junming · Wu, Hemmings
▲ Breakthroughs1,054 · 12%
▲ 9%→12% share
▲1.3× share momentum0 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (9%→12% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care9→240
  • Wearable computer6→129
  • Health informatics25→140
  • Remote patient monitoring11→76
  • Informatics10→60
Newly emergingWearable technology 0→48 · Disease 0→30 · Documentation 0→26
Landmark Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing impl · 14,434 cites
◆ Advancements2,890 · 33%
▲ 28%→33% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations90% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (28%→33% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care36→766
  • Health informatics113→495
  • Psychological intervention20→320
  • Public health34→290
  • Intervention (counseling)5→193
Newly emergingTelehealth 0→108 · Cognition 0→57 · Disease 0→49
Landmark A refined compilation of implementation strategies: results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERI · 4,929 cites
▼ Concerns3,580 · 40%
▼ 48%→39% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations85% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (48%→39% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care98→1170
  • Health informatics213→712
  • Public health73→525
  • Psychological intervention26→368
  • Health administration110→363
Newly emergingPandemic 0→93 · Digital transformation 0→74 · Applications of artificial intelligence 0→74
Landmark Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting · 2,697 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where digital health is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Boston721 · +0.16
Hot · Health careAdvancing · PhotoplethysmogramOpportunity · Health dataConcern · Health policy
New York440 · +0.14
Hot · Health informaticsAdvancing · Generalizability theoryOpportunity · Randomized controlled trialConcern · Sustainability
SF Bay Area368 · +0.18
Hot · Health careAdvancing · Digital literacyOpportunity · Set (abstract data type)Concern · Unintended consequences
Chicago238 · +0.17
Hot · Transition (genetics)Advancing · Artificial neural networkOpportunity · Intervention (counseling)Concern · Logistic regression
Seattle213 · +0.18
Hot · TuberculosisAdvancing · Behavior changeOpportunity · eHealthConcern · Environmental health
Philadelphia204 · +0.16
Hot · Health careAdvancing · VisualizationOpportunity · eHealthConcern · Data management
Los Angeles176 · +0.20
Hot · TelecommunicationsAdvancing · Coding (social sciences)Opportunity · Intervention (counseling)Concern · Young adult
Atlanta164 · +0.22
Hot · Materials informaticsAdvancing · Continuous monitoringOpportunity · Wearable computerConcern · Clinical Practice
San Diego151 · +0.19
Hot · Evidence-based practiceAdvancing · MoodOpportunity · MEDLINEConcern · Health administration
Ann Arbor139 · +0.19
Hot · Health informaticsAdvancing · Ethnic groupOpportunity · Qualitative researchConcern · Socioeconomic status
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing medical devices patents in the United States

United States medical devices patent filing is accelerating — 666,693 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Covidien, Boston Scient Scimed, Medtronic; annual filings 63466→63610.

666,693 filings8,000 assigneespeak 71776/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Covidien29348
  • Boston Scient Scimed24762
  • Medtronic22394
  • Becton Dickinson18249
  • Procter & Gamble16178
  • Ethicon ENDO Surgery13723
  • Kimberly Clark12440
  • Ethicon11761

Common questions

How many HealthTech companies are there in Detroit, United States?
Radar tracks 37 indexable HealthTech companies headquartered in Detroit, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by HealthTech companies in Detroit, United States?
The HealthTech companies in Detroit, United States on this list have raised a combined $6.9M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded HealthTech company in Detroit, United States?
Ripple Science is the highest-funded HealthTech company in Detroit, United States, with $3.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many HealthTech companies in Detroit, United States are funded?
6 of the 37 HealthTech companies in Detroit, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many HealthTech unicorns are there in Detroit, United States?
None of the HealthTech companies in Detroit, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Detroit, United States HealthTech companies?
The most active investors in Detroit, United States HealthTech companies on this list include ID Ventures, Invest Detroit, Michigan Rise, Innovation Fund America, Michigan Founders Fund.
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