Otolith Sound Inc. closed a $20 million series A financing round led by Morningside Ventures for its treatment for chronic vertigo. The latest funding follows a $3.3 million seed financing round and breakthrough device designation in June 2021. The funding will be used to support ongoing clinical programs and its anticipated FDA approval of its noninvasive wearable device Vestibular System Masking (nVSM) technology.

Life science startup Surge Inc. raised $2.6 million in a financing led by Hcvd and Boutique Venture Partners. The funds will be used to advance its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology aimed at making a patient’s surgical journey safer.

Following on a trifecta of regulatory wins, Optellum Ltd. raised $14 million in a series A funding round to commercialize its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled lung cancer diagnostic platform. Optellum’s Virtual Nodule Clinic, which helps physicians identify and monitor patients at-risk of lung cancer, has received U.S. FDA clearance, CE-MDR in the European Union and UKCA in the U.K.