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Vena Medical

Vena Medical is providing physicians with the world's smallest camera…

venamed.ca
HQ: Kitchener, ON, Canada
1-10
Healthcare

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Overview

Kitchener-based medical device company developing the Vena MicroAngioscope, a sub-millimeter intravascular camera system that gives physicians real-time, full-color views from inside veins and arteries to help treat stroke and vascular disease.

Primary product

Vena MicroAngioscope System

Founded

2016

Headquarters

809 Wellington Street North, Unit 2, Kitchener, ON N2H 5L6, Canada

Team size

11-50

Industry

Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Sub-industry

Intravascular imaging / neurovascular medical devices

Offices

809 Wellington Street North, Unit 2, Kitchener, ON N2H 5L6, Canada
Manufacturing Centre of Excellence, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Business model

medical device manufacturing
B2B clinical sales to hospitals and physicians
regulatory-cleared commercialization

Funding

Stage

Commercialization

Total raised

$197.6K

Latest round

Ontario Life Sciences Scale-Up Fund grant · Feb 2026

Latest amount

$1.5M

People & investors

Leadership

Michael Phillips

Co-Founder & CEO

Phillip Cooper

Co-Founder & President & COO

Adam Karamath

Senior Director of Commercial Operations

Joseph N. Amritha De Croos

Director Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs

Investors

Adrenaline Fund
Archangel Network of Funds
Biosphere Investment Group
Bogaroo
Chai Ventures NYC
Graphite Ventures
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
MassChallenge
Ontario Government / Life Sciences Scale-Up Fund
ONtrepreneurs Competition
Velocity
VentureSouq
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Founder-led, engineering-heavy medtech startup with close physician collaboration, a research-and-patent orientation, and a small hands-on team based in Kitchener.

Compensation

No public salary bands were found; the careers page showed no open positions as of Jul 2026.

Benefits

100% employer-paid health, dental, and life insurance
Prescription, vision, and paramedical coverage
24/7 employee assistance program (EAP)

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly disclosed; appears to be hospital/clinical procurement for regulated medical devices.

Differentiators

  • —world's smallest camera designed to go inside veins and arteries
  • —full-color, real-time direct visualization from inside the vessel
  • —designed for peripheral, coronary, and neurovascular use
  • —camera/control unit setup compatible with standard monitors
  • —complements thrombectomy workflows and aims to improve first-pass success

Technology

OpenCV
Python
SolidWorks
Wix
Zoho
React
Google Workspace
Google Cloud
Google Cloud CDN
Sentry
Lodash
HTTP/3
HSTS
Open Graph
Vimeo

Customers

physicians treating stroke and vascular disease
Canadian hospitals and clinical centers
The Ottawa Hospital
Toronto Western Hospital
University of Alberta Hospital
Royal University Hospital

Competitors

angiography
OCT imaging systems
IVUS imaging systems
Zsquare
Robin Medical
SonoClear
UltraSPECT

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Around US$5M ARR (GetLatka estimate, updated 2025-04-10)

Estimated monthly visits

2.3K

Traffic estimate as of Feb 2025

founders@venamed.ca(877) 560-8362

Latest news

Vena Medical's MicroAngioscope Cleared by FDA for Use in Peripheral Vasculature

Endovascular Today · Feb 2026

Reported FDA clearance for the Vena MicroAngioscope system in peripheral vasculature and noted the new $4.5M Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Kitchener.

2 Kitchener-based companies receive funds from province to expand production capacity

CBC News · Feb 2026

CBC reported that Vena Medical will receive $1.5M from Ontario’s Life Sciences Scale-Up Fund, helping fund a new facility, support 9 existing jobs, and create 13 new jobs.

Vena Medical receives Health Canada licence for MicroAngioscope system

NeuroNews International · Sep 2025

Health Canada licensed the MicroAngioscope for peripheral, coronary, and neuro vasculature; article also said it had been used in 30+ commercial cases across Canada.

The Ottawa Hospital uses breakthrough stroke technology to improve patient care

The Ottawa Hospital · Jan 2024

The Ottawa Hospital said physicians were the first in the world to use the MicroAngioscope in a patient procedure on Nov. 14, 2023.

Canada product pageCareersContact formEducation LibraryLinkedIn company pageNews & UpdatesOfficial websiteTeam pageUS product pageY Combinator profile
SourcesOfficial home pageMicroAngioscope product pageOur TeamNews & UpdatesEducation LibraryCareersLinkedIn company pageY Combinator profileFDA 510(k) recordCBC coverage of Ontario funding

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