Transcend Medical

Transcend Medical was a medical device company based in Menlo Park, California, developing minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices. Spun out of the ForSight Labs ophthalmic incubator, its lead product was the CyPass Micro-Stent, a suprachoroidal implant designed to lower intraocular pressure in patients with mild-to-moderate glaucoma undergoing cataract surgery. The company raised roughly $89.8M across multiple venture rounds from investors including Canaan Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Finistere Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Latterell Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Split Rock Partners and Technology Partners, and was acquired by Novartis's Alcon eye-care business in February 2016. It operated no public API, developer platform, or software product; the transcendmedical.com domain no longer resolves following the company's absorption into Alcon.

Transcend Medical is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Medical Devices, Glaucoma, Ophthalmology, and MedTech.

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CompanyMedical DevicesGlaucomaOphthalmologyMedTechHealthcareVenture BackedAcquired

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: transcend-medical
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/transcend-medical.png
name: Transcend Medical
description: Transcend Medical was a medical device company based in Menlo Park, California, developing minimally invasive
  glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices. Spun out of the ForSight Labs ophthalmic incubator, its lead product was the CyPass Micro-Stent,
  a suprachoroidal implant designed to lower intraocular pressure in patients with mild-to-moderate glaucoma undergoing cataract
  surgery. The company raised roughly $89.8M across multiple venture rounds from investors including Canaan Partners, HLM
  Venture Partners, Finistere Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Latterell Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Split
  Rock Partners and Technology Partners, and was acquired by Novartis's Alcon eye-care business in February 2016. It operated
  no public API, developer platform, or software product; the transcendmedical.com domain no longer resolves following the
  company's absorption into Alcon.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transcend-medical/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-defunct-reason: acquired-by-alcon-2016
x-api-surface: none
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Medical Devices
- Glaucoma
- Ophthalmology
- MedTech
- Healthcare
- Venture Backed
- Acquired
tags_raw:
- Company
- Medical Devices
- Glaucoma
- Ophthalmology
- MedTech
- Healthcare
- Venture-Backed
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1

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