# Shimon Eckhouse

> Shimon Eckhouse is a Series A investor at Epitomee Medical backing Health Care and Medical Device. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Epitomee Medical](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epitomee-medical)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shimon-eckhouse-b993806/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shimon.eckhouse

Shimon Eckhouse is a Series A investor at Epitomee Medical focused on Health Care and Medical Device. Shimon Eckhouse, Ph.D., is a leading Israeli medical entrepreneur who has founded more than 20 startups including Syneron Medical Ltd., Lumenis Ltd., Ventor and Real-View Imaging. He is the current Chairman of Butterfly Medical Ltd, Active Chairman of Synerion Medical and serves as Executive of Matteris Ltd. Shimon Eckhouse served as the ChiefExecutive Officer of Syneron Medical Ltd. from April 17, 2013 to February 18, 2014. Shimon Eckhouse Co-Founded Colorchip Inc. in 2000 and served as its Chairman from 2003 to January 2004 and as Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2003. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESC Medical Systems since its inception in 1992. He was also a co-founder and Chairman of Ventor Medical Technologies Ltd. He Co-Founded at Navotek Medical Ltd. Mr. Eckhouse took ESC public in 1996 and raised more than $250M in public offerings. He served as Chairman of Syneron Medical Ltd. from May 2004 to May 2013. He worked at Lumenis Ltd. Prior to that, Shimon Eckhouse served as Head of Product Development and Technical Director at Maxwell Technologies in San Diego, California. From 1969 to 1986, he worked at Rafael, Armament Development Authority of Israel as a Scientist, Team Leader and Head of Department and was active in various areas of research and development including lasers and electro-optics. Shimon Eckhouse has been the Founder of Orsense, Ventor, Tulip, Cardiodex, Opticul Diagnostic, C3D and NanoCyte, Inc. Shimon Eckhouse serves as the Chairman of Fluorinex Active Ltd. Shimon Eckhouse serves as the Chairman at Starling Advanced Communications Ltd. since July 2010. He serves as Chairman at OrSense Ltd. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Ossense Ltd., Navotek Medical Ltd., and Replicom Ltd. and Edge Medical Devices Ltd. He has been a Director at Syneron Medical Ltd. since May 2004. He serves as a Director of Cardiodex and NanoCyte, Inc. Shimon Eckhouse serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Agate Medical Investments LP and JGV Growth Equity Fund, L.P. Shimon Eckhouse serves as a Director of the Technion Israeli Institute of Technology. He served as a Director of Zend Technologies Ltd. He served as a Director of WideMed Ltd. Shimon Eckhouse has more than 25 registered patents and published more than 50 papers in leading reference journals and conferences. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Irvine and a B.Sc. in Physics from the Technion Israeli Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 60% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 60% |
| Medical | 2 | 40% |
| Virtual Reality | 1 | 20% |
| Cosmetic Surgery | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serenno Medical | Serenno Medical is a medical device company creating a urine-output measuring device for the ICU. The company is the developer of a bedside urine output measuring device for hospitalized patients, offering accurate and automatic measurements with low costs, less workload, and improved patient safety.Serenno Medical was founded in 2017 and isheadquartered in Yokne'am Illit, Israel. | $1.5M | Corporate Round | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| RealView Imaging | RealView Imaging Ltd, an Israeli start-up company, is introducing the world’s first 3D holographic display and interface system, initially for medical imaging applications. The company’s proprietary technology projects hyper-realistic, dynamic 3D holographic images “floating in the air” without the need for any type of eyewear or a conventional 2Dscreen. The projected 3D volumes appear in free space, allowing the user to literally touch and interact precisely within the image, presenting a unique and proprietary breakthrough in digital holography and real-time 3D interaction capabilities. | $10M | Series C | Jul 22, 2020 |  |
| Anchora Medical | Anchora Medical focuses in simplifying of suturing in endoscopic and open surgery applications. The company develops a unique, single-use automatic suturing device for minimal invasive surgery. | $4.5M | Series B | Feb 26, 2020 |  |
| SofWave Medical | Sofwave created a breakthrough in ultrasound technology developed by a team of veterans in the ultrasound and aesthetic medical industry . their purely non-invasive skin tightening treatment platform combines multiple proprietary innovations in ultrasound technology for highly-effective skin tightening results with unprecedented safety and zeropatient down time | $8.4M |  | Aug 06, 2019 |  |
| SofWave Medical | Sofwave created a breakthrough in ultrasound technology developed by a team of veterans in the ultrasound and aesthetic medical industry . their purely non-invasive skin tightening treatment platform combines multiple proprietary innovations in ultrasound technology for highly-effective skin tightening results with unprecedented safety and zeropatient down time |  | Series A |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alon Medtech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alon-medtech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [XT Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xt-hi-tech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elcam Medical](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elcam-medical) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HOYA CORPORATION](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoya-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tal-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Epitomee Medical

VC Fund · Caesarea, Israel

Epitomee Medical is a drug-free, self-administered shapeshifting capsule, for inducing weight loss and preventing diabetes

4 contacts available at Epitomee Medical.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shimon Eckhouse | Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-shimon-eckhouse |
| Dan Hashimshony | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-hashimshony |
| Gal Aharonowitz | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gal-aharonowitz |
| Ruthie Amir | Chief Medical Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruthie-amir |

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## FAQ

### What does Shimon Eckhouse invest in?

Shimon Eckhouse invests primarily in Health Care, Medical Device and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shimon Eckhouse last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shimon Eckhouse closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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