Vira Regen is a defense-funded regenerative biotech company pioneering electrogenetics—a new class of bioelectronic medicine that uses gene-targeted electrical stimulation to precisely modulate regenerative pathways and enhance the body's natural healing response. Its lead product, OsteoVolt, is the first frontline, noninvasive bioelectronic bone regeneration therapy designed to be applied within 1–4 days after injury to accelerate fracture healing. The system combines a wearable limb brace with a preprogrammed stimulator that delivers proprietary, frequency-specific electrical waveforms using a capacitive coupling approach to selectively regulate key osteogenic gene cascades, including TGF-β, OPG, BMP9, and other critical mediators of bone regeneration. Vira Regen has successfully completed a 30-animal preclinical study demonstrating approximately ~50% faster bone healing compared with controls, secured ~$2 million in non-dilutive funding through the Department of War's Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC), and filed two patents covering its novel bioelectric stimulation platform. The company is now raising a $3 million seed round to support GLP large-animal studies, regulatory activities, and an initial clinical pilot, positioning OsteoVolt for FDA clearance through the Class II 510(k) pathway while expanding its electrogenetic platform toward additional musculoskeletal, orthopedic, cancer, and regenerative medicine indications.
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Kapil Sharma
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6.8 million bone breaks occur annually in the US, costing up to $30,000 per patient and $2.7B in limited duty days per year. Current bone growth stimulators have ambiguous clinical efficacy, bulky designs, clinically inconsistent, and have experienced FDA recalls, leaving patients with few effective noninvasive options.
OsteoVolt is a novel limb brace that delivers preprogrammed, gene-targeted electric stimulation noninvasively using a capacitive coupling approach with less hardware than ultrasound and EMF competitors. By discovering specific signal combinations that control molecular genetics on demand, Vira Regen aims to significantly accelerate healing and expand into osteosarcoma, knee osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis.
Completed a successful 30-animal small animal study showing 50% faster bone fracture healing at week 3; filed two patents on novel stimulation signals; awarded $2M in non-dilutive DoD-MTEC funding; reclassified to Class II Medical Device 510(k) pathway; non-GLP large animal study in progress.

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Vira Regen secures a $2 million nondilutive Department of War MTEC contract, in partnership with the Military Health & Research Foundation, to advance its regenerative electrogenetic platform. The primary focus of the award is to spearhead musculoskeletal and bone regeneration innovation.