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AI-powered surgical simulation and data analytics platform

London, United KingdomFounded 2013Health Tech & Medtech
Valuation $50–100M Last recorded · 2017
Revenue $1–10M Latest reported FY
Headcount 100–500 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
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About Touch Surgery

Touch Surgery provides a platform for surgical training and rehearsal, leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, and 3D visualization. The company was founded in London in 2013 by surgeons Dr. Jean Nehme and Dr. Andre Chow. Both founders identified a need to improve surgical training, which was being impacted by reduced training hours and limited access to operating rooms for trainees. Nehme, a trained plastic surgeon, and Chow, a general surgeon, left their clinical careers to develop a scalable solution, initially learning to code themselves to create the first version of the product.

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The company's core offering is the Touch Surgery app, a mobile surgical simulator for iOS and Android that allows healthcare professionals to learn, rehearse, and test their knowledge of surgical procedures. The platform uses interactive 3D simulations based on cognitive task analysis to replicate the decision-making processes of expert surgeons. It covers over 400 procedures across more than 17 specialties. Beyond the mobile app, the company developed Touch Surgery™ Enterprise, a cloud-based video and analytics platform that gives surgeons and hospitals secure access to surgical video recordings for training, review, and performance analysis. This system uses AI to analyze procedures, provide real-time feedback in the operating room, and help standardize surgical care.

Initially focused on education, the company pivoted to capitalize on the value of its procedural data, targeting the virtualized operating room and surgical robotics markets. This strategic shift attracted significant investment. After raising a $20M Series B round in 2017, the parent company, Digital Surgery, was acquired by Medtronic in February 2020 to bolster Medtronic's minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery platforms. Following the acquisition, Nehme and Chow remained in their leadership roles, and the company continues to operate from its London headquarters.

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At a glance

Status
Acquired
Founded
2013
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Employees
240
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
79.4/100
Industry
Health
Sub-industry
Medical Devices
Sector
Health Tech & Medtech, Analytics, Android
Technology
Hardware, 3D Technology, Big Data, Deep Tech, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mobile app
Business model
Manufacturing, SaaS
Client focus
b2b

Funding history

9 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITION✓Exit Feb 2020 $0 — Medtronic ↗
DEBT✓Debt Jan 2020 $70M — Undisclosed —
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Financials

Revenue, earnings and profit over time

Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.

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Growth signals

Touch Surgery website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Touch Surgery is 33K monthly website visits, up 22.2% over the last three months. Touch Surgery's team grew 10.1% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits33K 3-month web change+22.2% 1-year team growth+10.1%
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Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

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Investors

10 investors on the cap table

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Seed4 investors entered at this stage

Series A1 investor entered at this stage

  • Redline Capital

Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage

Other known investors4 additional known investors

  • Medtronic
  • Tech Nation
  • Damien Lane
  • Harry Briggs
Team profiled 31 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
15 countries with
team presence
🇬🇧 United Kingdom77%
🇺🇸 United States10.9%
🇪🇸 Spain3%
🇦🇺 Australia1.2%
🇿🇦 South Africa0.6%
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Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

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