Fundamental Surgery

A person using the FundamentalVR platform for surgery training.
By  Emily Olsen 11:40 am August 15, 2022
London-based FundamentalVR, maker of a virtual reality surgical training platform, announced last week it had scored $20 million in Series B funding.  The round was led by EQT Life Sciences and joined by previous investor Downing Ventures. FundamentalVR most recently closed a $5 million Series A in 2019. The latest raise brings the startup's total funding to more than $30 million. WHAT IT DOES...
By  Tammy Lovell 04:38 am September 9, 2020
FundamentalVR today announced the expansion of its educational platform, Fundamental Surgery, with a ‘Teaching Space’ feature, which allows multiple users to visit a virtual classroom for interactive lessons and meetings. Earlier this year, FundamentalVR expanded its multimodal platform with its multiuser capability, which allows unlimited users to practice, learn, and teach together inside an...
By  Dave Muoio 12:07 pm June 27, 2019
Teladoc Health has tapped Mala Murthy as its latest CFO, the telehealth company announced on Tuesday. Murthy most recently held a CFO post within American Express’ Global Commercial Services Segment, where she oversaw financial planning and analysis, M&A and investment and operating expense management. “Teladoc Health has reached an exciting and pivotal time in the company’s history and I’m...
By  Laura Lovett 11:19 am October 30, 2018
This morning FundamentalVR, maker of a virtual reality surgical training platform, landed $1.4 million in new funding from investment company Tern Plc. This latest investment brings the company’s total funding to $2.6 million. It also furthers return investor Tern Plc stake in the company, bringing its investments to 34.5 percent of the startup’s holdings.  This announcement comes on the heels of...
By  Laura Lovett 01:31 pm August 15, 2018
For young surgeons, watching a procedure from from the sidelines and performing an operation with their own hands are two very different experiences. But one company is trying to remedy this experience gap with a new interactive virtual reality platform that lets surgeons and trainees virtually see and feel what it's like to perform specific operations.  Yesterday London-based FundamentalVR...