VR training tool

By  Laura Lovett 03:11 pm January 20, 2020
Virtual reality-enabled clinical training company Health Scholars has raked in $17 million in Series B funding. This new cash raise comes from investors including Arboretum Ventures, Venture Investors, Capital Midwest Fund, OSF HealthCare and other family office seed funders.  WHAT THEY DO The company uses VR to simulate a variety of clinical situations including operation, resuscitation and...
By  Laura Lovett 01:35 pm October 30, 2019
This morning FundamentalVR, a digital health company that uses virtual reality to help train clinicians, closed a $5.67 million Series A round. Downing Ventures led the round with participation from Tern PLC, Epic Private Equity and Brighteye Ventures. Approximately $600,000 of that funding came in the form of a convertible loan note.  WHAT IS THIS FundamentalVR’s surgical training platform...
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...