{"id":14795,"date":"2022-02-02T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/distalmotion-raises-usd-90-million-for-its-surgical-robot\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:40:28","slug":"distalmotion-raises-usd-90-million-for-its-surgical-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/distalmotion-raises-usd-90-million-for-its-surgical-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Distalmotion raises USD 90 million for its surgical robot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.distalmotion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Distalmotion<\/a>\u2019s CE-marked Dexter surgical robot shifts the paradigm of robotic surgery by bringing the surgeon back into the sterile field, allowing direct patient access at all times and integrating proven laparoscopic workflows into the robotic setup.<\/p>\n<p>This novel user-centric approach makes the surgeon the focal point of the procedure, reducing complexity and delivering sought-after simplicity and versatility to the market for robotic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/worlds-first-hybrid-robotic-surgery-took-place-at-the-inselspital-in-bern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making history at the\u00a0Inselspital in Bern<\/a> with the first clinical use of Distalmotion\u2019s Dexter surgical robot in gynecology, the Lausanne-based company based has raised USD 90 million in a series E financing round led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvlhc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revival Healthcare Capital<\/a>, with the participation of <a href=\"https:\/\/415capital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">415 CAPITAL<\/a>, as well as existing investors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDexter combines the best of both worlds \u2013 laparoscopy and robotics \u2013 to make sense of robotic surgery,\u201d said Michael Friedrich, CEO of Distalmotion. \u201cBy addressing essential problems that operating room teams face, we can deliver on our mission to fast-track widespread adoption of robotic surgery in minimally invasive care. We are thrilled to have found the best-fitting partners to execute and deliver on this global purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investment follows the successful completion of Dexter\u2019s first clinical cases and aims to accelerate the Vaud-based company\u2019s commercial scaling. Leading European hospitals are spearheading the development of procedural guidelines and training protocols for robotic surgery with Dexter as part of clinical studies and an Early Adopter Program (EAP). The company will also work closely with the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a US submission supported by this financing.<\/p>\n<p>Distalmotion won\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturekick.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venture Kick<\/a>\u00a0in 2012,\u00a0participated in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venture-leaders.ch\/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venture Leaders Technology<\/a>\u00a0in 2011, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturelab.swiss\/venture-leaders-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venture Leaders China<\/a>\u00a0in 2018, and was among the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top100startups.swiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TOP 100 Swiss start-ups<\/a>\u00a0from 2013 to 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaud-based medtech company Distalmotion has raised USD 90 million in a Series E financing round to support the global commercialization of its surgical robot Dexter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[833],"tags":[894,926,925],"class_list":["post-14795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-science","tag-financing","tag-medtech","tag-robotics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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