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June 1, 2023

King’s College spinout raises £6.5m seed round to make surgery safer

The fresh raise will be used to grow the team and get regulatory clearance for its first product

Tom Nugent

3 min read

King’s College London spinout Hypervision Surgical has raised a £6.5m seed round from investors including HERAN Partners, Redalpine, LifeX Ventures and Zeiss Ventures, the corporate venture arm of optics company Zeiss Group.

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Mock example of how Hypervision's perfusion heatmap imaging technology compares to standard RGB colour images.
How Hypervision's perfusion heatmap tech compares to standard RGB imaging
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Hypervision's tech showing the oxygen levels of different tissue types
Hypervision's tech
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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers robotics, chips and university spinouts. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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