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Revolve Surgical

Summer 2021 · Active

Surgical robotics for every operating room

Location: Toronto, Canada, CA

Founded: 2019

Team size: 8

About

Revolve is building the world’s only surgical robot designed for every operating room. Its simple yet powerful design makes it the only robot that can service the 1M+ abdominal surgeries performed outside of hospitals in the US every year.

Founders

  • Alex GordonFounder

    Alex Gordon, COO, has a background in mechanical engineering (undergraduate) and biomedical engineering (graduate-level). He led applied research projects at SickKids to the clinical trial stage, and prior to entering the biomedical field worked on the 2017 Ford GT as a structural engineer.

  • Peter FrancisFounder

    Background in Mechatronics Engineering (undergrad) and surgical robotics (graduate-level). Engineer #2 at a medical robotics startup in the Bay area and worked on a CSA lunar rover.

  • Matthew KangFounder

    I build stuff: MedTech, ML/CV, robots