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Funding and backers

Total raised
$3.1M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$2.9M
Venture round · Feb 2026 · 8 mo ago
Grants
$5.2M
4 grants · CORDIS
Revenue
$1M
2017 · SEC Form D 0001742075-18-000001
The money's age
Fresh money
8 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
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Feb 15 Raised a round Venture round $2.9M · SEC Form D Nov 9, 2025 Board appointment Virtuoso Surgical Adds Healthcare Innovator Rob Waggener to Board of Directors · virtuososurgical.net Sep 9, 2023 Won a grant $1.8M · CORDIS Aug 5, 2019 Won a grant $1.6M · CORDIS Dec 15, 2017 Won a grant $225k · CORDIS Sep 4, 2017 Won a grant $1.6M · CORDIS 2016 Founded
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Feb 2026 $2.9M — SEC Form D
Grant Sep 2023 $1.8M — CORDIS
Venture round Aug 2023 $180k — SEC Form D
Grant Aug 2019 $1.6M — CORDIS
Grant Dec 2017 $225k — CORDIS
Grant Sep 2017 $1.6M — CORDIS
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Virtuoso Surgical, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Charles PIckrellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Richard HendrickExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Robert WebsterExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
S. HerrellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Robert Webster III.Executive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Robert Webster IIIExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview

Virtuoso Surgical builds a robot with two tiny concentric tube arms that work through an endoscope. Its system enables resection inside the bladder and other organs. The company grew out of Vanderbilt University research.

News

Blog 12 months ago
Virtuoso Surgical Adds Healthcare Innovator Rob Waggener to Board of Directors
Virtuoso Surgical, Inc., a Nashville-based company developing a groundbreaking new class of robotic tools for endoscopic surgery, announced today that nationally recognized healthcare entrepreneur and investor Robert Waggener has joined its Board of Direc
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Blog 1 year ago
Virtuoso Surgical Robotic System Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
Virtuoso Surgical, Inc., a Nashville-based company developing a groundbreaking, entirely new class of robotic tools for endoscopic surgery, announced that the Virtuoso Surgical Robotic System has received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for bladder le
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Blog 1 year ago
Virtuoso Surgical Robotic System Used To Perform Successful First-in-Human Bladder Cancer Removal Cases: Enables Cutting Edge Surgical Approach
Virtuoso Surgical Inc., a Nashville-based surgical robotics company, today announced the first-in-human use of its Virtuoso system, ushering in a new era of precision and minimally invasive options for bladder cancer patients. The Virtuoso system features
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Blog 1 year ago
Virtuoso Surgical Robot Helps Enable Innovative ARPA-H Project on Artificial Intelligence
Virtuoso Surgical, Inc., a Nashville based medical device company, is pleased to announce their role in a landmark, multi-institution award from the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program to advance Autonomy at a Less Invasi
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Blog 2 years ago
Dr. Duke Herrell Speaks at the 2024 World Congress of Endourology and UroTechnology (WCET) in Seoul, Korea
Dr. Duke Herrell, CEO / CMO Virtuoso Surgical Inc., spoke at the 2024 World Congress of Endourology and UroTechnology (WCET) in Seoul, Korea, August 16-18, 2024. Dr. Herrell was invited to speak as part of the Engineering in Urology Society plenary on Rob
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Blog 2 years ago
Virtuoso Leadership Meets with FDA in Washington, DC
Multiple members of the Virtuoso Surgical leadership team traveled to Washington, DC, to meet face-to-face with FDA staff regarding Virtuoso's recent pre-submission. This meeting was an opportunity to discuss the detailed bench, animal and clinical testin
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Blog 2 years ago
Virtuoso Surgical to Attend the Hamlyn Symposium, June 26-27, 2024
Robert Webster, PhD (President/CSO), Richard Hendrick, PhD (COO/CTO), Ashley Couget (Engineer) and Duke Herrell, MD (CEO / CMO) will attended the Hamlyn Symposium, which is the world's leading conference on medical robotics. This annual symposium stands a
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Blog 2 years ago
Dr. Duke Herrell to Present the Virtuoso Surgical Platform at the 2024 American Urologic Association Meeting in San Antonio, Texas
CEO Duke Herrell, MD will attend and discuss the Virtuoso Surgical platform and developments at the 2024 American Urologic Association meeting in San Antonio, Texas, May 3-6, 2024. The Annual Meeting, in its 119th year, is the largest gathering of urologi
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Blog 2 years ago
Professor Jeremy Teoh, Department of Urology, Chinese University of Hong Kong to Visit Virtuoso Surgical Headquarters
Professor Jeremy Teoh of the Department of Urology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), who is amongst the world leaders in research and development of en-bloc excision of bladder lesions and tumors, will visit Virtuoso Surgical headquarters in
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Blog 2 years ago
Virtuoso Surgical Platform Presented at the Blue Skies Conference at the University of California, Irvine
Duke Herrell, MD, CEO presented as a keynote lecturer at the Global Blue Skies Conference at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Herrell highlighted the development of the Virtuoso Surgical platform as an example of advanced medical technologies poi
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People

Charles PIckrell
Executive Officer, Director
Richard Hendrick
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Webster
Executive Officer, Director
S. Herrell
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Webster III.
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Webster III
Executive Officer, Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Nashville United States
HQ
Location
4560 Trousdale Dr, Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37204 |
company site

Financials

Est. Annual Revenue
$500k
2017
Total raised
$8.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $2.9M Details
Grant 2023 $1.8M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $180k Details
Grant 2019 $1.6M Details
Grant 2017 $225k Details
Grant 2017 $1.6M Details