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All eyes on Custom Surgical: The end of analog ophthalmology?
Munich startup Custom Surgical has completed a pre-series A funding round, is moving into new offices at the Munich Technology Center, and plans to double its team. The company combines hardware, cloud platform, and AI to digitalize and scale ophthalmological diagnostics.

Custom Surgical raises funding for digitalization of ophthalmology
Munich-based medtech startup Custom Surgical receives 3.5 million euros from Ventech, Zeiss, and other investors. With the pre-Series A round, the company is advancing the digitalization of workflows in ophthalmology and its international expansion.

Custom Surgical receives €600,000 from Luminate NY
Munich startup Custom Surgical has won the Outstanding Graduate Award from Luminate NY’s optics, photonics, and imaging startup competition. This was preceded by an initial investment of €100,000 (US$100,000) granted as part of acceptance into the six-month accelerator program. Now the startup is receiving an additional €500,000 (US$500,000).