What Sovato Health does

Sovato Health is a pre-commercial healthcare technology company developing a system-agnostic platform for remote robotic surgery and procedure programs (telesurgery). Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the company targets two distinct customer segments: healthcare systems seeking to expand surgical expertise across geographic boundaries, and robotic surgical system manufacturers seeking to add remote-enabling capabilities to their installed bases. Sovato addresses a global surgical access gap, citing that more than half the world's population lacks access to high-quality surgical care and that the US faces a projected shortage of 15,800–30,200 surgeons across all specialties, with more than a third of US counties lacking a single surgeon and 83 million Americans traveling for routine procedures.

The Sovato Platform is composed of four primary components: a Surgical-Grade Network providing fully redundant connectivity with 99.999% reliability, managed latency/jitter/packet loss, and sub-60ms demonstrated latency; an Orchestration Application serving as the user-facing software for clinical workflows, patient status, pre-op timeout, and post-op sign-out; telepresence capabilities including the Sovato AV Cart with HD cameras, pan/tilt/zoom, and wireless headsets for situational awareness; and underlying Platform Services including Network Reservations, Connectivity Logic, Fleet Management, Network Control, and Account Management. The platform is system-agnostic and is being validated through integrations with Virtual Incision's MIRA Surgical System and LivsMed's STARK robotic system, with preclinical demonstrations covering 70,000+ cumulative remote surgical miles and 55+ procedures across specialties including nephrectomy, hysterectomy, colectomy, and cholecystectomy, including a 2,000-mile transcontinental demonstration between Santa Barbara, CA and Chicago, IL. The technology is protected by 22 issued and pending US patents and foreign filings, and is supported by industry guideline work co-authored with clinical leaders and published in the World Journal of Surgery.

The company's intended business model is platform/SaaS subscription revenue with implementation services and ongoing support fees paid by healthcare organizations deploying remote surgery programs, supplemented by OEM/embedded relationships with robotic system manufacturers. The platform is not yet commercially available in the US; first commercial remote procedure programs with health system partners are planned for early 2027. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales to hospitals and health systems with partnerships to robotic OEMs and a December 2025 AT&T alliance leveraging 5G and cloud for rural and underserved-area connectivity. Sovato has raised $41 million in total funding through a November 2025 Series B led by Beringea with participation from Polaris Partners, Intuitive Surgical, GS Ventures, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, Puma Venture Capital, and Teladoc Health, and is led by CEO Brian Miller, PhD (former Intuitive Surgical CDO), President and co-founder Cynthia Perazzo, MBA, and Executive Chairman and co-founder Yulun Wang, PhD (founder of Computer Motion and InTouch Health, and pioneer of the 2001 Lindbergh Operation).

Name

Sovato Health

Legal name

Sovato Health, Inc.

Website

https://sovato.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sovato Health builds a system-agnostic platform for remote robotic surgery, connecting surgeons, robotic systems, clinical data, and healthcare facilities via a surgical-grade network. The pre-commercial company targets healthcare systems and robotic manufacturers, with first commercial programs planned for early 2027.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Remote Surgery & Telesurgery Platform

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Surgical Robotics & Computer-Assisted Surgery Platforms (HLAHADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Operating Room Integration & Surgical Informatics (OR control, documentation, connectivity) (HLAHADAE), Surgical Navigation, Robotics & Patient-Matched Instrumentation (Ortho/Spine) (HLAHAEAL)

Keywords

• Remote robotic surgery
• Telesurgery platform
• Surgical connectivity network
• Robotic surgical integration
• Healthcare clinical workflows

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Barbara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform/SaaS Fees: Sovato is developing a platform business model where healthcare organizations pay to access the remote surgery platform. The platform is not yet commercially available in the US as it undergoes continued development and regulatory preparation. Revenue will come from platform subscription fees, implementation services, and ongoing support fees for health systems deploying remote surgery programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sovato provides a system-agnostic remote surgery and procedure platform that enables healthcare organizations to implement and scale telesurgery programs. The platform connects surgeons, robotic systems, clinical data, and healthcare facilities through a dedicated surgical-grade network, allowing physicians to operate remotely on any surgical, interventional, or diagnostic robotic system. The platform is sold to both healthcare systems and robotic surgical system manufacturers to extend surgical expertise across geographic locations.

Product overview

Sovato Health offers a single, system-agnostic platform for remote robotic surgery and procedure programs (telesurgery). The core Sovato Remote Surgery & Procedure Platform unifies clinical workflows, data, connectivity, and supporting infrastructure. It is composed of four primary product components: (1) the Surgical-Grade Network, providing fully redundant, dedicated network infrastructure with 99.999% reliability and managed latency; (2) the Orchestration Application, serving as the user-facing software managing the end-to-end patient journey and clinical workflows; (3) Telepresence Capabilities (Sovato AV Cart), providing integrated HD video and audio communication between remote sites; and (4) Platform Services including Network Reservations, Connectivity Logic, Fleet Management, Network Control, and Account Management. The platform is designed to work with any surgical, interventional, or diagnostic robotic system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sovato Remote Surgery & Procedure Platform A system-agnostic platform enabling healthcare organizations to implement and scale remote robotic surgery and procedure programs (telesurgery). Connects the remote surgery ecosystem, including healthcare providers and any RAS system, delivering curated fiberoptic network, clinical workflows, data, and supporting infrastructure for safe, scalable, and profitable remote surgery programs. Targets healthcare systems and robotic surgical system manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed remote robotic-assisted procedures across 500+ mile distances with multiple specialties (Nephrectomy, Hysterectomy, Colectomy, Cholecystectomy) in preclinical testing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• AT&TmajorTechnology or Integration · 26 December 2025Partnership to leverage AT&T's network infrastructure including 5G and cloud services to support remote healthcare services such as telehealth and robotic procedures in rural and underserved areas. Combines digital health tools with network infrastructure to deliver care remotely.
• LivsMedcoreTechnology or Integration · 14 July 2025Partnership to remote-enable LivsMed's STARK robotic surgical system. Successfully demonstrated telesurgery across 2,000 miles (Santa Barbara, CA to Chicago, IL) using STARK platform with Sovato's remote-enabling technology. STARK is the world's first telesurgery-native robotic system with 90° articulation.
• Virtual IncisioncoreTechnology or Integration · 25 November 2024Partnership to remote-enable Virtual Incision's MIRA Surgical System (miniaturized RAS device). Successfully completed preclinical demonstrations of nearly 40,000 combined miles with four surgeons performing 20 procedures on porcine models. MIRA is roughly 1,000 times lighter than existing RAS technologies.
• City of Hope National Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 November 2024Healthcare partner in multiple remote surgery demonstrations. Surgeons from City of Hope (ranked Top 5 in the nation for cancer care) performed remote procedures including cholecystectomy, colectomy, gastric procedures, and nephrectomy. Dr. Yuman Fong, Chair of Department of Surgery, oversaw wet lab demonstrations.
• University of Illinois ChicagocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2024Healthcare partner in preclinical remote surgery tests. Dr. Francesco Bianco led testing and presented results at Society of Robotic Surgery 2024 Annual Meeting. Multiple surgeons from UIC participated in remote procedures.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Others

• Teladoc Health: Teladoc Health acquired InTouch Health (founded by Sovato co-founder Dr. Yulun Wang) and is both a Sovato investor and a telehealth leader. As a virtual care channel partner, Teladoc could distribute Sovato's remote surgery capabilities to its health system customers.

Broad incumbents

• Intuitive Surgical: Intuitive Surgical is the dominant incumbent in robotic-assisted surgery with the da Vinci platform and a Sovato investor. As the leader in installed surgical robotics, Intuitive could either be Sovato's largest partner or a direct competitor if it builds native remote capabilities.
• Medtronic (Hugo Robotic System): Medtronic's Hugo robotic-assisted surgery platform is a direct competitor to Sovato's OEM partners. As a broad medtech incumbent, Medtronic could either license Sovato's remote-enabling layer or build competing capabilities internally.

Emerging players

• ExplORer Surgical: ExplORer Surgical provides an OR workflow and team coordination platform used by surgical teams during procedures. Its focus on procedural workflow software overlaps with Sovato's Orchestration Application, though it does not yet address remote surgery.
• Vicarious Surgical: Vicarious Surgical is developing a next-generation robotic surgery platform with virtual reality and teleoperation capabilities. Its built-in remote surgery design philosophy is a partial substitute for Sovato's external enabling platform.
• Virtual Incision: Virtual Incision developed the MIRA miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery platform and is a current Sovato integration partner. As an emerging RAS player, it represents both a key customer and a potential strategic alternative if it builds remote surgery in-house.
• LivsMed: LivsMed's STARK robotic system is described as the world's first telesurgery-native RAS platform and is integrated with Sovato. It represents a key OEM customer and an emerging competitor in remote-enabled robotic surgery.

Direct peers

• Caresyntax: Caresyntax offers a surgical intelligence and integration platform combining OR data capture, analytics, and workflow optimization. It overlaps with Sovato's orchestration and integration capabilities for surgical environments.
• Proximie: Proximie is the most direct competitor, providing a platform for remote surgical collaboration, telementoring, and telepresence in the OR. Both companies target the same healthcare systems with software enabling remote clinical collaboration and procedure support.
• Avail Medsystems: Avail provides a remote connectivity platform for procedural spaces (initially operating rooms and cath labs), enabling real-time audio-visual collaboration and remote clinical support. Its business model of selling connectivity-as-a-service to procedural healthcare facilities closely mirrors Sovato's approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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