What Simulare Medical does

Simulare Medical is a Toronto-based, for-profit medical training company focused on simulation-based education for cleft surgical teams. It is positioned as the simulation training arm of Smile Train, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a global cleft care network across more than 70 countries, with its product surface delivered through the smiletrain.org/simulare domain. The company is small — employee count is reported in the 1–10 range — and its core offering is described as innovative medical training solutions aimed at clinicians and surgical teams in low- and middle-income settings.

The product is built around simulation-based surgical training content, targeting the procedural, decision-making, and team-based competencies required for cleft lip and palate repair. The underlying technology is described in general terms as "innovative medical training solutions" without disclosed platform architecture, simulation engine, hardware integration, or proprietary methodology details. As a sub-brand of Smile Train, distribution flows through the parent's partner hospital and surgeon network rather than a standalone commercial sales motion.

The business model is opaque from the available data. Simulare is classified as a for-profit private company, in contrast to its nonprofit parent, but no pricing model, contract structure, or revenue mechanics are disclosed. The only capital event on record is a March 2017 grant from Ontario Centres of Excellence, which is typically non-dilutive. Given the structural affiliation with Smile Train, the economic relationship likely consists of internal cost-recovery, program funding routed from the parent, and possibly grant-funded training deployments, rather than a direct B2B SaaS or licensing model. This implies the entity's commercial trajectory is largely a function of Smile Train's programmatic priorities and grant funding.

Name

Simulare Medical

Legal name

Smile Train, Inc.

Website

https://smiletrain.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Simulare Medical is a Toronto-based, for-profit subsidiary of Smile Train that provides simulation-based surgical training for cleft care teams, distributed primarily through Smile Train's global partner hospital network across 70+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Simulation Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Simulation (Surgery, Nursing, EMT, Patient Interaction) (EDAFAJAC)

Keywords

• Surgical simulation training
• Cleft care training
• Medical education simulators
• Healthcare skills training
• Surgical capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Smile Train is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates entirely on donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government grants. All cleft surgeries and comprehensive care are provided free of charge to patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Simulare Medical develops simulation-based training programs and high-fidelity surgical simulators that enable cleft surgical teams to practice and strengthen their surgical skills in a risk-free environment before performing operations on patients. The platform is part of Smile Train's health systems strengthening approach, supporting capacity building for cleft care in low- and middle-income countries alongside hands-on training, fellowships, mentorship, and global knowledge exchange.

Product overview

Simulare Medical is Smile Train's simulation-based training division focused on surgical skills development for cleft care. It provides training programs that enable cleft teams to practice and strengthen their surgical skills using simulation before performing actual operations. The platform is part of Smile Train's comprehensive approach to building surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries, alongside hands-on training, fellowships, mentorship, and global knowledge exchange programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Smile Train Express: A proprietary digital patient database that allows partners to upload patient records, enabling real-time care-quality monitoring for cleft treatments.
• Journey of Smiles
• Frequent Smiler
• Simulare Medical

Products and services

• Simulare Medical Simulation-based training platform for cleft surgical teams that helps strengthen skills before entering the operating room; provides high-fidelity surgical simulators used to train cleft teams before performing actual operations in a risk-free environment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2+ million cleft surgeries supported since 1999
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dentsply SironacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Five-year partnership to improve oral health globally and build a sustainable future for children with clefts. Dentsply Sirona donated Orthophos S 3D x-ray imaging systems to Noordhoff Craniofaxial Foundation Philippines, enabling local teams to provide high-quality orthodontic care in-house.
• Hospital para el Niño del Estado de MéxicocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Premier partner hospital in Toluca, Mexico since 2007. Regularly performs 300+ life-changing cleft surgeries annually, plus speech therapy, orthodontic care, and nutritional support. Dr. María Luiza López Salgado has personally performed nearly 2,000 Smile Train-sponsored surgeries.
• Google MexicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoogle Mexico hosted a World Cleft Awareness Day event for local Smile Train patients at their main office in Mexico City, featuring activities, games, and a presentation from Smile Train Ambassador Ernesto Gutiérrez.
• Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Philippines (NCF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner in the Philippines that received Orthophos S 3D x-ray equipment donation from Dentsply Sirona through Smile Train partnership. Provides comprehensive cleft care including orthodontic services.
• B and B HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal providing comprehensive cleft care including surgeries, speech therapy, and ongoing patient support. Located near patient communities, enabling convenient access to care.
• Ha Dong General HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmile Train partner in Hanoi, Vietnam providing free cleft surgery and local care. Connected families in rural areas with life-changing treatment through phone referral system.
• Ha Dong General HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Hanoi, Vietnam providing free cleft surgery and comprehensive care to children like Quang from rural areas.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Osso VR: VR-based surgical training platform that gained venture traction and broad device/vendor coverage. An emerging threat in generalist surgical VR training that could overlap with Simulare's procedural simulation approach.
• FundamentalVR: Haptic-enabled VR surgical training platform. Comparable on the immersive-learning modality (AR/VR surgical simulation) but focused on haptics and pharma/medical-device industry customers — an adjacent rather than direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Surgical Science: Publicly listed provider of virtual-reality surgical simulation for minimally invasive and endovascular procedures. Directly comparable in product category (high-fidelity surgical simulators) though targeting developed-market academic hospitals rather than LMIC cleft teams.
• ReSurge International: Nonprofit providing reconstructive surgery (including cleft) and training in LMICs. Operates a similar training-empowerment model to Smile Train and represents an alternative donor choice in the global cleft/reconstructive surgery nonprofit category.
• Global Smile Foundation: Smaller cleft-care nonprofit focused on underserved communities with a mission-and-training footprint directly comparable to Smile Train's model. Useful peer benchmark for donor share and partner-hospital growth rates in the cleft segment.
• Children's Surgery International: Nonprofit providing pediatric surgical care (including cleft) and professional training in LMICs. Closely analogous mission profile and a comparable provider of training services to local medical professionals in similar geographies.
• Mentice: Endovascular and interventional procedure simulation vendor with similar 'train before the OR' positioning. Comparable in the sense that procedure-specific high-fidelity simulation is its core product, analogous to Simulare's cleft-specific surgical simulator.
• Operation Smile: One of Smile Train's closest direct competitors in cleft surgery charity worldwide. Operation Smile runs a hybrid model combining medical missions with local partner training, giving it a comparable mission, donor base, and global footprint — and historically the alternative every donor compares Smile Train (and by extension Simulare) against.
• VirtaMed: Swiss surgical simulation company specializing in high-fidelity, procedure-specific simulator systems for arthroscopy, laparoscopy, and OB/GYN. Closely mirrors Simulare's niche of high-fidelity, anatomically specific surgical skill-building.
• Simbionix (3D Systems): Long-established surgical simulation product line (now under 3D Systems) covering laparoscopic, endovascular, and ENT procedures. The most direct functional analog to Simulare's high-fidelity cleft-team simulator in terms of technology stack and clinical use case.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/simularemedical
• Facebookfacebook.com/SmileTrain
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-smile-train
• Instagraminstagram.com/smiletrain
• TikToktiktok.com/@smiletrain

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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