CategorySurgical robots
Overview
Redwood City, CA-based surgical robotics startup developing an incisionless surgery platform using Acoustic Sculpting (focused ultrasound histotripsy). Founded 2021. Raised $10M Series A plus additional financing from Blue Pool Capital, total $20M+. Working toward first-in-human studies.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
Founder/CEO
Form factor
Board member
Founded
Stage
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Current leadership (1)
- Ryan Bloomer CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Petal Surgical.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Petal Surgical in third-party press
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-10-20
$10M
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 23, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
Common questions
- What is Petal Surgical?
- Redwood City, CA-based surgical robotics startup developing an incisionless surgery platform using Acoustic Sculpting (focused ultrasound histotripsy). Founded 2021. Raised $10M Series A plus additional financing from Blue Pool Capital, total $20M+. Working toward first-in-human studies.
- What does Petal Surgical make?
- Petal Surgical has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Petal Surgical Incisionless Surgery Platform (Petal Surgical builds physical robots).
- Who is the CEO of Petal Surgical?
- Ryan Bloomer is the ceo of Petal Surgical, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Petal Surgical headquartered?
- Petal Surgical is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, USA.
- Where does Petal Surgical operate robots?
- Petal Surgical is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Petal Surgical safe?
- Petal Surgical has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Sources by quality tier
- 3
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Petal Surgical.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Petal Surgical from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Petal Surgical adds more funding for incisionless surgical robot
Blue Pool Capital led additional financing. Salience Capital, A&E Investments, TIME Ventures participated. Working toward first-in-human.
Incisionless Surgical Tech Startup Petal Surgical Emerges with $10M Series A
Petal Surgical raised $10M Series A for incisionless surgery using Acoustic Sculpting. Total $20M. Investors: K50 Ventures, TSVC, Fred Moll MD.
Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/petal-surgical/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1a8e928d-38d1-41bd-b286-1db799910513
- Revision history: /companies/petal-surgical/history
- Data documentation: /data
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