# Petal Surgical: robotics company

Canonical ID: `1a8e928d-38d1-41bd-b286-1db799910513`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$25M+ total](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Founder/CEO:** Prash Chopra
- **Form factor:** Surgical (incisionless)
- **Board member:** Dr. Fred Moll (Intuitive Surgical co-founder)
- **Founded:** 2021
- **Stage:** Pre-clinical (working toward first-in-human)
- **Total funding:** [$20M+ (Series A $10M + additional rounds)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Technology:** Acoustic Sculpting — focused ultrasound histotripsy for incisionless surgery
- **Investors:** [Blue Pool Capital, K50 Ventures, TSVC, Sonder Capital, Eliot Horowitz, Fred Moll MD, Draper, ShangBay Capital](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))

- **Slug:** petal-surgical
- **Founded:** 2021
- **HQ:** Redwood City, CA, USA
- **Category:** [Surgical robots](/surgical)

## Models

- [Petal Surgical Incisionless Surgery Platform](/models/petal-surgical-platform.md) (surgical) (id: `37a99e65-0286-41be-a963-c0ab37ccdbe4`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Ryan Bloomer](/people/ryan-bloomer.md) CEO (_reported, not verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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).

### 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.


## Sources (3)

1. https://www.massdevice.com/petal-surgical-funding-incisionless-surgical-robot/
2. https://ascnews.com/2025/10/incisionless-surgical-tech-startup-petal-surgical-emerges-with-10m-in-series-a/
3. https://www.massdevice.com/petal-surgical-more-funding-fred-moll/

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