Uncovr Raises $7M to Turn Surgical Video into Records

Jan de Vries · 2026-06-10

Uncovr, a Paris-based startup that's rethinking how surgery gets documented, just announced a $7 million Seed round. That's right, they're using AI to turn surgical video into clinical records. And it's a big deal. ### The Funding Details The round was led by Index Ventures, with help from Seedcamp, Frst, No Label Ventures, and Entrepreneurs First. Big names like Jean Nehme (who sold Digital Surgery to Medtronic), Othman Laraki (CEO of Color Health), and Charlie Songhurst (a Meta board member) also chipped in. That's some serious backing. ### Why This Matters Ines Iraki, Uncovr's co-founder and CEO, puts it simply: "At Uncovr, we are taking what actually happens in the operating room and turning it into something that can be reliably captured and used." Think about it. Surgeons shouldn't have to rely on memory when a camera already captured everything. The real opportunity? Every robotic or minimally invasive procedure generates a goldmine of decision-making and technique. That data could become the backbone of modern medicine. "Surgery has always been learned by watching," Iraki adds. "We're making that possible at scale." ### The Bigger Picture This Seed round fits into a larger trend we're seeing in 2026: European investment in healthcare AI that tackles real operational headaches. Think clinical data capture, imaging, diagnostics, and hospital workflow automation. It's not just Uncovr, either. SamanTree Medical raised $21.8 million for real-time surgical imaging. Companies like Delphyr, Recare, Tucuvi, and Flexzo AI are also building AI that cuts admin work and supports care teams. ### The Human Side Dr. Prakash Gatta, Medical Director of Complex Foregut Surgery at Texas Health Resources and Uncovr's VP of Clinical and Medical Affairs, explains the pain point: "When we looked at our own cases, we saw clear gaps between what actually happened in the operating room and what was captured in the record and by the codes. That has real implications, not just for reimbursement but also for compliance, coding, clinical security, and continuity. This isn't a marginal issue, it's a structural gap in how surgery is documented today." ### Who's Behind Uncovr? Founded in 2025 by Ines Iraki (CEO), Johann Diep (CTO), and Prof. Eric Vibert (Medical Co-Founder), the team brings real-world experience. Iraki spent time inside operating rooms, seeing the disconnect between what systems capture and what hospitals can actually use. Vibert, Chief of Surgery at AP-HP, has seen the fallout from incomplete reports. Diep? He built AI for autonomous systems at the European Space Agency and in defense. The team also includes engineers, surgeons, and medical coders from top institutions like ETH Zurich, Ecole Polytechnique, AP-HP, Mayo Clinic, HEC Paris, and Texas Health Resources/Texas Christian University. ### What Uncovr Does Uncovr automatically generates operative reports and procedural coding straight from surgical video and intraoperative workflow data. That means better documentation for patient care, more accurate reimbursement and coding, and clearer visibility into surgical workflows. Martin Mignot, Partner at Index Ventures, sums it up: "Ines, Eric and Johann have done something rare: earned adoption inside one of healthcare's hardest environments and moved incredibly fast once inside. By structuring what happens in the OR, Uncovr is building a highly valuable dataset for surgical AI." ### The Scale Uncovr is already expanding across Paris and New York, working with leading health systems in the U.S. and Europe. They've got a pipeline of 400 operating rooms and have analyzed thousands of hours of surgery. Globally, more than 400 million surgeries happen each year, and a growing share are captured on video. Uncovr is turning that footage into something useful.