# ExplORer Surgical funding: rounds and investors

> ExplORer Surgical has raised $5.0M across 1 round since 2019. Investors include Aphelion Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/explorer-surgical (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *ExplORer Surgical*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.0M** raised across 1 round since 2019, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Round, $5.0M Apr 2019
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Apr 2019** Round **$5.0M** [Aphelion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aphelion-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.4M sold, first sale Jan 2019

## Founders and team

From ExplORer Surgical's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 9 on the team.

- **Tina Vatanka Murphy** President & Chief Executive Officer
- **Nedzad Fajic** President, GHX Europe
- **Chris Batson** Chief Financial Officer
- **Chris Luoma** Chief Strategy Officer
- **Chrystie Leonard** Chief Customer Experience Officer
- **Liz Rafferty** Chief People Officer
- **Steve Jackson** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Eugene Fine** Executive Officer i
- **Jennifer Fried** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Denis Harrington* *Immanuel Thangaraj* *Kris Johnson* *Ned Scheetz*

## Everyone who backed them

[Aphelion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aphelion-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists ExplORer Surgical as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[ScienceVest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sciencevest) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about ExplORer Surgical

### Who invested in ExplORer Surgical?

ExplORer Surgical's investors include Aphelion Capital.

### How much has ExplORer Surgical raised?

ExplORer Surgical has raised $5.0M across 1 round since 2019.

### When did ExplORer Surgical last raise?

ExplORer Surgical's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $5.0M in Apr 2019.

### What was ExplORer Surgical's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $5.0M in Apr 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ExplORer Surgical first?

ExplORer Surgical's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by Aphelion Capital.

### What stage is ExplORer Surgical at?

ExplORer Surgical's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2019.

### Where is ExplORer Surgical based?

ExplORer Surgical is based in the United States.

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