Uncovr, an AI-powered surgical intelligence startup founded by Moroccan entrepreneur Ines Iraki, has emerged from stealth with a $7 million seed funding round led by Index Ventures to modernize how surgical procedures are documented and analyzed.
The round attracted participation from Seedcamp, Frst, No Label Ventures, and Entrepreneurs First, alongside prominent angel investors including Jean Nehme, founder of Digital Surgery, Color Health CEO Othman Laraki, and Meta board member Charlie Songhurst.
Founded in 2025 by Ines Iraki, CTO Johann Diep, and Professor Eric Vibert, Chief of Surgery at AP-HP, Uncovr is developing AI systems that automatically generate operative reports, procedural coding, and structured surgical intelligence directly from surgical video footage.
Addressing a Critical Documentation Gap
More than 400 million surgeries are performed globally each year, with an increasing number recorded through minimally invasive, endoscopic, and robotic surgical systems. Despite this abundance of visual data, operative reports—the official clinical and legal records of procedures—are typically created manually after surgery, often relying on surgeons’ recollection.
Uncovr’s AI models analyze surgical and endoscopic video recordings in real time, generating comprehensive operative reports and coding recommendations before the surgeon leaves the operating room. The reports are then reviewed and approved by clinicians.
According to the company, deployments have demonstrated measurable benefits, identifying missed billable procedural steps in approximately 16% of surgeries and uncovering reimbursement gaps averaging 10%, primarily caused by incomplete documentation.
The company also points to broader industry challenges. Research across more than 500 healthcare systems has shown that many operative reports omit significant portions of recommended clinical information, contributing to higher risks of complications, readmissions, and repeat procedures.
Building the Foundation for Surgical Intelligence
For Uncovr, documentation is only the starting point.
“We believe surgeons should not have to spend their time reconstructing from memory what a camera has already captured and becoming medical coders,” said Ines Iraki, Co-Founder and CEO of Uncovr.
The company views surgical video as one of healthcare’s richest yet most underutilized data sources. By converting surgical footage into structured intelligence, Uncovr aims to create a foundational dataset that can power future generations of surgical technologies and AI-driven healthcare systems.
Dr. Prakash Gatta, Vice President of Clinical and Medical Affairs at Uncovr and a physician with Texas Health Resources, described documentation challenges as a systemic issue affecting both patient outcomes and operational efficiency.
Martin Mignot, Partner at Index Ventures, noted that healthcare systems lose billions of dollars annually due to documentation generated from memory rather than directly from procedural data.
Expanding Across the U.S. and Europe
Headquartered across New York and Paris, Uncovr brings together engineers, surgeons, and medical coding experts from institutions including ETH Zurich, École Polytechnique, and Mayo Clinic.
The company is already collaborating with leading hospitals and surgeons across the United States and Europe and is preparing deployments across hundreds of operating rooms.
With fresh funding secured, Uncovr plans to accelerate product development, expand hospital partnerships, and further its mission to transform how surgical knowledge is captured, shared, and utilized across healthcare systems worldwide.
