Vivo Surgery joins MIX as newest Affiliate Member, strengthening Ontario’s growing health innovation ecosystem
Kitchener, ON – July 31, 2025 – Medical Innovation Xchange (MIX) is pleased to announce that Vivo Surgery is the newest MIX Affiliate Member, joining a network of cutting-edge health innovation companies across Canada. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Vivo Surgery is a secure, surgeon-led tech stack that turns any operating room into a connected space for real-time training, mentorship, and quality improvement. It’s all-in-one platform captures surgical video and uses AI to structure and enrich it, enabling smarter documentation, automated case review, and precise, video-based feedback that helps teams build skills faster and improve outcomes without disrupting patient care.
Vivo Surgery has been deployed in frontline humanitarian efforts, including training trauma surgeons in advanced transplant techniques through the Ukraine ASSIST program. It also powers clinical fellowships, industry-led training, and surgical innovation showcases, helping hospitals and medtech partners expand their reach and impact.
Vivo Surgery is the inaugural recipient of the HHS Drive Spark Award, recognizing its leadership in digital surgery, quality improvement, and global knowledge exchange.
As an Affiliate Member, Vivo Surgery joins a collaborative network of Canadian health innovation companies committed to enhancing patient outcomes, improving system efficiency, building a world-class domestic health innovation ecosystem and most notably, expanding access to care across Canada and around the world.
“As the MIX network adds more innovative and like-minded companies, we become stronger together, able to adapt and respond to company needs faster and increase the knowledge and mentorship for younger companies. I am excited that Vivo Surgery has joined MIX, and I look forward to supporting their growth and success in Ontario.” – Elliot Fung, Executive Director, MIX.
“We joined MIX to be embedded in a network of forward-looking MedTech innovators — especially those shaping the future of Surgical Navigation, Robotics, and Computer-Assisted Surgery. As these companies bring cutting-edge tools to market, Vivo Surgery offers a new sales enablement layer: helping them showcase live Key Opinion Leader (KOL) procedures earlier in the sales cycle and build the next generation of KOLs from the ground up. MIX creates the conditions for these collaborations to start early — while products are still maturing — so we can co-design go-to-market strategies that are more surgical, more scalable, and more successful.”
— Phillip Mohabir, Co-Founder & CEO, Vivo Surgery
MIX Affiliate companies gain access to a wide variety of mentorship and services tailored to the needs of Canadian scaling MedTech and health innovation companies — including funding navigation, commercialization support, IP protection, and strategic partnerships.
About Medical Innovation Xchange: MIX is Canada’s first industry-led hub dedicated to supporting the commercialization and scaling of Canadian Health Innovation companies. Located in Kitchener, Ontario, MIX fosters collaboration among resident and affiliate members to enhance Canada’s global leadership in medical innovation. To learn more or apply for MIX’s Affiliate or Resident program, visit: www.medicalinnovationxchange.com
