(ZEISS: Oberkochen, Germany) -- ZEISS Ventures has participated in the 3.5 million euros pre-Series A financing round for Custom Surgical, a Munich-based medical technology company focused on digitizing and standardizing ophthalmology workflows.

The funding round, led by Ventech and joined by ZEISS along with a group of other investors, will support Custom Surgical’s mission to modernize eye care, which currently relies heavily on analog tools.

The company offers hardware-agnostic solutions that digitize ophthalmic workflows, seamlessly integrating into existing clinical environments. Its approach retrofits slit lamps and surgical microscopes, enabling practices to capture and manage visual data without replacing core equipment or disrupting workflows. Central to its offering is MicroREC Connect, a cloud-based platform for secure capture, storage, and organization of ophthalmic images and videos. This platform is designed as a unifying digital layer, rather than a traditional image archive, by enhancing patient documentation and creating digital continuity in examinations, procedures, and follow-ups.

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