About Via Surgical
Via Surgical Ltd. provides lockable fixation solutions for soft tissue repairs. Realizing that soft tissue tends to move, shift, contract and expand, Via Surgical’s products are designed to lock into the tissue, providing a secure fixation. The company was founded in 2012 by a dedicated team with a successful track record in the hernia space. It has raised more than $12 million in funding, led by OTV VC and with an investment from Asian manufacturing giant Catcher Technology, its first in the medical device field. To date, Via Surgical has three FDA clearances, and 17 issued patents in the US and worldwide, and 17 additional provisional patents filed in the US. Via Surgical’s soft tissue fixation system was voted as one of the Top 10 Surgical Solutions by MedTech Outlook Review. The company also received the Seal of Excellence from Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding program.
Leadership
Lena Levin is Co-Founder and CEO of Via Surgical, a leading developer of novel surgical fixation solutions. She served as Co-founder and CFO of PolyTouch Medical, which was acquired by Covidien in 2011. As an expert in financial and accounting management of growth-oriented medical device companies, she has completed numerous capital raisings from private investors and OCS and completed an M&A transaction with a multi-billion-dollar international medical device company. Prior to that, she worked at the BDO Ziv Haft Accounting firm, serving as a corporate analyst in the Corporate Finance Dept. and as an associate in the Professional Dept. She received an MBA from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, a BA in Accounting (magna cum laude) from Tel-Aviv University and a BA in English Language and Literature & Sociology and Anthropology (magna cum laude) from Haifa University.
