Vortex Surgical, Inc.
Micro and nano-scale surgical instruments for retinal and vitrectomy procedures
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $200K, Aug 2019
- Total capital
- $250K
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $250K
- 2 Form D · last Aug 2019
- 86 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$200K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$50K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Jason StoischExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jason StroischExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John KitchensDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Juanita HinshawDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael FanningExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Pamela BooneExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Medtech
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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