Entrepreneur: Jean Nehme Country: United Kingdom Company: Touch Surgery Industry: Healthcare/Tech Founded: 2013 Funds raised in 2013: $1.5 million Number of employees: 15 Jean Nehme, a Lebanese expat living in London, is one of a team of four who have devised an application that simulates surgeries. Nehme, Andre Chow, Advait Gandhe, and Sanjay Purkayastha developed Touch Surgery to enable surgeons and surgeons-in-training to perform operations virtually in 3D before they are faced with the real thing. The idea, Nehme explains, came from the desire to improve surgical training and the preparedness of surgeons before they enter the operation room. “I think there’s a big misconception that we all practice on people who donate [their] bodies [to science]. You don’t always get the opportunity to practice before,” says Nehme. “Training on patients is not safe.” Even experienced professionals can benefit from the app, he explains. Surgery being a complex and changing
