About ORamaVR
Built on one conviction: no patient should be anyone’s first.
ORamaVR is a medical XR company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. We build the platform that makes high-fidelity medical simulation training possible at scale, for device companies, simulation centers, and hospitals worldwide.
Key Metrics
- 30+ B2B clients across 10 countries
- 65+ Peer-reviewed publications
- 17,000+ Completed training sessions
- 8M+ EUR in research funding attracted
The Founding Story
25 years of research. One clear mission.
ORamaVR was founded by researchers who had spent decades building the underlying science, computer graphics, XR algorithms, clinical education, and saw that the technology was finally ready to make a real difference in how medicine is taught.
“Advancing the future of healthcare is the moral priority of our time. Nearly 5 billion people lack access to essential surgical care. The current medical training system has remained largely unchanged for over 150 years.”
— Dr. George Papagiannakis, CEO & Co-founder
The founding team brought together computer science (University of Crete, ICS-FORTH, University of Geneva), orthopaedic surgery (Aristotle University, Imperial College London), and robotics research, with the explicit goal of building a 30-year company around the problem of medical training at scale.
Today the ORamaVR platform is in use at 30+ institutions across 10 countries, backed by 65+ peer-reviewed publications and a clear product-market fit. We are now scaling to meet demand.
Company Milestones
2026
Late-seed funding & global expansion
Funding round from leading European deep-tech & strategic VCs to lead the Computational Medical XR category. Creator OMEN and global expansion underway.
2025
First med-tech & surgical robotic deployments
First med-tech, IVD and surgical robotic training deployments at Zimmer Biomet, Roche and Sofmedica/Isle-Academy.
2024
AI proctoring launched
JARIA released, addressing the core proctor bottleneck in simulation training at scale. Invitation to participate in the nVidia Inception programme.
2023
Swiss Accelerator Project
Open Medical Educational Neural mEtaverse, selected amongst the top 50 Swiss deep-tech startups by Innosuisse.
2022
Seal of Excellence Award
Awarded by the European Innovation Council for the ORamaVR platform and ORamaVR business plan.
2021
First clinical deployments
ORamaVR platform deployed at Inselspital Bern and Geneva University Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
Founded in Geneva
ORamaVR established with co-founders from University of Crete, ICS-FORTH, and orthopaedic surgery.
Leadership Team
The people behind the platform.
A team of computer scientists, clinicians, and operators united by a long-term mission to transform medical education through spatial computing.
Dr. George Papagiannakis
CEO / CTO / Co-founder
Computer scientist specialising in computer graphics and XR algorithms. Professor at University of Crete. 120+ publications, 8M+ EUR in research funding. Previously at University of Geneva.
Prof. Eleftherios Tsiridis, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer / Co-founder
Secretary General of the European Hip Society. Vice Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Aristotle University. Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. 170 publications, 7,000 citations.
Prof. Panos Trahanias
Chief Robotics Officer / Co-founder
Professor at University of Crete and ICS-FORTH. Director of the Computational Vision & Robotics Laboratory. 20+ years in AR, computer vision, and robotics. 100+ publications.
Nils Huebner
Chief Operating Officer
International executive with 20+ years in sales, business development, and corporate strategy. Previously in leadership roles at SunGard and StatPro. Deep expertise in XR technology commercialisation.
Jan Grund Pedersen
Chief Business Officer
20+ years of experience in Med-tech, with a strong track record in business development and sales. Previously held senior roles at Mentice and Surgical Science, two of the leading companies in surgical simulation.
George Lagoudakis
Legal Counsel
College of Europe Alumni (Bruges, Promotion Leonardo Da Vinci), LLM in European Law. Member of the Bar of Thessaloniki since 2000. Specialises in Corporate Law, Commercial Contracts, and Technology Transfer Agreements, with extensive experience advising healthcare businesses, start-ups, and spin-offs.
Eleni Grigoriou
Senior Director of Product Management
MSc in Computer Science with specialization in XR. Senior Director of Product Management with 5+ years leading XR product development in medical simulation.
Amalia Kargopoulou
Senior Director of Business Development
MA in Conflict, Security and Development (King's College London) and BA in Political Science (Aristotle University). Brings a background in exports, administration, and a passion for human development to ORamaVR.
Michael Kentros
Senior Director of Product Development
Software engineer specialising in VR and ML applications. MSc in Computer Science, researching VR skill assessment with ML. PhD candidate and researcher at ICS-FORTH Computer Vision & Robotics Lab.
Advisory Board
Guided by leaders in medicine, technology, and research.
Prof. Christos Kozyrakis, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University. Multi-scale Architecture & Systems team.
Walter Greenleaf, PhD
Behavioural Neuroscientist and Medical Technology Developer, Stanford University.
Craig Patterson
CFO at Autonomic Technologies. Over 25 years of experience in corporate finance and life sciences.
Where We Are
Headquartered in Geneva. Research in Crete.
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
ORamaVR SA
Route de la Galaise 34
c/o FONGIT
CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates
Research & Development
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
ORamaVR SA
Science and Technology Park of Crete
100 N. Plastira str.
GR 70013 Heraklion
Get in Touch
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