What you should know:
– rocluba pioneering teleoperation platform for medical technology, announced that it has closed an oversubscribed $11.7 million Series A financing round led by Smedvig Companies and YZRwith the participation of Quick investment and key angel investors, including ElevenLabs founder Mati Staniszewski.
– The capital injection is intended to boost roclub’s expansion throughout the US market and boost the development of its exclusive market for remote technologists. roclub’s platform promises to redefine medtech operations by maximizing equipment utilization, improving patient wait times, and ensuring business continuity amid rising labor costs.
The medical technology paradox: idle scanners and wasted resources
Co-founders Dr. Matthias Issing and André Glardon launched roclub after experiencing first-hand the pain points of the technologist shortage while running a large chain of diagnostic centers in Europe. They recognized that the most advanced medical equipment is useless without the trained personnel to operate it.
In the United States, this challenge is compounded by high labor costs and the central role of reimbursement rates, which place immense pressure on providers to increase efficiency.
roclub’s solution is a cloud and AI-based teleoperation platform that allows technologists to manage any medical technology equipment from any vendor, from a remote location.
Key operational and financial impact:
- Vendor independent remote control: A smartphone-sized “roclub connector” interfaces with virtually any medical technology device (starting with MRI/CT), allowing qualified technologists to control equipment and communicate with on-site staff and patients from anywhere.
- Business continuity and utilization: By allowing a remote technologist to potentially manage multiple machines simultaneously, the platform ensures maximum utilization of medical devices and prevents costly equipment downtime due to lack of staff.
- Reduced waiting times for patients: Maximized machine uptime directly reduces delays and patient wait times, ultimately leading to better care outcomes.
- Hybrid Workforce Solution: Technology offers technologists the flexibility of hybrid work, helping hospitals attract and retain specialized talent despite geographic barriers and skills shortages.
Joshua Seyler, president of roclub Americas, emphasized the opportunity of the solution: “US healthcare providers are adopting innovative medical technology solutions to optimize operations and meet the growing demand for radiology procedures. roclub, the world’s only remote, vendor-agnostic platform company, is proud to bring our transformative solution to the US market.”
Market Strategy: The Remote Staffing Market
A significant portion of the new Series A funding will fuel the launch of roclub’s unique remote staffing marketplace in late 2025. This marketplace will directly connect U.S. healthcare organizations with pre-vetted remote technologists available to operate connected medical technology devices.
- Address the skills gap: The market has the potential to be a transformative resource for rural hospitals and clinics that suffer from a chronic lack of access to qualified and specialized personnel.
- Global access to experience: Co-founder Matthias Issing said the company’s vision is to “become the global standard for teleoperation in medical technology,” enabling complex procedures and transforming access to expert care into a truly global capability by unifying AI, robotics and ultra-low latency connectivity.
