Kevin Koh
Chairman of the Governing Board @ TÜV Rheinland Group
About
Kevin is a biomedical engineer, entrepreneur, angel investor, and start-up mentor with over 19 years of experience driving innovation in medical technology across academic and commercial sectors. He is the Founder & CEO of Vivo Surgical, a Singapore-headquartered medtech developer pioneering a novel endoscopic robot for advanced endoscopic surgeries. Under his leadership, Vivo Surgical has achieved ISO 13485 certification, secured crucial accreditations including FDA and CE approvals, and forged strategic clinical and commercial partnerships worldwide — including a landmark collaboration designating Singapore General Hospital as a Centre of Excellence for the company’s ERES™ endoscopic surgical robot. Vivo Surgical has also earned major accolades such as the US NIH R01 grant, Top 4 Grand Finalist at MedTech Innovator APAC 2023, SLINGSHOT 2024 Global Top 10 Healthcare Startups, and the prestigious WIPO Global Award in 2024 for its impactful contributions to several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition to his role at Vivo Surgical, Kevin serves as Member of the Governing Board of TÜV Rheinland (Singapore & Malaysia), Chairman of the Board at PathoVax, LLC (USA), and Board Member at VerImmune, LLC (USA). He is also the Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra Singapore. Kevin holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Hamlyn Centre, part of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, a BSc (Hons) in Molecular Cell Biology from University College London, and a DipABRSM in Piano Performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (UK).
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Singapore
Medical Device
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Entrepreneurship, Medical Imaging, Biophotonics, Biomedical Engineering, Investments, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Corporate Development, Analysis, Restructuring, M&A experience, Leadership, Start-ups, Emerging Markets, Asset Management, Due Diligence, Medical Devices
Experience

Founder & CEO
Singapore
- Lead negotiations with tech transfer offices of leading clinical research institutes, leading to exclusive technology licensing agreements signed - Developed KLARO®, an in vivo surgical lighting device, now commercially distributed with US FDA & CE Mark approvals attained - Launched the ENLYT® portable endoscope system for cancer screening and imaging of nasopharyngeal conditions in both clinical and primary care settings - Pioneered the ERES™ endoscopic surgical robot, a novel robotic add-on to any standard endoscope, conferring robotic capabilities to the user - Signed a landmark MOU with Singapore General Hospital as the company's first Centre of Excellence Prizes, Awards & Recognitions: • SLINGSHOT 2024 - Top 10 Global Healthcare Startups (Oct 2024) • WIPO Global Awards 2024 Winner (Jul 2024) • Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS Singapore Residency (from May 2024) • MedTech Innovator APAC 2023 - Top 4 Grand Finalist (Dec 2023) • MedTech Innovator APAC 2023 - Cambridge Consultants Product Development Prize (Dec 2023) • WIPO-IPOS IP for Innovation Awards 2022 - Winners Trophy (Sep 2022) • Mount Sinai Innovation Partners - Elementa Labs Incubatee (Apr 2022) • Nex Cubed - Innovation Launchpad Program Participant (July 2021) Research & Commercialisation Grants: • Enterprise Singapore - EDG (Innovation & Productivity) (Jun 2025) • Suzhou Industrial Park Tech Pioneer Award (Jan 2024) • A*STAR-Suzhou Industrial Park Technology Support Grant (Sep 2023) • Enterprise Singapore - EDG (Innovation & Productivity) (Nov 2022) • Enterprise Singapore - EDG (Core Capabilities) (Aug 2021) • A*STAR-SingHealth Medical Catalyst Programme (MedCaP) Grant (Sep 2019) • National Institutes of Health (USA) R01 Grant (Jul 2019) • National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC) - Innovation to Protect (I2P) Grant (Apr 2018) • Duke/Duke-NUS Collaboration Pilot Project Award (Feb 2016) • National Healthcare Innovation Centre (NHIC) Innovation to Develop (I2D) Grant (Oct 2015)

Industry Mentor
Singapore
- Industry Mentor to the Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme at the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Duke-NUS Medical School (National University of Singapore) - Mentee Team FemTech (Cohort 1 - 2023) won 1st Place at the inaugural shark tank challenge of the DHIP programme, comprising judges from industry, government and academia - Mentee Team ColoCorrect (Cohort 4 - 2025) currently in progress.

Co-Founder & Director
Singapore
- Founding Director of Metropolitan Event Productions Pte Ltd and Metropolitan Concert Services Pte Ltd, co-managers of the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (MFO). - First to pioneer the live movie-concert performance concept in Asia with the groundbreaking Asian premieres of The Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring (2013) & The Two Towers (2014) movie-concert productions. - Special partner of INSEAD Business School for "Leadership through Performance - A Symphony in Collaboration" as part of the INSEAD MBA and Advanced Management Programme.

Management Committee Member
Baltimore, Maryland Area
- PathoVax is a new biotechnology start-up focused on the development of a universal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to provide prophylaxis against all HPV-related cancers and diseases - Our pilot vaccine, RGVax, promises to provide protection against all 15 oncogenic HPVs and many others that cause various warts - Grants awarded: • NCI Grant for GMP manufacturing, toxicology & IND 2014 • Maryland Innovation Initiative Grant 2015 - Awards & Prizes: • OneStart Americas' Top 10 Healthcare Startups of 2016 • 43North Business Plan Competition - Finalist 2016 • MassChallenge Boston - Finalist 2016 • Harvard Innovation Lab - Venture Incubation Program 2016

Founder
Vivo Diagnostics Pte Ltd
Singapore
- Commercial research & development ongoing for a novel point-of-care saliva-based diagnostic kit for an endemic Asian tropical disease. - Awarded the ISO 113485:2016 Certification - Research Commercialisation Grants awarded: • SPRING-Agency for Science Technology & Research (A*STAR) - T-Up Grant 2015 • SPRING Technology Enterprise Commercialisation Scheme (TECS) - Proof-of-Value (POV) Grant 2015 - Awards & Prizes: • Finalist - TechVenture Start-Up Challenge 2015 • 1st Runner Up Prize - Tech Plan Grand Prix 2015 • Japan Tobacco Venture Prize - Tech Planter BioScience Grand Prix 2015

Consultant
MZ Advisory Pte Ltd
Singapore
- Mergers & Acquisitions and Structured Finance advisory - Debt restructuring - Capital raising for venture capital and private equity investments - Experienced in both buy- and sell-side mandates over a range of industries, including: Technology, F&B, Education, Consumer Entertainment, Manufacturing, Medical Devices and Clinical Diagnostics.

Director
ESMo Technologies Pte Ltd
Singapore
- Launched successful marketing sales of a magnetic interference cloud (MI Cloud) based consumer health product in November 2012 - Responsible for exploring novel applications for the company's proprietary nanotechnology products in partnership with various international institutes of scientific research and higher learning - Company's breakthrough SleepEzy medical sleep-aid device conferred the prestigious "Most Innovative Product 2013" award by Guardian Pharmacy, Singapore's premiere pharmacy chain (151 stores) - SleepEzy was also conferred the "People's Choice Award 2013" (Top 21 Singaporean Brands) by My Paper (我报), one of Singapore's mainstream newspaper publications

Investment Director
Excalibur Group Holdings Ltd
Singapore, United Kingdom
- Chaired Asian investor meetings and managed capital raising in Asia as lead investor representative - Conducted ministerial-level discussions for 3 private hospital ventures in Vietnam with the country’s political elite

Investment Manager
Excalibur Group Holdings Ltd
United Kingdom, Singapore
- Evaluated new medical science investment targets/initiatives conceived with and by Group Chairman Professor Sir Christopher Evans, OBE - Evaluated the Asian medical sciences commercial space for potential investment targets through meetings with stakeholders from academia, government and fund management sectors - Involved in buy-side meetings and discussions with brokers and senior management of target investment companies - Personal investor network in Asia include ultra-HNWIs, private banks and family offices
Education

Biomedical Engineering
- Thesis Title: "Multimodal Multispectral Optical Endoscopic Imaging for Biomedical Applications". - Developed sound analytical, problem-solving and team-working skills as part of a multidisciplinary research group at the Institute of Global Health Innovation. - Presented at various international conferences and published in corresponding proceedings. - Winner of multiple Best Poster and Best Research Presentation prizes. - Declined 2 fully funded PhD scholarships from Cambridge University and University College London.
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