Sonera, Berkeley, CA a neural data company, raised $11M in Seed funding to make neural data accessible for a range of applications. The round was led by Amplify Partners with participation from Abstract Ventures and existing investors Spark Capital, Material Impact, Boom Capital, and angel investor Josh Duyan.
The company's sensing technology non-invasively detects magnetic signals generated by neural activity, making brain activity as easy to measure as heart rate, temperature, and other physiological signals. This makes neural data useful for a wide range of applications, from personal computing to healthcare and beyond. The first application of Sonera's technology is the S1 chip for muscle sensing, which is poised to enable an entirely new class of consumer wearables and experiences based on muscle activity. The S1 chip will enable use cases including advanced prosthetics control, continuous monitoring of neuromuscular conditions, the discovery of disease biomarkers, and sports performance tracking.
