54 Best Brain Computer Interface Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Brain Computer Interface Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 54 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $41.3m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Paradromics logo

Paradromics

Paradromics is an Austin, Texas-based company developing a high-volume bidirectional data streaming capabilities between brains and computers.

3

Funding Rounds

$34.0m

Money raised

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Synchron

Synchron, Inc. is a technology company building implantable neural interface solutions, including endovascular brain-computer interface.

3

Funding Rounds

$125.0m

Money raised

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NeoSensory

A San Mateo, CA-based wearables company that uses haptic feedback technology to increase a user's awareness of their surroundings using sound.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.2m

Money raised

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Pison

Pison is a human performance company that optimizes cognitive and physiological capability using gesture control.

7

Funding Rounds

$8.4m

Money raised

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Cala Health

Cala Health offers bioelectronic medicines, medical devices, and neurotherapeutics for managing chronic health conditions.

3

Funding Rounds

$145.0m

Money raised

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Proportunity

Artificial Intelligence company and FCA authorized mortgage lender in the UK helping renters purchase their first homes.

3

Funding Rounds

$12.1m

Money raised

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Kernel

Kernel is a neuroscience and engineering company founded in 2016, based in Los Angeles. Kernel is developing neuroprosthetics that mimic or assist brain functions for patients with neurological and degenerative brain diseases. In the long term Kernel plans to develop less invasive brain implants that can augment human intelligence.

3

Funding Rounds

$160.0m

Money raised

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Neurable

A brain-computer interface company building software and hardware products, neurotechnology tools that interpret human intent, measure emotion and provide telekinetic control of the digital world based on EEG signals.

6

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

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BIOS Health Ltd

A full-stack neural interface company. BIOS is creating a hardware and software interface between the human nervous system and AI with the aim of developing AI-based neural treatments that recreate neural signal patterns capable of affecting the health of a person.

5

Funding Rounds

$10.1m

Money raised

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TRIPP

TRIPP is a digital wellness company that produces a VR meditation app.

3

Funding Rounds

$26.2m

Money raised

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Flow Neuroscience

Flow Neuroscience is a Malmo, Sweden-based medical technology company developing treatments for mental health issues. The company offers a medication-free depression treatment that combines a brain stimulation wearable and an app-based therapy program.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

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Halo Neuroscience

Halo Neuroscience develops devices that use neurostimulation technology to target the brain to enhance performance for able and impaired users.

1

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

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Viz.ai

Viz.ai is a healthcare startup that uses artificial intelligence to identify early signs of stroke.

5

Funding Rounds

$249.5m

Money raised

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BioBeats

BioBeats is an artificial Intelligence company founded by David Plans, Nadeem Kassam and Davide Morelli.

8

Funding Rounds

$7.3m

Money raised

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CTRL-labs

CTRL-labs develops brain-machine interface technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$67.0m

Money raised

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InteraXon

InteraXon develops and produces brain-sensing technology such as the Muse headband, an EEG device that interprets mental activity and aims to help with meditation and promote calmness.

4

Funding Rounds

$28.8m

Money raised

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Motorica

Motorika, a Russian developer and manufacturer of robotic functional traction and bionic arm prostheses for children and adults

4

Funding Rounds

$5.8m

Money raised

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Cerecin

Cerecin, formerly Accera, is a company that looks to develop therapeutic drugs for neurodegenerative diseases.

7

Funding Rounds

$189.5m

Money raised

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Affectiva

A Boston-based emotion measurement technology company developing computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning technology.

7

Funding Rounds

$62.8m

Money raised

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Neuroelectrics

Neuroelectrics provides devices and technology for EEG-based brain monitoring, brain stimulation, home therapy research and head modeling. The company manufacturers the StarStim a neuro-stimulator using the Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).

2

Funding Rounds

$35.9m

Money raised

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Aira (company)

Aira is a computer vision connected devices virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) company developing tools for the visually impaired. Aira.IO is a wearable device to help the visually impaired gain more mobility and independence.

6

Funding Rounds

$36.1m

Money raised

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Nanomix

Nanomix is a Emeryville, California-based medical diagnostics company developing mobile point-of-care diagnostic tools.

6

Funding Rounds

$49.3m

Money raised

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MindMaze SA

MindMaze is a neurotechnology company designing and developing virtual reality medical products to stimulate neural recovery.

1

Funding Rounds

$100.0m

Money raised

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Huma

Digital health platform for predictive care and research.

2

Funding Rounds

$155.0m

Money raised

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NextMind

A company developing a noninvasive, EEG-based brain-computer interface geared to the mass market.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.2m

Money raised

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Q30 Innovations

Q30 Innovations is a medical device company developing a device, the Q-Collar, that aims to offer the brain protection from head injuries.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.3m

Money raised

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Thync

Thync has developed a small, wearable 'œpod' that attaches to the back of the neck and uses neurostimulation to combat stress and promote better sleep. Their lead product, the Thync Relax Pro, uses low levels of electrical stimulation to activate nerve pathways in the head and neck. According to the company, these pathways communicate with areas of the brain to help control stress levels and sleep quality. The product is targeted towards consumers who frequently suffer from stress and consequently struggle to sleep.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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Numenta

Numenta is a Redwood City, California-based company founded in 2005 by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky and Dileep George.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Ceribell

Ceribel is a Sunnyvale, California-based medical device company aiming to improve neurological care for emergency and ICU patients by making electroencephalogram (EEG) technology more accessible and efficient.

2

Funding Rounds

$88.0m

Money raised

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Metabrain

Metabrain is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 by Louis Lambert building brain interfaces aimed to make communication between humans and computers faster.

1

Funding Rounds

$22.7m

Money raised

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Neuros Medical

Neuromodulation Device

3

Funding Rounds

$64.0m

Money raised

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XRHealth

XRHealth is a telemedicine startup that uses a VR platform that enables remote treatment. The XRHealth VR/AR telehealth platform is ISO certified, FDA certified and HIPAA compliant.

3

Funding Rounds

$26.0m

Money raised

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BrainWaveBank

Platform to measure and track brain activity and cognitive performance for anyone, anytime, anywhere.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.8m

Money raised

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Akili Interactive

Akili Interactive is a company founded in 2011.

4

Funding Rounds

$239.9m

Money raised

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Brainlab

Brainlab is a Munich-based company specializing in digital medical technology.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.3m

Money raised

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Virtuleap

Virtuleap is an improve Brain Health with VR founded in 2018 by Hossein Jalali, Amir Bozorgzadeh, Roland Dubois and Thomas Balouet.

1

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

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BrainQ

BrainQ develops Artificial Intelligence-powered technologies to treat neuro-disorders in innovative ways.

2

Funding Rounds

$48.8m

Money raised

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Mediaire

A Berlin-based medtech startup dedicated to building AI-powered software that supports radiologists with their daily work: Analyzing medical images. Their first product mdbrain, which helps identifying Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis, is certified as a medical product and already has gained some traction in the German market.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.1m

Money raised

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RxFunction Inc.

A medical device company developing Sensory Neuroprosthesis for people with peripheral neuropathy and balance problems.

6

Funding Rounds

$12.6m

Money raised

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Dreem

Dreem is a neurotechnology company composed of sleep pioneers, a team of experts fascinated by science, technology and design.

2

Funding Rounds

$57.0m

Money raised

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CorTec

CorTec works on an investigational fully implantable system for long-term measurement of neuronal activity and electrical stimulation.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.1m

Money raised

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Emotiv

A company building wireless EEG brain monitoring technology and products

1

Funding Rounds

$120.0k

Money raised

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PlatoScience

PlatoScience has developed PlatoWork. The plug 'n play tdcs headset for boosting cognition through neurostimulation.

2

Funding Rounds

$84.0k

Money raised

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CarThera

CarThera designs and develops innovative therapeutic ultrasound-based medical devices for treating brain disorders.

2

Funding Rounds

$22.3m

Money raised

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BitBrain

BitBrain Technologies is a company specialized in neuroscience and neurotechnology, working together with universities all over Europe.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

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OpenBCI

OpenBCI is an open-source brain-computer interface platform founded in 2014 by Conor Russomanno.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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Advanced Brain Monitoring

A company developing and implementing mobile, user-friendly platforms for acquiring, integrating, analyzing and reporting multi-sensor data in real-world applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$836.8k

Money raised

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StoryUP XR

StoryUP creates data-driven VR escapes for areas of acute stress. Using BCI (brain computer interface), we also enable the user to control some experiences with their own brainwaves.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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HypnoVR

Virtual reality software aiding anesthesia, pain relief, and anxiety treatment.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.2m

Money raised

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Beddr

Beddr is a Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California-based company founded in 2016 by Michael Kisch, Kirby Chiang and Tom Goff.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

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Valera Health

Valera Health is a company founded by Thomas Tsang.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.8m

Money raised

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NeuroLutions

NeuroLutions is a device for Stroke Recovery founded in 2007 by Daniel Moran.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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BrainPatch

BrainPatch is a company founded in 2018 by Nickolai Vysokov.

1

Funding Rounds

$76.7k

Money raised

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Cerebrotech Medical Systems

Cerebrotech Medical Systems is a Pleasanton, California-based company founded in 2010.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised