Startup · $15m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Cortical Labs raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
| Horizons Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
| In-Q-Tel | Unnamed stage | - |
| LifeX Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
| Radar Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Cortical Labs, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| January Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Cortical Labs acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Cortical Labs. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Eight Australian companies make Forbes Asia's annual 100 To Watch list; the piece profiles each and recaps recent raises across climate tech, health and software.
Year-end Crunchbase column recapping five distinctive 2023 raises: Cortical Labs, Forward, Neura Robotics, KoBold Metals and Living Carbon, with amounts, backers and one stated valuation.
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Blackbird interviews Remedy Robotics co-founder Dave Bell about his move from medicine to surgical robotics and his mentoring in its Foundry program, noting Foundry applications are open.
A Monash University-led research program with Cortical Labs received a government grant of nearly $600,000 to study lifelong continual learning using lab-grown brain cells on silicon chips.
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Profile of Cortical Labs founder Hon Weng Chong, whose dish-grown brain cells learned Pong, recalling a US$10 million raise led by Horizon Ventures and covering the CL1 commercial product.
A quarterly Cut Through Venture survey reports Australian startups raised $810 million across 90 deals in Q2 2023, listing the largest rounds and noting improved investor sentiment despite a sluggish first half.
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Techboard's monthly roundup counts 40 Australian startup raises worth $498m in April 2023, headlined by Saluda Medical and Eucalyptus, plus smaller rounds and fund closes by Purpose Ventures and Proto Axiom.
A monthly Crunchbase roundup of five overlooked venture rounds, including raises by ChopValue, Australia's Cortical Labs, Harvey, Sepura Home and Ebb Carbon, with lead investors and amounts for each deal.
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A weekly roundup reporting seven Australian startups that together raised more than $66 million, including Novalith, Propeller, Cortical Labs, Waave, Restoplus, Empiraa and The Very Good Bra.
Melbourne synthetic biology company Cortical Labs has secured US$10 million (A$15 million), led by Horizons Ventures with four co-investors, to advance its brain-cell computing platform commercially and meet pre-orders.
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Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.
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Blackbird's investment note announcing its one million dollar seed investment in Melbourne startup Cortical Labs, which is developing computer chips built from mouse and human neurons.