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Funding and backers
Total raised
$18M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$18M
Seed · Dec 2025 · 10 mo ago
Grants
$1.6M
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
M Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
10 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 23, 2025
Raised a round Seed $18M · businesswire
Oct 28, 2025
Won a grant $240k · CORDIS
May 16, 2025
Won a grant $1.1M · CORDIS
Sep 27, 2022
Won a grant $173k · CORDIS
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Dec 2025 | $18M | — | businesswire |
| Grant | Oct 2025 | $240k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2025 | $1.1M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Sep 2022 | $173k | — | CORDIS |
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
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United States
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