Subsense Emerges From Stealth With $17 Million

<p><strong>PALO ALTO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Subsense&comma; Inc&period;&comma; a neurotechnology company developing the first non-surgical&comma; nanoparticle-based Brain-Computer Interface &lpar;BCI&rpar;&comma; has emerged from stealth to formally reveal its efforts in the emerging field of non-invasive brain connectivity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Co-founded by neurotech entrepreneur <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fpodcast&period;womenintechshow&period;com&percnt;2Fepisodes&percnt;2Ftatiana-aleksandrova-brain-computing-interface-technology-women-in-tech&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54206743&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250218878648&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Tetiana&plus;Aleksandrova&amp&semi;index&equals;2&amp&semi;md5&equals;c55e88ef5d81aed24762980c2708d14f" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Tetiana Aleksandrova<&sol;a> and serial entrepreneur Artem Sokolov&comma; Subsense has raised &dollar;17 million in seed funding led by Sokolov’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Ffalconcapital&period;vc&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54206743&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250218878648&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Golden&plus;Falcon&plus;Capital&amp&semi;index&equals;3&amp&semi;md5&equals;7cddfcfffd472a1c7433f62672f7718f" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Golden Falcon Capital<&sol;a> to accelerate the development of bidirectional nanoparticle-based technologies that connect the human brain with external sources&period; Subsense is working with a consortium of leading international neurological research institutions which include UC Santa Cruz and ETH Zurich&comma; Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Brain-computer interfacing promises to unlock limitless human potential&comma; but innovation has been held back by a lack of effective non-surgical approaches&comma;” said <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fpodcast&period;womenintechshow&period;com&percnt;2Fepisodes&percnt;2Ftatiana-aleksandrova-brain-computing-interface-technology-women-in-tech&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54206743&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250218878648&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Tetiana&plus;Aleksandrova&amp&semi;index&equals;4&amp&semi;md5&equals;44ac52439fbb5807f53d615dd9fa1ac3" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Tetiana Aleksandrova<&sol;a>&comma; Subsense’s Chief Executive Officer&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By delivering nanoparticles that bind with receptors in the brain&comma; Subsense can achieve more extensive connectivity with a far gentler approach&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Through targeted neural stimulation and precise monitoring via nanoparticles&comma; Subsense is developing therapeutics for patients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s&comma; Alzheimer’s&comma; epilepsy&comma; depression&comma; strokes&comma; chronic pain and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The integration of nanoparticles into brain-computer interfaces marks a significant advancement in neuroscience&period; The system-on-a-nanoparticle approach could greatly enhance the precision of neural communication&comma; offering new possibilities for treating neurodegenerative diseases and expanding human cognitive capabilities&comma;” said Prof&period; Ali A&period; Yanik&comma; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering&comma; UC Santa Cruz&comma; a Subsense research partner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company is also targeting more expansive applications for later stages such as&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"bwlistdisc">&NewLine;<li>Sensorimotor recovery of vision&comma; hearing and movement&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Inner speech decoding and thought translation&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Integration with AI by merging brain and artificial neural networks&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>External memory as an instant backup and extended capacity&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Mental health regulation – happiness monitoring and control&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Appetite control – identification and managing of regulatory mechanisms&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Subsense is adopting a very different approach to unlock a key area of medical potential&comma; the ability to interact with the brain&period; By offering an alternative to complicated and acute neurosurgical implantations&comma; Subsense holds promise for tens of millions of neuro-compromised patients&comma;” said Artem Sokolov&comma; General Partner&comma; Golden Falcon Capital and Subsense co-founder&period; Sokolov has been an investor in companies that include&colon; SpaceX&comma; Asana&comma; SoFi&comma; Coursera&comma; Lemonade&comma; Digital Ocean among many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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