Tech Company Financing Transactions

Brain Corp. Funding Round

Brain Corp., operating out of San Diego, raised $114 million from SoftBank Vision Fund and Qualcomm Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/20/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$114,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

SoftBank Vision Fund (Lead Investor) (Masayoshi Son)

Qualcomm Ventures (Paul Jacobs)

Proceeds Purpose
The investment will be used to further develop A.I. technology and create brains for multiple types of commercial and consumer robots.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Robotics
Mailing Address
10182 Telesis Ct. 100
San Diego, CA 92121
USA
Email Address
Overview
Brain Corp is a San Diego-based A.I. company that partners with manufacturers of commercial equipment to convert their manual machines into autonomous robots. Brain Corp's technology represents the next generation of artificial brains for robots.
Profile
Brain Corp. LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Brain Corp. Company Twitter Account
Company News
Brain Corp. News
Facebook
Brain Corp. on Facebook
YouTube
Brain Corp. on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Eugene Izhikevich
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Chief Financial Officer
Shawn Swaney
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Chief Operating Officer
Scott Carter
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Co-Founder
Allen Gruber
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Vice President
Jean Passot
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Vice President
Michel Spruijt
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VP - Bus. Development
David Pinn
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VP - General Counsel
Andrew Ng
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VP - Human Resources
Jennifer Bigelow
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VP - Product Management
Melissa Purcell
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VP - Sales
Christian Cornelius-Knudsen
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