# Brain Gear

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/brain-gear

- Industry: Medical Devices & Equipment
- Headquarters: Incheon, South Korea
- Total disclosed funding: $1.6M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 4, 2021)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Incheon, South Korea, and founded in 2018, Brain Gear Inc. is a company that develops a phototherapy system for treating Alzheimer's and dementia patients using a near-infrared light source. The company activated the dementia treatment market by providing a medical diagnosis service for the part of the brain that expresses Alzheimer's with artificial intelligence and providing a medical auxiliary judgment tool for the treated part using deep learning and conducting clinical trials with medical staff in the US and Australia. Brain Gear Inc. has been selected for the attraction brokerage support project for start-ups in the health industry. In January 2022, Brain Gear Inc. raised an undisclosed amount in venture funding from CNT Tech.

The company has developed a medical device for brain rehabilitation treatment of dementia and Alzheimer's patients and applied photobiological therapy (PBM) to the product, which transmits a near-infrared light source to the brain and induces brain activation through chemical reactions within cells.

Brain Gear Inc. plans to conduct overseas clinical trials based on advanced technology and to enter the global dementia equipment medical market.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 4, 2021, $1.6M — BigBang Angels, Carelabs Co., Ltd
- Series A, May 31, 2021 — Ulsan Creative Economy Innovation Center
- Seed, Nov 1, 2018 — BigBang Angels, Korea Tech Incubator for Startup

## Investors

- BigBang Angels (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bigbang-angels) — Seed, Series A
- Korea Tech Incubator for Startup — Seed
- Ulsan Creative Economy Innovation Center (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ulsan-creative-economy-innovation-center) — Series A
- Carelabs Co., Ltd — Series A