# Secondmind

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/secondmind-2

- Industry: Semiconductors
- Headquarters: Yokohama, Japan
- Website: www.secondmind.jp/
- Total disclosed funding: $20M
- Latest round: Series B (Nov 27, 2023)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Founded in 2020 and based in Japan, Secondmind Ltd., operates as a developer of artificial intelligence-based optimization solutions for streamlining simulation designs, reducing calibration effort, and improving vehicle energy efficiency and performance. In November 2023, Secondmind Ltd., raised JPY 16 million in series B funding from Mazda Motor Corporation with participation from existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, and Cambridge Innovation Capital. As of 2023, the company is led by its CEO, Gary Brotman.

The company offers an optimization engine for self-drive vehicles, helping automobile companies for data-efficient modelling to predict and analyze performance and quality of new designs.

The company uses machine learning technology to simulate data and identify optimal design parameters to shorten the overall design and development period.

The company plans to use the November 2023 funding to accelerate design and development transformation with AI.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Nov 27, 2023, $20M — Amadeus Capital Partners, Atlantic Bridge, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Mazda Motor

## Investors

- Amadeus Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/amadeus-capital-partners) — Series B
- Atlantic Bridge (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/atlantic-bridge) — Series B
- Cambridge Innovation Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cambridge-innovation-capital) — Series B
- Mazda Motor — Series B