# Strong Compute

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/strong-compute

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Sydney, Australia
- Website: www.strongcompute.com
- Total disclosed funding: $8.1M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 15, 2022)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Founded in 2021 and based in Sydney, Australia, Strong Compute Corporation is a provider of fast computing for machine learning use cases. In May 2022, Strong Compute Corporation raised USD 7.8 million in Seed funding from Folklore Ventures including Blackbird Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, Skip Capital, Starburst Ventures, and Y Combinator. Ben Sand is the founder and CEO of the company and employs six full-time engineers.  

The company's software and hardware optimizations accelerate neural network development by 10x-1000x, file transfer by 1000x, and instance startup by 10x. The firm is developing the future of cloud computing, which will be priced based on performance.

The organization plans to expand its workforce by 2022.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 15, 2022, $8.1M — Hong Shan, Blackbird Ventures, Y Combinator, Folklore Ventures, Starburst Ventures, Skip Capital, TRAC

## Investors

- Hong Shan — Seed
- Blackbird Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blackbird-ventures) — Seed
- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed
- Folklore Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/folklore-ventures) — Seed
- Starburst Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/starburst-ventures) — Seed
- Skip Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/skip-capital) — Seed
- TRAC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/trac) — Seed