Geneva-based Neurosoft Bioelectronics has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Skybound Venture Capital, bringing total funding to over $20 million. The neurotechnology company is developing soft, stretchable brain-computer interfaces that access the cortex without penetrating brain tissue. Neurosoft's proprietary electrodes are up to 1,000 times more compliant than other flexible neural interfaces and cover 30 times more cortex than state-of-the-art BCIs. The company has tested its technology in 10 patients across two clinical trials at UTHealth Houston and UMC Utrecht. The funding will advance clinical trials in the US and Europe, with plans to demonstrate minimally invasive deployment in human patients and achieve US commercialisation. Neurosoft is also building a neural data platform to create a foundation model of the human cortex.

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Akave, a cloud infrastructure startup, has launched an S3-compatible object storage service and raised $6.65 million in seed funding. The platform offers compute-agnostic storage at $14.99 per terabyte per month with no egress fees or data transfer charges. Founded by Stefaan Vervaet, Akave decouples storage from compute infrastructure, allowing enterprises to move data across public clouds, neoclouds and on-premises environments without vendor lock-in. The platform uses cryptographic hashes and blockchain-based immutable ledgers to create tamper-evident audit trails whilst keeping actual data off-chain. Akave has been qualified as an external storage provider for Snowflake and integrates with Apache Iceberg. Investors include No Limit Holdings, Protocol Labs, Big Brain Holdings, Avalanche VC and the Filecoin Foundation. The funding will primarily support sales and marketing expansion.