Gina Rinehart backs AI brain mapping startup Omniscient in $89 million Series C
Sydney neurotech firm Omniscient has banked a Series C from Gina Rinehart and Will Vicars, funding a push into the United States for its connectomics platform.
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Every published round Will Vicars took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
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| Omniscient Neurotechnology | Series B | 19 Jul 2021 | $40m | Lead | Crunchbase News, Startup Daily |
Companies Will Vicars has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
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| Omniscient Neurotechnology | Neuroscience startup using AI to map the brain's connections from MRI scans so neurosurge… | 19 Jul 2021, Series B | 1 | 1 |
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Companies Will Vicars has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Will Vicars did.
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| No role recorded yet. Will Vicars has been mentioned, but not yet attached to an organisation. Know their role? | ||
Stories naming Will Vicars. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney neurotech firm Omniscient has banked a Series C from Gina Rinehart and Will Vicars, funding a push into the United States for its connectomics platform.
Sydney medtech Omniscient Neurotechnology, which applies machine learning to mapping brain networks, has reportedly raised a $40 million Series B valuing it at $400 million, with backers including Gina Rinehart, Gretel Packer, Kerr Neilson and Will Vicars.
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