Sonera
AcquiredBuilding sensors for non-invasive human-machine interfaces
Sonera was founded in 2018, is headquartered in Berkeley, United States, lists 1–10 employees, and has $28.0M in recorded funding across 2 rounds.
- Headquarters
- Berkeley
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2018
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- soneramagnetics.com
- Total Funding
- $28.0M
- Last Round
- $17.0M Series AApr 2024
- Rounds
- 2
- Acquisition Date
- Sep 2026
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About
Sonera (formerly Sonera Magnetics) is a Berkeley, California-based hardware startup developing chip-scale magnetic sensors that operate at room temperature with sensitivity comparable to the best magnetometers available today. Founded in 2018 by UC Berkeley PhD graduates Dominic Labanowski and Nishita Deka, along with Professor Sayeef Salahuddin, the company spun out of UC Berkeley's Cyclotron Road program to commercialize a scalable solution for neural sensing. Sonera's wearable sensors detect biomagnetic fields generated by neural and muscle activity, enabling non-invasive human-machine interfaces for applications in health monitoring, brain-computer interfaces, and human-technology interaction. The company raised $20 million in 2023 and has received SBIR/STTR funding.
Summary
Sonera is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Berkeley, United States, founded in 2018. It lists 1–10 employees. It has raised $28.0M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $17.0M Series A round in Apr 2024. Investors include Spark Capital, K5 Global and Air Force Research Laboratory.
Funding & Exit History
Sep 2026
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Funding: Seed through Series A. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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