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§ Private Profile · Montréal, QC, Canada
Develops BCI technology for wearable devices, providing personalized audio enhancement and bionic ear hearing assistance to OEMs and developers.
Based in Montreal, Quebec, AAVAA is a neurotechnology company that develops brain-computer interface wearables, such as smart glasses and earbuds, designed to interpret bio-signals for personalized audio enhancement. The company's proprietary platform functions as a bionic ear by decoding brain and facial signals to identify user attention, automatically amplifying target sounds while filtering out background noise. Operating on a business-to-business model, the startup licenses its attention-detection technology to original equipment manufacturers and application developers in the hearing assistance and consumer audio electronics sectors. To fund its ongoing commercialization efforts, AAVAA has secured early-stage capital, including a 2 million USD seed round in 2023 and an earlier 2 million CAD pre-seed round. The company's venture backing includes institutional investments from Anges Québec, AQC Capital, TandemLaunch, and Investissement Québec. AAVAA was founded in 2019 by Naeem Komeilipoor.
AAVAA has raised $2.8M across 2 funding rounds.
AAVAA has raised $2.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
AAVAA has raised $2.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
AAVAA's investors include Government of Canada, Guillaume Courtemanche, Investissement Québec, TandemLaunch.
AAVAA has raised $2.8M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $1.3M Grant in June 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2023 | $1.3M Grant | Government OF Canada | — | Announced |
| Feb 22, 2023 | $1.5M Pre Seed | — | Guillaume Courtemanche, Anges Québec, Investissement Québec, TandemLaunch | Announced |