Brain+, a gaming startup developing brain training software developed in collaboration with Copenhagen University, has secured a funding round worth “several million dollars”, according to a company spokesperson.
Backers of the round include Seed Capital, North-East Venture, and a syndicate of business angels.
The Denmark-based firm has been working with neuroscientists and psychologists based at the university, which doesn’t hold a financial position in the company, to develop an app for Apple devices. The next stage in the company’s development is to add BrainCoach, a series of podcasts aimed to train users in mental techniques, to its Brain+ app.
Kim Baden-Kristensen, CEO of Brain+, said: “With the addition of BrainCoach we increase the width of exercises on the Brain+ platform. We offer a personalised virtual brain trainer that delivers tangible and powerful brain training techniques and exercises, delivered as audio clips and presented in a friendly graphical universe. With this new feature we offer brain training in a variety of everyday situations that extends far beyond the time spent in the Brain+ app.”
