# Neurala funding: rounds and investors

> Neurala has raised $15M across 3 rounds since 2013. Investors include Techstars, Pelion Venture Partners and Tim Draper. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/neurala (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Neurala*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$15M** raised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources

**$750K** Seed **$14M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $14M Jan 2017
- **Step-up i:** 18.7×
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**?** Seed

**$750K** Seed

**$14M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $14M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.1 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2017** Series A **$14M** *1 new* [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Dec 2016
- **Dec 2014** Seed **$750K** *3 new* [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) [SK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-ventures) [Robolution Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robolution-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $926K sold, first sale Nov 2014
- **Feb 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) Reported by techstars.com

## Founders and team

From Neurala's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Anatoli Ames Gorchet** Co-Founder, CEO, and CTO *Named on its 2020 Form D*

- **Dan Ames Curtis** CFO
- **Matt Luciw** Head of Research
- **Jean-Raymond Raynal** Engineering Manager
- **Natalya McLane** Director of Product Management
- **Massimiliano Versace** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Ben Ames Lambert* *Cesare Maifredi* *Heather Ames Versace*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2017 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) [SK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-ventures) [Robolution Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robolution-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) VC firm **1** round

[SK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Robolution Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robolution-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Neurala as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[BYU Cougar Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/byu-cougar-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Add Value](https://millionrounds.com/fund/add-value) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Neurala

### Who invested in Neurala?

Neurala's investors include Techstars, Pelion Venture Partners, Tim Draper, SK Ventures and Robolution Capital.

### How much has Neurala raised?

Neurala has raised $15M across 3 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Neurala last raise?

Neurala's most recent round was a Series A of $14M in Jan 2017.

### What was Neurala's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $14M in Jan 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Neurala first?

Neurala's first round on record, in Feb 2013, was backed by Techstars.

### What stage is Neurala at?

Neurala's latest named round is a Series A, in Jan 2017.

### Where is Neurala based?

Neurala is based in the United States.

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