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Connectome

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Connectome builds science-backed cognitive measurement tools tracking brain changes over time for health, performance, and research.

HQZürich, Not applicable (non-US headquarters), Switzerland
Employees1-10
Funding$2M
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Healthcare, Life Sciences
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Enterprises, Researchers
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$1M-$10M

About

Connectome Health builds a cognitive-intelligence platform that tracks brain and cognitive changes longitudinally using transparent, science-backed measurement. It sells to performance organizations, preventive-health clinics, digital-health and wearable platforms, pharmaceutical companies, and research networks, differentiating through repeatable measurements enriched with real-world context and individual baselines.

Market

Connectome competes in neurotechnology, cognitive health, digital health, and elite neuro-performance, positioning itself around clinic-grade, longitudinal measurement of how cognition and brain function change over time. Its differentiation is the combination of research-grade fNIRS, personal-baseline analytics, contextual inputs such as sleep and stress, and integration into clinical, sports-performance, research, and partner workflows; this contrasts with competitors focused primarily on brain-measurement hardware, portable NIRS systems, wearable EEG, or consumer BCI applications.

Target Customers

Connectome primarily targets elite sports and performance organizations, longevity and neuro-performance clinics, preventive-health providers, and research partners. Likely buyers include performance directors, clinicians, clinic operators, healthcare researchers, and organizations seeking longitudinal cognitive measurement rather than a consumer-only wearable.

At a Glance

Problem

Cognitive capacity is important but poorly measured over time. Connectome addresses the gap between one-off cognitive tests or subjective behavioural proxies and the need to understand meaningful change in an individual’s brain. The pain is especially acute because cognitive decline can occur silently before traditional diagnostics, while existing longitudinal approaches can involve costly imaging, in-person administration, and outdated or unreliable assessments.

The main use cases are settings where small changes in cognition, fatigue, recovery, or resilience matter: performance environments such as elite sport, preventive and longevity clinics, executive health, and research or technology development. In sport, for example, the killer use case is repeatedly tracking a player’s cognitive function alongside training, travel, workload, and recovery to inform development, fatigue management, injury recovery, and return-to-play decisions.

Product / Service

Connectome presents itself as a cognitive-intelligence platform and longitudinal measurement layer that sits above devices and protocols. It repeatedly measures brain and cognitive signals, combines them with contextual information such as sleep, activity, workload, or training, and establishes a within-person baseline. Results are interpreted against that baseline, with confidence scores and explicit “no signal” states, rather than treating a population average or single assessment as definitive.

The platform is designed for developers, researchers, clinics, and performance teams that need repeatable, interpretable evidence. Its initial delivery model has involved approximately 20-minute, non-invasive fNIRS scans delivered through partner longevity and neuro-performance clinics, while the broader platform can integrate existing behavioural and wearable data. The benefit is a more sensitive and evidence-aware way to evaluate attention, cognitive load, stability, recovery, and changes over time without making diagnostic or clinical claims.

Market

Connectome competes in the emerging neurotechnology, digital brain-health, longitudinal cognitive-assessment, and performance-monitoring markets. Its closest adjacent competitors include Altoida, which provides longitudinal cognitive assessment for clinical research and care, and Linus Health and BrainCheck, which focus on digitally enabled cognitive assessment and clinical workflows. It also competes indirectly with one-off behavioural tests, wearables, and hardware-focused neurotechnology companies such as Kernel and Muse; Connectome’s differentiation is the contextual interpretation of repeated brain measurements rather than simply selling a device or administering a standalone test.

The company is early-stage but has meaningful validation and commercialization signals. In April 2026 it raised approximately $2 million in pre-seed funding, led by Redstone with participation from Concept Ventures, Octopus, strategic investors, and angels, including $120,000 in non-dilutive public funding. The financing was intended to launch the product with selected partners, and Connectome has announced a performance partnership with Como 1907. Revenue is not disclosed in the available evidence, so the company is best characterized as being in early partner rollout rather than having demonstrated scaled commercial traction.

Founders & Leadership

Lucas ScherdelFounder
CEO
Ivan ReifFounder
CTO
Rufus Mitchell-HeggsFounder
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)

Funding History

2026-04
Seed (reported publicly as pre-seed)Approximately $1.88M inferred private financing

Redstone

2026-04
Grant (non-dilutive public innovation funding)$120K

Recent News

2026-07-20partnership
Connectome announces performance partnership with Como 1907

Connectome will be deployed across Como 1907’s performance and player-development environments. The partnership will use repeated brain measurements to track cognitive changes related to training, match play, travel, recovery, fatigue, and return-to-play processes.

2026-04-02funding
Connectome Raises €1.7M To Scale Personalised Brain Health Platform

This coverage reports Connectome’s approximately €1.7 million ($2 million) pre-seed round, led by Redstone with Concept Ventures, Octopus, strategic investors, and angels. The funding is intended to launch the product with select partners and expand research into cognitive-health use cases.

2025-10-23other
Connectome Health is Creating Routine Brain Scans for the Masses

A NeuroFounders profile describes Connectome’s longitudinal approach to cognitive baselines and its consumer-wellness ambitions. It highlights the LUCID cohort study with Imperial College London, plans for a flagship scan centre, and potential partnerships with clinics for clinical use cases.

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Business Model

Connectome appears to use a primarily business-to-business partnership model, offering its Atlas and Foundry platforms, validated cognitive measures, and partner-specific models to performance, healthcare, digital-health, pharma, and research organizations. Public evidence does not disclose pricing; sales appear to be relationship-led through partnership inquiries rather than a published self-serve price list.

Products

Connectome cognitive-intelligence platform for longitudinal brain and cognitive measurementClinic-based fNIRS brain scans and brain-activity monitoringPersonal baseline and deviation analysisElite-performance monitoring for athlete load, recovery, and readinessPartner modules for data capture, validated measurement, cohort comparison, workflow integration, and customized models

Tech Stack

Time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)Research-grade fNIRS helmetsNon-invasive optical hemodynamic measurementLongitudinal personal-baseline modelingWearable and behavioral data integration

Competitors

Kernel
OBELAB
Bitbrain
Neurable

Key Investors

Redstone, Concept Ventures, Octopus, transatlantic angels