Opteran Technologies: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
pteran have achieved a paradigm shift in machine intelligence that provides a path to true general purpose autonomy. Approximately 15 years ago IBM's Blue Brain project announced it would map all 86b neurons of the human brain. Opteran’s Chief Science Officer, Professor James Marshall’s reaction was ‘if you were going to map a brain you’d start with something less complex.’ He chose insects, specifically the honeybee which exhibits sophisticated navigational skills using a brain the size of a pinhead with only a million neurons. James raised over £6m EPSRC grant funding and set about creating a process for extracting natural brain function onto silicon. His team has achieved this, enabling Opteran Technologies.
Opteran Technologies has raised $4.6M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $4.6M announced in Mar 2022.
That round is below the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Opteran Technologies Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Mar 2022.
Opteran Technologies Funding Rounds
Opteran Technologies Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Opteran Technologies Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups
Opteran Technologies' latest round of $4.6M is below the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Opteran Technologies Funding FAQs
What does Opteran Technologies do?
pteran have achieved a paradigm shift in machine intelligence that provides a path to true general purpose autonomy. Approximately 15 years ago IBM's Blue Brain project announced it would map all 86b neurons of the human brain. Opteran’s Chief Science Officer, Professor James Marshall’s reaction was ‘if you were going to map a brain you’d start with something less complex.’ He chose insects, specifically the honeybee which exhibits sophisticated navigational skills using a brain the size of a pinhead with only a million neurons. James raised over £6m EPSRC grant funding and set about creating a process for extracting natural brain function onto silicon. His team has achieved this, enabling Opteran Technologies.
How much funding has Opteran Technologies raised?
Opteran Technologies has raised $4.6M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $4.6M announced in Mar 2022.
When did Opteran Technologies last raise funding?
Opteran Technologies' most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $4.6M, announced in Mar 2022.
Who founded Opteran Technologies?
FundedIQ lists James Marshall (Founder) at Opteran Technologies.
Where is Opteran Technologies headquartered?
Opteran Technologies is based in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
How many employees does Opteran Technologies have?
Opteran Technologies is in the 11-50 employee band.
How does Opteran Technologies' funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Opteran Technologies' latest round of $4.6M is below the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,233 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Opteran Technologies Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Opteran Technologies is left off this page rather than filled in.
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