Cognichip

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TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Cognichip | 417 days from website to first raise on record

@cognichip·Raised $93M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. April 1, 2026
   Series A · $60M
   SSBI Investment (Group), SSeligman Ventures
   Source: siliconangle.com
2. May 15, 2025
   Seed · $33M
   LLux Capital (lead), MMayfield Fund (lead), CCandou Ventures, FFPV Ventures
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
3. May 12, 2025
   X account created
4. March 24, 2024
   Website created

Founders and team

• EK
  Ehsan Kamalinejad Co-founder

  LinkedIn · source: cognichip.ai
• FA
  Faraj Aalaei Founder

  @FarajAalaei · LinkedIn · source: cognichip.ai
• MD
  Mehdi Daneshpanah Founder

  @daneshpanah · LinkedIn
• SS
  Simon Sabato Co-founder

  LinkedIn · source: cognichip.ai
• SD
  Stelios Diamantidis Chief Product Officer (CPO)

Investors

• CCandou Ventures
• FFPV Ventures
• LLip-Bu Tan
• LLux Capitallead investor
• MMayfield Fundlead investor
• SSBI Investment (Group)
• SSeligman Ventures

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