Bionaut Labs
Precision-targeted Medicine Modality for CNS Disorders
Startup B Health Tech & Life Sciences Est. 2016
Total Raised
$69.2M
B
Last Round
$6M
3 rounds
Investors
15
15 public
Team
5
11-50 employees
Confidence
91/100
News
7
articles
Patents
1
About
Bionaut Labs is a biotechnology start-up focused on treating central nervous system disorders (CNS) with its Bionaut precision medicine treatment modality. Bionaut uses remote-controlled microscale robots to deliver biologics, nucleic acids, or small molecule therapies locally to targeted CNS disease areas. Through precision localized brain targeting, Bionaut therapeutics could offer better efficacy and safety that cannot be achieved by other traditional treatment modalities. Two of the company's earliest indications are for gliomas and Huntington's disease. The Bionaut therapeutic-containing drug targets a disease similarly to how a traditional modality targets a disease. Bionauts are custom-engineered therapeutic micro-robots that target payloads to specific locations in the body. Bionauts can be constructed in different versions with custom geometries and surface characteristics. Smaller than a millimeter, they contain moving parts controlled remotely by a compact magnetic controller, allowing them to move.
Classification
Sector
Health Tech & Life SciencesPharma & Medical BiotechnologyDrug Delivery
Core Technology
Machinery & Robotics
Target Customer
Healthcare & Life SciencesHealthcareProviders
Business Model
B2B
Tags
diagnosticsbiotechnologyrare-diseasesdrug-deliverybrain-disorderprecision-medicineparkinsontherapeuticsneurologyminimally-invasivecns-disorderstargeted-therapyroboticssurgery
Funding & Events
Nov 2022
B Round $43.2M
Khosla Ventures (Lead), Dolby Ventures, Compound, OurCrowd, GISEV, Bold Capital Partners, Revolution, Tintah Grace, What if Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, PSPRS, Upfront Ventures, Deep Insight, Gaingels
Mar 2021
A Round $20M
Khosla Ventures (Lead), Upfront Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Revolution, Compound
Feb 2024
B Round $6M
OurCrowd, Upfront Ventures, Mayo Clinic Platform, Khosla Ventures
News (7)
Feb 6, 2024 · fortune.com
growth-positive
Exclusive: Bionaut Labs raises an extension round in preparation for micro-robot clinical trials
Investment
Jul 31, 2023 · www.israel21c.org
growth-positive
Micro-robots could deliver drugs to brain and organs - ISRAEL21c
Investment
Nov 28, 2022 · en.globes.co.il
growth-positive
Drug delivery robots co Bionaut Labs raises $43m
Investment
Dec 2, 2021 · www.timesofisrael.com
growth-positive
The Fantastic Voyage coming soon to an OR near you - Sponsored Content The Times of Israel
Partners
Mar 3, 2021 · www.biospace.com
growth-positive
Are Bionauts™ a Vessel to the Final Frontier of CNS Diseases? BioSpace
Investment
Mar 3, 2021 · news.crunchbase.com
growth-positive
Khosla-backed Bionaut Labs Exits Stealth Mode With $20M
Investment
Mar 3, 2021 · endpts.com
growth-positive
Khosla joins bet on unconventional startup looking to send drug delivering robots into the brain
Details
Product Stage
R&D
Employees
11-50
Exact Count
42
District
Center District
Founded
2016
Registrar
515385334
Crunchbase
bionaut-labs
Locations
Arieh Shenkar Street 1, Herzliya, Israel
3767 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Twitter
Facebook
Careers
Admin
Last Update
Feb 24, 2025
Verified by
Yotam Maman
Missing
markets, not claimed
Team (5)
Aviad Maizels
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Founder
Michael Shpigelmacher
Co-founder & CEO
Founder
Alexander Shpunt
Co-founder
Founder
Michael Kardosh
COO
Eran Oren
CTO