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Founded Year

2013

Stage

Series D | Alive

Total Raised

$24.24M

Last Raised

$9.22M | 2 yrs ago

About Ybrain

Ybrain is a company that focuses on the development of medical devices for the treatment of neuropsychiatric illnesses, operating within the healthcare and technology sectors. The company's main offerings include wearable devices that utilize neuroscience to measure and treat conditions such as Major Depressive Disorder. These devices provide a comprehensive mental health solution that can be used in a home setting. It was founded in 2013 and is based in Republic of Korea, South Korea.

Headquarters Location

#228, 54, Changeop-ro Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do

Republic of Korea, 13449,

South Korea

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Ybrain's Product Videos

Ybrain's Products & Differentiators

    MINDD STIM+

    Electroceutical platform

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Expert Collections containing Ybrain

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Ybrain is included in 4 Expert Collections, including Conference Exhibitors.

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Digital Health

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The digital health collection includes vendors developing software, platforms, sensor & robotic hardware, health data infrastructure, and tech-enabled services in healthcare. The list excludes pureplay pharma/biopharma, sequencing instruments, gene editing, and assistive tech.

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This collection includes companies applying technology to problems of emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Examples include companies working in areas such as substance abuse, eating disorders, stress reduction, depression, PTSD, and anxiety.

Ybrain Patents

Ybrain has filed 30 patents.

The 3 most popular patent topics include:

  • neurophysiology
  • electrotherapy
  • neurotechnology
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Application Date

Grant Date

Title

Related Topics

Status

9/7/2021

11/14/2023

Neurophysiology, Electrotherapy, Neurotechnology, Electrophysiology, Cerebral cortex

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Application Date

9/7/2021

Grant Date

11/14/2023

Title

Related Topics

Neurophysiology, Electrotherapy, Neurotechnology, Electrophysiology, Cerebral cortex

Status

Grant

Latest Ybrain News

Ybrain's MINDD STIM proves effective in improving depression-based attentional bias

Sep 6, 2023

닫기 Ybrain, a company specializing in mental health therapeutics, said on Wednesday that a clinical trial conducted in the U.S. using its depression electroceutical, MINDD STIM, showed efficacy in improving immediate depression symptoms. Ybrain, a company specializing in mental health therapeutics, said on Wednesday that a clinical trial conducted in the U.S. using its depression electroceutical, MINDD STIM, showed efficacy in improving immediate depression symptoms. (Credit: Ybrain) Depressed patients have difficulty interpreting other people's emotional expressions, which can lead to high rates of recognition errors. This has been linked to increased activity in the amygdala and decreased activity in the left frontal lobe, which is responsible for processing emotional information, leading to an attentional bias that focuses on negative stimuli. The research team at NYU Langone's Department of Neurology designed a clinical trial to measure how well depressed patients can recognize facial emotions quickly and accurately, and how emotional changes affect their attention using MINDD STIM transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The trial ran for six months from June to December last year and 20 women with mild to moderate depression were compared to 21 healthy women to determine the speed of cognitive response to immediate facial expression recognition changes before and after tDCS application to the left frontal lobe. The diagram shows the visual search task example trial presented to patients in the clinical trial to identify the target face (different sex), using the arrow on the keyboard. when presented with sad expressions, neutral expressions, and distractor (Sad and Neutral) expressions. The clinical trial found that a single use of MINDD STIM improved the negative attentional bias of depressed patients, and they also reported feeling less depressed and happier after treatment. In particular, the participants with depression differed from the control group in emotional processing speed and accuracy in identifying sad stimuli before tDCS treatment. This showed that depressed patients had a concomitant deterioration in attention that allowed them to recognize negative stimuli more quickly but with poorer accuracy. In response to the tDCS treatment, the participants with depression became significantly faster on the distractor condition, suggesting a specific reduction in bias toward negative emotional information. Additionally, the depressed group also had significant improvements in self-reported mood including increased happy, decreased sad and anxious mood. "It is very encouraging to see the immediate improvement in depressive attentional bias of MINDD STIM on the global stage through the U.S. clinical trial," said Ybrain CEO Lee Ki-won. "We expect that the face recognition visual search task utilized in this trial will serve as an excellent indicator of MINDD STIM’s effectiveness in treating depression." The results of the study were published in the international journal Neuromodulation on Aug. 20.

Ybrain Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • When was Ybrain founded?

    Ybrain was founded in 2013.

  • Where is Ybrain's headquarters?

    Ybrain's headquarters is located at #228, 54, Changeop-ro, Republic of Korea.

  • What is Ybrain's latest funding round?

    Ybrain's latest funding round is Series D.

  • How much did Ybrain raise?

    Ybrain raised a total of $24.24M.

  • Who are the investors of Ybrain?

    Investors of Ybrain include KT&G, Ceragem, InterVest, NEOFECT, G.N. Tech Venture Capital and 12 more.

  • Who are Ybrain's competitors?

    Competitors of Ybrain include Calm and 5 more.

  • What products does Ybrain offer?

    Ybrain's products include MINDD STIM+ and 4 more.

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