LEAFLABS, LLC

Medtech · Still private

Willow electrophysiology recording system with ultra-high-channel-count silicon probes and custom Catkin neurosensing IC chip for simultaneous whole-brain neural recording and stimulation

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Medtech
Total capital: $7.8M

Federal grants: $7.8M; 13 awards · 2015–2024; Rank in peer group#61 of 538
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2024Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Untethered high channel count electrophysiology for freely-moving animals$548K
Jan 2024Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Untethered high channel count electrophysiology for freely-moving animals$55K
Jul 2023Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Untethered high channel count electrophysiology for freely-moving animals$520K
Jul 2023Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High channel count electrophysiology and data processing for freely-moving animals$789K
Aug 2022Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High channel count electrophysiology and data processing for freely-moving animals$1.2M
Sep 2021Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High channel count electrophysiology and data processing for freely-moving animals$1M
Aug 2019Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High channel count electrophysiology and data processing for freely-moving animals$609K

Show 6 earlier federal awards

Sep 2018Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Toward Automated Spike Sorting via Ground Truth Neural Recordings$439K
Jul 2018Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High channel count electrophysiology and data processing for freely-moving animals$684K
Sep 2017Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · High channel count electrophysiology and data processing for freely-moving animals$699K
Jan 2017Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · High Speed, Multi-sensor Light Field Deconvolution Microscopy for Whole Brain Recording of Neuronal Activity$442K
Feb 2016Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · High Speed, Multi-sensor Light Field Deconvolution Microscopy for Whole Brain Recording of Neuronal Activity$450K
Jul 2015Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Electronics and computational hardware for ultra-high channel count electrophysio$346K

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Standing among 538 peers

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Medtech · Device

Federal grants#61 · top 11%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Medtech

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.