Company Profile

Neural Concept

Lausanne, Vaud · Switzerland

ESA BIC alumnicomponentspropulsion

AI-powered engineering platform for product design and simulation across multiple industries

NeuralShape: the first deep-learning based software to improve the engineer ‘work.. With the new technologies’ development and the large-scale adoption of autonomous and electric cars, drones, as well as humanity´s quest for green energy, new designs become much more sophisticated, with complex simulations, producing vast amounts of data. This, as a results force tools like CAD and CFD to be rethought. Companies need new tools to improve existing designs without engineers having to spend more time to make a good and accurate design. At Neural Concept (a Swiss company founded in 2017) we have develop a solution to overcome these needs: NeuralShape, the first deep learning system to improve the engineers´work. With NeuralShape Engineers will save time, energy and economical cost, while providing optimal design choices with very precise results. Based on the good performance of our prototypes being currently tested for different business cases (UAV, hydrofoil and speed bicycle), we aim to optimize the software and scale-up technology to fulfil the technical needs of different European markets. This CAD and CFD market is expected to be €6.5B by 2021 (CAGR 7%). Our customers will be engineering companies as well as Engine Automotive, Aeroespace and Green energy manufacturers. €6M sales projection has been estimated for the third year of commercialization.

Funding signals · €254.1M total

NeuralShape (H2020 project 854609)€50k
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives; participating investors: Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures, Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100M
Series B led by Forestay Capital; participating investors: D.E. Shaw group, Alven, CNB Capital, HTGF, Aster Capital 2024-06-03€27M
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series B led by Forestay Capital, with D.E. Shaw group and existing investors Alven, CNB Capital, HTGF, and Aster Capital 2024-06-03€27
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with existing investors Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100M
Series B led by Forestay Capital with investors D.E. Shaw, Alven, Constantia New Business, HTGF and Aster Group 2024-06-03€27M
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures, and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series B funding round 2024-01-01€27
Series C round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series B round led by Forestay Capital, with D.E. Shaw group and existing investors Alven, CNB Capital, HTGF, and Aster Capital 2024-06-03€27
Series A round 2022-03-01€9
Seed round 2020-01-01€2
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures, and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series B led by Forestay Capital, with participation from D.E. Shaw group, Alven, CNB Capital, HTGF, and Aster Capital 2024-06-03€27
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures, and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series B funding 2024-01-01€27
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital 2025-12-18€100
Series B 2024-01-01€27

Facts

Registry UID: CHE213105804
Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft
Legal name: Neural Concept SaRL
Data updated: 2026-09-23

Recent news

Neural Concept Closes $100M Funding Round Led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Scale AI-Native Engineering2025-12-18
Neural Concept raised $100 million in Series C funding led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The funding will support product development including a generative CAD capability planned for early 2026 and expansion of global go-to-market teams.
Neural Concept Accelerates Integrated AI Adoption With 100% Enterprise Growth2025-09-29
Neural Concept reported 100% surge in enterprise adoption in 2025, with enterprise adoption doubling since January. The company's customers now include Renault, Leonardo, GE Vernova U.S., and other major industrial companies.
Renewed Collaboration between Airbus and Neural Concept
Neural Concept renewed a multiple-years collaboration and license agreement with Airbus. The partnership builds on prior work where Neural Concept's surrogate model reduced time to predict aircraft aerodynamics pressure fields from one hour to 30 milliseconds.

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EU CORDIS research projects: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/854609
ESA Space Solutions / ESA BIC: https://commercialisation.esa.int/startups/neural-concept-sa/

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