Finnish neurowellness startup Audicin raises $1.9M

This article was published on April 1, 2026 The all-female-founded company, backed by Oura Health co-founders and Business Finland, uses brainwave entrainment to support focus, sleep, and recovery via background audio. Its new Sleep Headband targets secure environments where phones are banned. Audicin, the Finnish neurotechnology company using brainwave entrainment and auditory engineering to support nervous system regulation, has raised $1.9 million in funding. The round includes private investment, follow-on backing from Petteri Lahtela and Virpi Tuomivaara, the co-founders of Oura Health, the Finnish health tech company behind the Oura Ring, and a grant from Business Finland through its Deep Tech Accelerator programme. The capital brings total funding to approximately $3 million. The company was founded in 2022 by an all-female team: Laura Avonius (CEO), Victoria Williamson, and Mariana Sousa Aguiar. Audicin’s technology works through passive background listening rather than active mindfulness exercises. Audio sessions adapted to a user’s physiological signals play in the background while they work, commute, or rest, guiding the nervous system into states associated with focus,