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Bower raises $2M

Bower announced a Pre-Seed round of $2M on 20 August 2026. The company operates in Robotics & Hardware and is based in Australia. It was founded by Michelle MacRae, CEO and Co-founder.

Raised
$2M
Stage
Pre-Seed
Industry
Robotics & Hardware
Country
Australia

Founder

Michelle MacRae
CEO and Co-founder, Bower
bowerlabs.ai

Outreach angles

  • -Co-founded and leads Bower, a Gold Coast startup building AI-powered smart glasses that document lab work as scientists see, say and do it.
  • -Built Bower's founding team around deep domain expertise, pairing herself with Chief Science Officer Renaud Joannes-Boyau, a professor of geochemistry.
  • -Raised a $2M pre-seed round on the thesis that wearables have long searched for a killer use case and science finally is one.

Signals

Pre-SeedHardwareAI-NativeDeep TechSecond-Time Founder

Round details

Company: Bower
Domain: bowerlabs.ai
Amount: $2M
Stage: Pre-Seed
Industry: Robotics & Hardware
Country: Australia
Announced: 20 August 2026
Source: announcement

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