Cerca Magnetics

At a glance

Legal name

Cerca Magnetics LimitedverifiedSource

1. Nottingham Tech Ventures — Cerca Magnetics spinout case studyhttps://www.nottinghamtechventures.com/case-study-cerca-magnetics-limited/

Updated: 2026-05-04

Aliases

CercaverifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — official sitehttps://www.cercamagnetics.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Type

university-spinoutverifiedSources (2)

1. Cerca Magnetics — Story page (founders, founding date)https://www.cercamagnetics.com/story
2. Nottingham Tech Ventures — Cerca Magnetics spinout case studyhttps://www.nottinghamtechventures.com/case-study-cerca-magnetics-limited/

Updated: 2026-05-04

Focus areas

research-grade, brain-mappingverifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — official sitehttps://www.cercamagnetics.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Founded

2020-07-24verifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — Story page (founders, founding date)https://www.cercamagnetics.com/story

Updated: 2026-05-04

Defunct

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Spinout of

University of NottinghamverifiedSources (2)

1. Cerca Magnetics — Story page (founders, founding date)https://www.cercamagnetics.com/story
2. Nottingham Tech Ventures — Cerca Magnetics spinout case studyhttps://www.nottinghamtechventures.com/case-study-cerca-magnetics-limited/

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ city

NottinghamverifiedSources (2)

1. Cerca Magnetics — Story page (founders, founding date)https://www.cercamagnetics.com/story
2. Nottingham Tech Ventures — Cerca Magnetics spinout case studyhttps://www.nottinghamtechventures.com/case-study-cerca-magnetics-limited/

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ country

GBverifiedSources (2)

1. Cerca Magnetics — Story page (founders, founding date)https://www.cercamagnetics.com/story
2. Nottingham Tech Ventures — Cerca Magnetics spinout case studyhttps://www.nottinghamtechventures.com/case-study-cerca-magnetics-limited/

Updated: 2026-05-04

Employees

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Flagship device

cerca-magnetics-opm-megverifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — official sitehttps://www.cercamagnetics.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Product lines

1verifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — official sitehttps://www.cercamagnetics.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

In-house manufacturing

NoverifiedSource

1. Nottingham Tech Ventures — Cerca Magnetics spinout case studyhttps://www.nottinghamtechventures.com/case-study-cerca-magnetics-limited/

Updated: 2026-05-04

Open source

NoverifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — official sitehttps://www.cercamagnetics.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

GitHub org

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Website

cercamagnetics.comverifiedSource

1. Cerca Magnetics — official sitehttps://www.cercamagnetics.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Blog

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Support

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Devices

• non-invasiveOPM-MEG

  Cerca OPM-MEG

  cerca-magnetics

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People

MilestonesverifiedSources (2)

1. Cerca Magnetics — Story page (founders, founding date)https://www.cercamagnetics.com/story
2. Boto et al., Nature 2018 — wearable OPM-MEGhttps://www.nature.com/articles/nature261472018-03-21

Updated: 2026-05-04

1. 2016

   First theoretical study on OPM-MEG advantages (Nottingham)

2. 2017

   First compact shielded room and single-channel OPM recording

3. 2018-03-21

   Wearable OPM-MEG demonstrated (Boto et al., Nature)

   Foundational paper from the Nottingham group showing whole-head, movement-tolerant OPM-MEG — the science Cerca later commercialised.

4. 2020-07-24

   Cerca Magnetics Ltd founded

   University of Nottingham / Magnetic Shields Limited joint venture; first 50-channel system.

5. 2021

   First 128-channel system installed at Young Epilepsy, UK

6. 2023

   First 192-channel OPM-MEG system installed

7. 2024

   Matrix coil system at the University of Zurich; hyperscanning capability demonstrated

Reputation

Considered one of the leading commercial OPM-MEG vendors alongside FieldLine. Tightly coupled to QuSpin (sensor supplier) and to the University of Nottingham research programme that originated the technique.