Tag: Preseed
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Stendr secures $5.4M pre-seed to develop AI-driven defence systems
Stendr, a Norwegian defence technology company, has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to advance its AI-native platform. The round was co-led by RainFall, ACME, and SkyFall, with participation from Sisyphus, Antler, StartupLab, Off Piste, and Andøya Ventures, alongside a syndicate of global technology founders and investors. Headquartered in Oslo, Stendr is read more
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WholeSum tops up Pre-Seed with $335K to fix AI’s trust problem in text analytics
UK-based analytics startup WholeSum has brought its total Pre-Seed funding to $1.3 million, with an additional $335,000 new investment from Love Ventures, Beamline, and strategic angels, following its initial $965k raise led by Twin Path Ventures announced earlier this year. The round comes amid growing demand from enterprises in high-trust sectors, where organisations are increasingly read more
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Enkei secures pre-seed funding to develop circular design materials
Stockholm-based Enkei, a company developing circular materials for architecture and interior design, has closed a pre-seed funding round at a €3 million valuation. The round includes investors such as architect Anders Lendager, Christina Åqvist, Ulf Mattsson, and Fabian Månsson, alongside RadCap. It also brings in materials expertise from Thomas Granfeldt and Daniel Strömberg. Founded by read more
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Credo Ventures raises $88M Fund 5 to double down on pre-seed in CEE and its global diaspora
Today, Credo Ventures announces Credo Stage 5, a $88 million fund that continues the firm’s mission to be the first backer of the most ambitious CEE founders globally, both in the CEE region and in diaspora communities. Credo Ventures is a Prague and Krakow-based venture capital firm founded in 2010, investing in exceptional founders from read more
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Young "bug bounty hunter" bags $6M pre-seed round for security startup
A French cybersecurity startup founded by a 23-year-old who made a name for himself as a professional “bug bounty hunter”, earning hundreds of thousands of pounds from Facebook and Google in rewards,has raised a $5.9m pre-seed round. Lupin & Holmes, named afterArsèneLupin (the fictional master thief, created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc, which read more
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CiaoDott raises €1.5M pre-seed to bring vertical voice AI to Italy’s medical sector
CiaoDott a vertical voice AI for the Italian medical sector, has raised €1.5 million Pre-Seed. The Techshop led the funding round, with Vento, Club degli Investitori, Growth Engine, and Alpha Venture. Founded in 2025, CiaoDott aims to solve the telephone overload of medical centres, ensuring uniform, timely and consistent responses to patients. In Italy, the read more
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Blify secures $2.1M pre-seed to develop AI training platform
Paris-based startup Blify, which turns workplace communication tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams into learning platforms, has announced a $2.1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-native Learning Operating System. The round was led by AFI Ventures (Ventech’s impact fund), with participation from Kima Ventures, Better Angle, and Fair Equity. read more
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Neuramancer lands €1.7M pre-seed to scale deepfake detection tools
Neuramancer AI Solutions GmbH (formerly Neuraforge) has closed a €1.7 million pre-seed funding round led by Vanagon Ventures, with participation from Bayern Kapital and a group of additional venture capital firms and business angels. The investment consortium also includes the Nuremberg-based ZOHO.VC and family office Lightfield Equity. In addition, the founding team is supported by read more
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finperks raises $4M pre-seed to build prepaid payments infrastructure
Berlin-based finperks has closed a $4 million pre-seed funding round led by Motive Partners and seed+speed Ventures. The company is developing API infrastructure for the global prepaid market, including gift cards, eCash, and prepaid cards, a sector projected to reach $4.24 trillion by 2035. Demand for digital rewards, cashback, and employee benefits continues to grow, read more
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Hosel raises £500K pre-seed to create the "Vinted for golf"
Golf tech startup Hosel is aiming to take a swing at a global second-hand club, equipment, and accessory market valued at $3 billion. Ascension VC has led a pre-seed £500,000 investment round, with a further institutional round and US expansion planned later this year. With a growing trend among golfers seeking “nearly new” golf clubs, read more
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Mirai Robotics raises $4.2M Pre-Seed to build autonomous dual defence maritime systems
Mirai Robotics has raised $4.2 million Pre-Seed, one of the largest in Italy in the robotics and deep-tech sector, to build autonomous and intelligent maritime systems to master every sea. Primo Ventures, Techshop and 40Jemz Ventures led the round, with participation from leading Italian and international angel investors. The sea is one of the most read more
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Cheer Games closes $4.5M pre-seed round for mobile gaming platform
Cheer Games, a mobile puzzle game studio, has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Makers Fund, with participation from Play Ventures and a group of angel investors. Founded by former senior leaders from AppLovin’s Lion Studios, Cheer Games was established by Emre Gercel (CEO), Berkay Ozturk (CPO), Ertan Ünver (CTO), and read more
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British defence tech outfit Mutable Tactics raises over $2M in pre-seed round
A British defence tech startup developing AI software which helps improve the deployment of drones when communication is lost in combat has raised over $2m in a seed funding round. Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1m in a funding round, led by spacetech investor Seraphim Space, with funding also fromthe UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund,Koro, read more
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Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to tackle potato late blight in Europe
Mycoverse, an agritech spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) developing fungal-based biological crop protection, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed equity funding. The round was co-led by Future Food Fund and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from PINC, the venture arm of Paulig, bringing the company’s total funding to €4.3 million. The crop read more
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Outpost Bio raises $3.5M pre-seed for human microbiology models
Outpost Bio, a company focused on decoding complex interactions in human biology, has raised a $3.5 million pre-seed round co-led by Merantix Capital and Seedcamp, with participation from OpenSeed VC, Defined, and several strategic family offices and angel investors. Human microbiology examines how microbial communities living in and on the body metabolise drugs, process read more
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Sitegeist secures €4M pre-seed for AI modular robots in construction
Munich-based construction robotics startup Sitegeist has raised €4 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by b2venture and OpenOcean, with participation from UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators and several angel investors, including Verena Pausder, Lea-Sophie Cramer, Alexander Schwörer, and additional strategic backers from the construction and robotics sectors. Across Europe, ageing bridges, tunnels, parking facilities, and read more
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Porters closes €2.7M pre-seed funding for financial services backoffice software
Porters has closed a €2.7 million pre-seed funding round to develop AI-based software for banking operations. The round was led by Earlybird, with participation from Seedcamp and a group of fintech founders and industry professionals. Angel investors include Martin Kassing (Upvest), Alexandre Prot (Qonto), Lukas Zörner (Penta and Integral), and Adrien Treccani (Metaco). Additional participants read more
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OpenAI and Hugging Face angels back Hungary's "highest-ever" pre-seed funding round
A Hungarian robotics hardware startup says it has raised the “highest-ever” pre-seed funding round in the country’s history. Allonic has raised$7.2m in pre-seed funding, in a round led by Visionaries Club, with participation from Day One Capital. Other investors include angel investors from Hugging Face and OpenAI. Allonic’s play is to speed up how robot read more
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Qontext closes $2.7M pre-seed round to develop a context layer for AI
Berlin-based Qontext, which is developing an independent context layer for AI, has secured $2.7 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Zero Prime Ventures and a group of founders and operators from the AI infrastructure, automation, and enterprise software sectors, including Jan Oberhauser (n8n), Emil Eifrem (neo4j), Bastian read more
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CoolSem Technologies raises pre-seed funding for wafer-level thermal innovation
CoolSem Technologies, a semiconductor thermal management company, has closed a pre-seed funding round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from KBC Focus Fund NV, the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), and TTT Green Tech B.V. (SHIFT Invest). As chips become an increasingly critical resource, pressure on raw materials is rising, and heat management remains a read more
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