Tag: seed

  • The new Seed filter: what investors look for beyond the demo

    AI has made it easier than ever to build something that looks impressive. Polished demos, sleek interfaces, and convincing prototypes can now be produced in days, not months. But how do investors cut through the shine to identify a product with real value, a defensible technology, and a team capable of building something that lasts? read more

    The new Seed filter: what investors look for beyond the demo
  • OpenAI and Spotify leaders back London-based AI agent security startup in $13M seed round

    A London-based startup which helps mitigate risks and vulnerabilities of businessesdeployingso-called AI agents or AI tools that can complete specific tasks has emerged from stealth with a $13mseed round. The funding round in Trent AI was ledby LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from leaders at OpenAI, Spotify, Databricks, and Amazon Web Services. The read more

    OpenAI and Spotify leaders back London-based AI agent security startup in M seed round
  • EGIDE raises €8M Seed to build affordable interceptor systems for modern warfare

    French defencetech EGIDE has raised an €8 million seed round. The round was co-led by Expeditions, Eurazeo, and Heartcore Capital, with participation from Galion.exe and Kima Ventures. Founded in 2025 by former MBDA aerospace and defence engineers Simon Calonne and Florian Audigier, EGIDE was created to address the rapidly growing threat posed by cheap mass-produced read more

    EGIDE raises €8M Seed to build affordable interceptor systems for modern warfare
  • Agent debugging startup Laminar raises $3M seed to tackle the observability gap in AI agents

    Laminar today announces a $3 million seed round led by Atlantic.vc, with participation from Y-Combinator, AAL.vc, and notable angels including Ben Sigelman, co-creator of OpenTelemetry and Ant Wilson, CTO of Supabase. Founders Robert Kim (CEO) and Dinmukhamed Mailibay (CTO) grew up together in Kazakhstan, studied at KAIST, and worked side by side in London before read more

    Agent debugging startup Laminar raises M seed to tackle the observability gap in AI agents
  • Delfos Energy secures €3M Seed extension to scale AI “virtual engineer” for energy infrastructure

    Delfos Energy, an AI company building “virtual engineer” technology for the energy industry, today announced that it now supports more than 1,000 energy sites across Europe, alongside the close of a €3 million Seed extension round. The round includes new investment from Vox Capital/COPEL, existing investors include Headline, Contrarian Ventures, DOMO VC and EDP Ventures. read more

    Delfos Energy secures €3M Seed extension to scale AI “virtual engineer” for energy infrastructure
  • ILS secures seed funding to expand ProVision legal workflow platform

    Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS), a global legal technology company building automation software for investment fund lawyers, has secured a seed funding round led by Chicago Ventures, bringing its total funding to more than $3 million. Founded in 2024, ILS was established to address the largely manual nature of post-close fund workflows, an area that has read more

    ILS secures seed funding to expand ProVision legal workflow platform
  • Belgian logistics startup Vectrix raises €1.15M seed funding

    Antwerp-based Vectrix, an order entry platform for the logistics sector, has raised €1.15 million in a seed funding round led by RDY Ventures to expand into European markets, starting with Belgium’s neighbouring countries. Logistics companies handle large volumes of transport requests each day, with administrative teams often manually entering order details into transport management systems. read more

    Belgian logistics startup Vectrix raises €1.15M seed funding
  • Noxon secures seed funding for muscle-computer tech

      Munich-based medtech company Noxon has closed its seed funding round, led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital, with participation from Auxxo and another institutional investor. The size of the round was not disclosed. In rehabilitation and the treatment of neuromuscular disorders, muscle diagnostics and activation are typically performed intermittently in clinical settings. As read more

    Noxon secures seed funding for muscle-computer tech
  • ISPTech secures €5.5M seed to improve in-orbit mobility

      InSpacePropulsion Technologies(ISPTech), a German space tech company developing propulsion systems designed to enable fast and agile in-orbit manoeuvring, has raised €5.5 million to advance deployment of its non-toxic propulsion technologies for operational missions. The round was led by Join Capital, with participation from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Faber, First Momentum Ventures, Lightfield Equity, Final Frontier read more

    ISPTech secures €5.5M seed to improve in-orbit mobility
  • Kinfolk closes $7M seed round for AI-driven HR platform

      London-based Kinfolk, an AI-native HR workforce operations platform, has raised a $7.2 million seed round led by AlbionVC, with participation from PROfounders Capital and existing investors Ascension and Emerge. Angel investors, including Tony Jamous, Founder and Executive Chairman of OysterHR, also participated. The latest round brings Kinfolk’s total funding to $8.5 million. HR and read more

    Kinfolk closes M seed round for AI-driven HR platform
  • Clee Medical secures seed funding to advance real-time brain imaging for neurosurgery

    Clee Medical, a Swiss neurotechnology startup developing ultra-high-resolution real-time imaging for brain surgery, has closed its seed financing round. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB), Kickfund, FONGIT, and Venture Kick, alongside continued support from existing partner Wyss Geneva. Many neurosurgical procedures require navigating delicate brain structures with read more

    Clee Medical secures seed funding to advance real-time brain imaging for neurosurgery
  • London fintech Tangible raises $4.3M in seed funding

    A London-based fintech which helps companies access and manage debt finance has raised $4.3m in a seed funding round. The funding round inTangible was led by Pale Blue Dot with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital, and Aperture. It follows a £4m ($5.45m) funding round Tangible carried out last year. Tangible read more

    London fintech Tangible raises .3M in seed funding
  • Nocomed raises seed funding to address healthcareʼs biggest emissions blind spot

    Nocomed, a Dublin-based sustainability software company, has raised €650,000 in seed funding to support the continued development and expansion of its platform, which focuses on supply chain-related emissions in the healthcare sector. The investment came from independent medtech investor Barry Comerford (Founder of Sauleen Holdings and Cambus Medical), software angel investor Edmund Wilson (Co-Founder of read more

    Nocomed raises seed funding to address healthcareʼs biggest emissions blind spot
  • Reflow launches following a $15M+ seed round focused on operational visibility for enterprises

    Reflow has closed a seed funding round of more than $15 million to support ongoing technology development and broaden access to its workflow and AI automation intelligence, alongside the launch of its workforce and workflow intelligence platform for enterprise customers. As organisations adopt AI, many are able to measure outcomes but have limited visibility into read more

    Reflow launches following a M+ seed round focused on operational visibility for enterprises
  • Overmind launches with £2M in seed funding to support development of agentic AI

    London-based Overmind, which is developing a supervision layer for AI agents, has closed a £2 million seed funding round. The round was led by specialist cybersecurity investor Osney Capital, with participation from 14Peaks, Portfolio Ventures, Antler, and Endurance Ventures. As agentic AI systems advance, security requirements are becoming more complex and are increasingly difficult to read more

    Overmind launches with £2M in seed funding to support development of agentic AI
  • Seamflow raises $4.5M seed round to develop AI tools for the TIC industry

    London-based Seamflow, an AI-focused software company serving the global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) industry, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Northzone and Initialized Capital, with participation from Entrepreneur First, Nebular, and angel investors including Charlie Songhurst and Mario Götze. Before products can be commercialised, facilities can operate, or read more

    Seamflow raises .5M seed round to develop AI tools for the TIC industry
  • Fintower completes €1.5M oversubscribed seed round

    The Gothenburg-based company Fintower has closed an oversubscribed €1.5 million seed round, attracting both new and existing investors. Participants include Chalmers Ventures, Akka, the Stena family through William Olsson, several entrepreneurs and angel investors, as well as existing investors Almi, Daniel Jonsson from Inet, and Alexander Hars. Founded by Salman Eskandari and Ehsan Yazdani, Fintower read more

    Fintower completes €1.5M oversubscribed seed round
  • Refute raises £5M seed round to address disinformation threats

    London-based Refute, an AI-powered counter-disinformation company, has raised £5 million in seed funding in a round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from Playfair, Episode 1, Osney Capital, and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF). The funding comes amid an evolving threat environment in which malicious actors are increasingly combining automated networks, influencer read more

    Refute raises £5M seed round to address disinformation threats
  • Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M seed to build real-time environmental intelligence for a climate-volatile world

    Rainbow Weather, a next-gen climate tech startup specialising in hyper-localised short-term weather forecasting, announced it has raised $5.5M Seed funding round. Rainbow Weather has developed a real-time, AI-driven weather intelligence platform that fuses satellite imagery, radar, meteorological stations, and even smartphone sensor data to deliver highly precise, minute-level forecasts and severe-weather detection. The company now read more

    Rainbow Weather raises .5M seed to build real-time environmental intelligence for a climate-volatile world
  • Antidote completes $5M seed round for billing compliance automation

    Antidote, a provider of AI-based billing compliance software for global law firms, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Lakestar, with participation from Concept Ventures, The LegalTech Fund, and industry angel investors. The round follows a $2 million pre-seed raise in 2025, bringing total funding to $7 million. Law firms face read more

    Antidote completes M seed round for billing compliance automation