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Realm builds AI agent infrastructure that transforms a company's go-to-market knowledge into structured context for agents to use, helping revenue teams automate RFP responses and business case generation. The platform enables agents to act on knowledge across scattered documents and communications to support sales processes.

Also known as withrealm

Founders & leadership

JJJohan Jern
Johan JerninCo-Founder & CTOFounder of Realm, which builds AI agent infrastructure that turns a company's go-to-market knowledge into structured context, helping revenue teams automate RFP responses and sales deliverables.

Investors · 6

Also in the syndicate · 1

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$4.5M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2024–2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Realm is a Helsinki, Finland-based software company that converts a company's internal go-to-market knowledge into structured context that AI agents can act on. Its product is positioned as an AI workspace for revenue teams: agents draw on internal documents, presentations and messages across connected data sources, plus web search and third-party language models, to complete customer-facing deliverables. Core capabilities include automating responses to RFPs, RFIs and security questionnaires; drafting account-specific business cases, implementation plans and proposals; running scheduled or event-triggered agents for deal reviews, account research and CRM updates; and answering technical and commercial questions in real time with sourced results.

The platform ships a library of pre-built agents grouped by function, including Customer POV, MEDDPICC, RFP Qualification, Discovery Call Prep, Deal Review, Prospect Status, News Monitoring, Competitive Intelligence and Sales Call Coaching for sales, QBR Prep and Customer Health Score for customer success, and Support Ticket Resolution for support. Realm is available in Slack, the browser, desktop and mobile clients, and through an API. The company states it is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR and HIPAA compliant, and it operates a Trust Center.

Founding story

Realm was founded by Johan Jern, Miika Huttunen and Mikko Mäntylä. The founders describe starting the company on the premise that context would become the foundation for AI agents doing knowledge work, since the knowledge that wins deals typically sits in scattered documents, Slack threads and a small number of senior employees' heads. Revenue teams became the product's most active user group, which shifted the company's focus toward sales workflows such as RFPs and questionnaires. Finnish and Swedish press coverage refers to the company as the AI startup of former Slush leaders.

Business model

Realm sells subscription software to companies, offering a free trial and demo-led onboarding through its website. Customer commentary frames pricing as an alternative to additional headcount, comparing Realm's price to the cost of hiring four to eight extra team members.

Software product sold to business customers, accessed via free trial and paid plans; specific pricing is not stated in the sources.

Traction

Published customer results include LeadDesk automating 70-80% of RFPs and other questionnaires, Aibidia generating responses to 99% of RFP questions without library maintenance, Sympa reducing RFP processing times and cutting SME and leadership involvement by 40%, Frends avoiding four to eight additional hires, and Sievo running 8,000 queries per month. The company's customer page lists more than twenty logos across SaaS, fintech, hardware and agency industries. Following the April 2026 seed round, the company said it planned to triple its team by year-end.

Latest developments

In April 2026 Realm announced a $4.5 million seed round, covered by multiple outlets and reported as €3.8 million in one, with stated plans to triple the team by year-end. Investors named on the company's site include Frontline Ventures, HubSpot Ventures and Lifeline Ventures, alongside a broad group of operator angels including the founders of Slack, Zalando, Supercell, Wolt, Deel, Snyk, Pigment and Aiven. The company is recruiting AI and product engineers.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Realm positions itself as an AI workspace for revenue teams in enterprise software sales. It has been included in WIRED's list of the 100 hottest startups in Europe, a list of the 100 best emerging B2B SaaS startups in Europe, and Finnish rankings of hot startups.

Realm emphasizes grounding agent output in a company's own past wins and best practices rather than a manually maintained answer library, coverage of the full deliverable workflow from RFP qualification through drafting and finalization, sourced answers delivered inside existing tools such as Slack, and enterprise compliance credentials including ISO 27001, GDPR and HIPAA.

Technology

Realm indexes documents, presentations and messages across connected data sources and turns company go-to-market knowledge into what it calls a context graph. It combines internal data with web search and third-party large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, and runs search and retrieval-augmented generation systems that the company is hiring engineers to improve. Delivery surfaces include Slack, browser, desktop, mobile and an API.

Go-to-market

Self-serve free trial and demo requests from the website, supported by published customer case studies and testimonials, conference appearances such as Slush, podcasts, and press coverage. The founders' network and a large roster of operator angel investors also feature prominently in the company's positioning.

Software companies selling to enterprise buyers, with core users being revenue teams at B2B companies that have sales-led go-to-market motions and technical products. Customers range from fast-growing tech startups to global enterprises and public healthcare companies, spanning SaaS, fintech, hardware and agency segments. Named customers include LeadDesk, Sympa, Hostaway, Frends, Sievo, QPR, Haltian and Aibidia.

Geography

Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with customers described as spanning continents; named customers are largely Nordic B2B software companies.

History

Media listings on the company's site trace coverage from June and July 2024, when Finnish, Swedish and English outlets reported a €1.7 million funding round for AI knowledge search. In late 2024 the company appeared in Helsinki startup rankings, presented at the Slush 2024 AI Showcase, and co-founder Miika Huttunen was listed among the 100 most influential figures in Nordic tech. During 2025 Realm was named among promising startups to watch, featured in the "State of AI in Finland 2025" report, listed among the 100 best emerging B2B SaaS startups in Europe, and co-founders Mikko Mäntylä and Johan Jern were listed in Forbes 30 Under 30. In April 2026 multiple outlets reported a $4.5 million seed round (reported as €3.8 million in one outlet), with plans to triple the team by year-end.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Monthly queries by Sievo teamJan 20268,000 queries per month
Reduction in SME and leadership involvement at SympaJan 202640%
RFP and questionnaire automation rate at LeadDeskJan 202670-80% of RFPs and other questionnaires automated
RFP question coverage at AibidiaJan 202699%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
Responsive110 shared keywordsResponsive builds an AI-powered Strategic Response Management (SRM) platform that helps organizations respond to RFPs, RFXs, security questionnaires, and other inquiries. Originally launched as RFPIO, it serves nearly 2,000 customers, including over 20 percent of the Fortune 500.
Inventive AI97 shared keywordsInventive AI provides software that automates RFP response generation for sales teams using AI agents trained on a company's existing documentation and knowledge systems. The platform integrates with CRMs and collaboration tools to enable faster, consistent proposal creation and improve win rates.
Arphie88 shared keywordsArphie provides an AI engine that helps security and GRC teams complete SIG, CAIQ, vendor assessments, and custom security questionnaires, drawing answers from a company's policies, controls, and audit evidence. It connects to sources like SharePoint, Confluence, and Google Drive, and supports collaboration, answer sourcing, and data governance for enterprise security and compliance workflows.
Deep73 shared keywordsDeepStream provides eRFx and source-to-contract software for procurement teams, focusing on usability and phased adoption. The company serves clients across 56 countries in the procurement technology space.
Sifthub70 shared keywordsSiftHub is an AI-powered platform that automates the RFP and bid/proposal workflow — from intake and bid/no-bid decisions through drafting, review, and submission. It offers one-click autofill across Word, Excel, and browser portals, auto-assigns tasks, and coordinates bid managers, subject-matter experts, legal, and InfoSec teams in one workspace.
Steerlab47 shared keywordsSteerlab provides AI agents that help presales teams generate tailored proposals and respond to customer questions, with an in-tool copilot and Slack bot. It also offers business intelligence tools such as a Go/No-Go agent and competitor bias detection to help teams decide which opportunities to pursue.
Iris45 shared keywordsIris is an AI RFP tool that generates sourced, first-draft responses to RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, security questionnaires, and DDQs from a company's knowledge base, with source citations, confidence scores, and project management features. It is aimed at sales and proposal teams to reduce response times and improve win rates.
Upland44 shared keywordsUpland Software is an enterprise software company integrating artificial intelligence into its product portfolio and internal operations. The company develops AI-powered solutions including an AI enablement platform and partnerships with major cloud providers like Salesforce, Microsoft, and IBM.
Hyperbots44 shared keywordsHyperbots offers an agentic AI platform designed for finance and accounting teams that processes unstructured financial documents and structured ERP data to automate invoice processing, approvals, and general ledger coding with up to 99.8% accuracy. The platform combines vision-language models, large language models, and custom AI agents to extract, validate, and augment financial information from documents like invoices, purchase orders, and contracts.
DealHub43 shared keywordsDealHub provides a revenue platform that manages sales engagement touchpoints to improve buyer experience and sales team efficiency.

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Timeline · 9

launches, deals, and filings
Apr 2026
Realm announces $4.5M seed round

Realm announced a $4.5 million seed round (reported as €3.8 million by one outlet) to bring AI agents into enterprise sales, with plans to triple its team by year-end. Coverage noted backing from founders of Slack and Deel.

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Jan 2026
Named by WIRED among the 100 hottest startups in Europe

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May 2025
Co-founders listed in Forbes 30 Under 30

Mikko Mäntylä and Johan Jern were listed in Forbes 30 Under 30.

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Apr 2025
Listed among the 100 best emerging B2B SaaS startups in Europe

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Feb 2025
Listed in 10 promising startups to watch in 2025

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Nov 2024
Realm presented at Slush 2024 AI Showcase

Co-founder Mikko Mäntylä presented Realm at the Slush 2024 AI Showcase and held a fireside chat with Adyen's Brooke Nayden.

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Oct 2024
Listed among the hottest startups in Helsinki in 2024

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Sep 2024
Miika Huttunen listed among the 100 most influential figures in Nordic tech

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Jun 2024
Realm secures €1.7M for AI knowledge search

Finnish, Swedish and English media reported that the AI startup founded by former Slush leaders raised €1.7 million, backed by figures from the Finnish startup community.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed
  • Realmwithrealm.com · web

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Realm do?
Helsinki-based Realm builds AI agents that turn company knowledge into RFP responses and enterprise sales deliverables.
Who founded Realm?
Realm was founded by Johan Jern.
Who are Realm's investors?
Realm's investors include Frontline Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Glasswing Ventures, Jump Capital.
How much funding has Realm raised?
Realm has disclosed $4.5M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.