Fundraising FoxAI Seed
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
AI Seed is an AI-focused early-stage venture capital fund investing in pure-play artificial intelligence companies, primarily in Europe. Founded in 2017 and run by founders who have built and sold their own startups, it emphasizes hands-on support beyond capital: access to leading AI entrepreneurs, help recruiting AI talent, introductions to commercial partners and customers, technical and operational assistance for scaling, and guidance toward acquisition or IPO. The fund is active in both the European and Silicon Valley AI ecosystems, offering international support to European AI startups seeking to expand into the United States. It positions itself as having Europe's largest early-stage AI portfolio and a strong track record of AI investment returns.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 28 of 36 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×11Fintech ×9Data & Infrastructure ×8Digital Health ×6Enterprise Software ×6Healthtech ×5Retail Tech ×3
HQs:United Kingdom×14United States×2Switzerland×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×83 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
UCL ×4University of Bristol ×3University of Cambridge ×2University of Oxford ×2University of Southampton ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×5Computer Science ×3Life Sciences ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Imperial College London ×2Zaha Hadid Architects ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12020 · 32018 · 26 dated
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FintechGovTech
Co-investorsDeepbridge CapitalEquity GapFuel VenturesQVenturesRepublic VenturesSFC Capital+4 more
9fin is an AI-native intelligence platform that provides data extraction, analytics, and workflows for credit and debt capital markets teams.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechPropTechLondon, GB
HussHuss E.(Founder)inHuss EL-Sheikh(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inSteven Hunter(Founder)inHuss El-Sheikh(Founder)
Co-investors500 GlobalFly VenturesHighland EuropeLiquidity CapitalCPP InvestmentsLondon Co-Investment Fund+2 more
Aibuild develops parametric, data-driven software for large format additive manufacturing, helping organizations improve the efficiency of their 3D printing processes.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSaaSLondon, GB
Daghan(Co-founder)inMichail(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsACT Venture PartnersAtlas Ventures (UK)First Imagine!SuperSeedActivate Venture PartnersCambridge Angels group+4 more
Alterest builds an operating platform for asset-based finance (ABF), providing data verification, standardized data models, governance workflows, and AI tooling for ABF institutions, lenders, fund administrators, and other participants in private credit and securitization.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Anon builds agentic AI solutions that deploy AI agents from prototypes to production systems for SMBs and Fortune 500 companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Daniel Mason(Founder)Daniel Mason Kai Aichholz(Founder)Kai Aichholz(Founder)Peter Nesbitt(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesEx/AnteImpatient VenturesPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)Spice CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)+4 more
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Bluevia Health provides an AI system that automates pre-admission (pre-op) workflows for surgical teams, placing patient calls in multiple languages, pulling data from EMRs, flagging clinical risks, and preparing charts for clinician review and sign-off.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechLondon, GB
Ali Mahomed(CEO)inAbhyuday Roychowdhury(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstTranspose Platform ManagementOverlook VenturesRock Yard Ventures
causaLens builds "Digital Knowledge Workers" — multi-agentic AI systems that automate repetitive enterprise knowledge workflows using causal reasoning, human-in-the-loop controls, and monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Darko Matovski, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investors3Comma CapitalBridford Investments (Bridford Group)IQ CapitalMolten VenturesStart CapitalAFG Partners
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Evolution AI builds AI models that combine computer vision and natural language processing to automatically extract and interpret data from documents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaS
Martin(Chief Scientist & CEO)Rafal(CTO)
Co-investorsCambridge Angels groupfirstminute capital
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Uses deep learning to drive facial analysis and generation technology.
Co-investorsBeast Ventures
FLOX provides an automated intelligence system for poultry producers that replaces manual weighing and delayed reporting with continuous flock tracking, instant alerts, and a daily dashboard.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech
Co-investorsLever VCMorado VenturesIlluminate Financial
GLEIF provides the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), a globally recognized identifier for legal entities engaged in financial transactions, along with the verifiable LEI (vLEI) for identity verification.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechLegalTech
Co-investorsTitanBlock
Hopsworks provides an AI Lakehouse platform that integrates data science, data engineering, and machine learning into a unified environment for building and deploying AI models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSPalo Alto, US
Jim Dowling(Founder)Seif Haridi(Founder)
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesIndustrifondenInventureInventureVendep Capital
Juno offers an at-home vaginal microbiome test paired with results, treatment plans, and support from OB-GYNs and researchers, aimed at helping people manage vaginal symptoms and infections.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerFemTechHealthtechLondon, GB
Hana Janebdar(CEO)inLeighton Turner(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstAda VenturesArtesianIllumina Accelerator
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Kiroku is an AI tool that turns dentists' voice recordings or click-through templates into structured, compliant dental clinical notes, and can also generate patient reports and referral letters.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSLondon, GB
Hannah Burrow(CEO)inJay Shah(CTO)in
Co-investorsCalm/Storm VCEntrepreneur First
Quantum Lens develops a quantum computing and AI platform for drug discovery that simulates molecular behavior at the atomic level to guide the design of novel drug candidates.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsAscensionBeresford VenturesCambridge Angels group
Limbic builds AI-powered tools for healthcare providers to deliver personalized mental health treatment, addressing the leading cause of disability worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechLondon, GB
Dr. Tobias HauserinRoss Harper(Founder)inSebastiaan de Vries(Founder)inScott Oslerin
BoardBruce ArmstronginAdina Teckluin
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstJoyance PartnersKhosla VenturesKreos Capital7percent VenturesGaingels+1 more
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Ntropy uses machine learning to process financial data, aiming to improve access to financial services.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechIdea London
Nare Vardanyan(Executive Officer, Director)Ilia Zintchenko(Founder)inNaré Vardanyan(Founder)
BoardAmias Gerety(Director)in
Co-investorsFabric VenturesQED InvestorsJanuary Ventures
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Ntropy provides transaction enrichment that adds context and structure to financial transaction data with low latency, helping with tasks such as risk assessment and underwriting.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
NumberEight builds AI-powered audience intelligence for digital advertising without relying on personal identifiers, serving publishers, ad platforms, and media agencies.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Abhishek Sen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAscensionCOREangelsNauta CapitalACF InvestorsAscension VenturesBeacon Capital
Plural is a developer-focused company building around Kubernetes and related technologies (Elixir, Go, React) to enable collaboration among developers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Samuel Weaver(Founder)inMichael Guarino(Founder)Sam Weaver(Founder)
Co-investorsIrregular ExpressionsMotive ForcePrimary Venture PartnersSignalFireAtomicoCompany Ventures+4 more
Plural builds custom AI agents for private markets — private debt, private equity, and banks — trained on financial reasoning to read complex documents and produce referenced, auditable outputs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Camille Rougie(CEO)inJaron Collis(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstSpeedinvest
Purple Dot provides inventory management software for eCommerce brands and retailers, addressing overstock and understock issues by enabling flexible selling of stock in warehouses, in transit, and pre-production.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSNew York, US
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesConnect VenturesMoxxie VenturesOpenOceanPaul ForsterUnusual Ventures
Purple Dot provides a platform that lets ecommerce retailers sell inventory on pre-order before stock arrives at the warehouse, keeping pre-orders separate from 3PL/WMS systems until stock lands.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
John Talbott(Founder)Madeline Parra(Founder)
Co-investorsMoxxie VenturesOlima VenturesUnusual VenturesOpenOcean
RoboK offers SiteLens®, an AI computer vision platform that analyzes existing CCTV footage to detect workplace hazards, monitor PPE compliance, identify near misses, and generate safety KPI and compliance reports.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersCambridge Angels groupEMV CapitalMartlet CapitalUniversity of Cambridge Enterprise
Sparkbox builds AI-driven planning tools for retail merchandising and buying teams, offering demand forecasting and optimisation of inventory, pricing, markdowns, promotions, and replenishment.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Terrabotics provides remote 3D terrain mapping, satellite and aerial image analytics, and digital elevation models for natural resource management, serving energy, mining, infrastructure, and environmental clients worldwide.
Climate TechDeep TechSpace TechLondon, GB
Gareth Morgan(Founder)in
Staines, GB
Imran Shafqat(Founder)
Co-investorsPuma Private EquitySuperSeedVinci BV
ThinkSono makes Guidance, an AI software that uses real-time guidance to help non-ultrasound-trained healthcare professionals perform compression ultrasound scans to detect deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at the point of care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, DE
Fouad Al-Noor(CEO)inSven Mischkewitz(CTO)in
Co-investorsBrandenburg KapitalCalm/Storm VCDubai Angel InvestorsEntrepreneur FirstCrowdcubeCur8 Capital+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
EYNmaxattaNumber 8ObserveOdin VisionRahko
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesJuno Bio · finsmes.com · Jul 17, 2026
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AI Seed made?
- AI Seed has 36 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does AI Seed invest at?
- AI Seed invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does AI Seed focus on?
- AI Seed focuses on AI & Machine Learning, SaaS.
- Where is AI Seed located?
- AI Seed is headquartered in London, GB.
- Who does AI Seed co-invest with?
- AI Seed most often shares deals with Entrepreneur First, Cambridge Angels group, Seedcamp, among 56 tracked co-investors.
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