The Venture Codex

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Shifters builds supervised autonomous ground robotic teams that enable operators to coordinate mission-configurable robots to enter, sense and operate in dangerous environments ahead of people. Its platform combines AI decision-making, mission orchestration and modular robotic systems designed with Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles, robust APIs and partner integration. The company has completed demonstrations of coordinated robotic entry and navigation capabilities with defense and security stakeholders. Reported use cases span defense and national security (reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, perimeter monitoring and high-risk mission preparation) as well as commercial applications like infrastructure inspections, agriculture, mining and search and rescue. Shifters is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and operates in the U.S., Middle East and Europe. Financially, the company has raised $10.2 million in this seed round, bringing total funding to $15 million to support AI development, manufacturing readiness and global expansion.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

EclecticIQ builds an analyst-centric, open and extendable cybersecurity platform that combines threat intelligence automation and collaboration with forensic endpoint visibility and threat detection and response. Founded in 2014 by Joep Gommers and Raymon van der Velde, the company helps governments, large enterprises, and service providers manage threat intelligence and create situational awareness. It extended into hunting and response after acquiring Polylogyx's endpoint technology in 2020. The company operates worldwide with teams and offices in Europe, the UK, North America and India and works through value-added partners. EclecticIQ plans to use recent financing to accelerate R&D, further develop its platform, and expand into new countries and sectors through sales and marketing investment. The articles position the firm as a scale-up addressing a rising global cyber threat landscape. EclecticIQ develops threat intelligence, hunting and response technology that helps large enterprises, service providers and governments manage threat intelligence and create situational awareness. The company extended its capabilities into hunting and response with the 2020 acquisition of Polylogyx’s endpoint technology. EclecticIQ intends to use new funding to expand its product portfolio with additional use cases and to promote an intelligence-led cybersecurity approach. Management plans to increase its global presence by extending commercial teams in Europe and the United States and establishing operations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. The company also aims to strengthen its global partner ecosystem. Founded in 2014, EclecticIQ operates globally with offices across Europe, North America and via certified value-add partners. EclecticIQ offers an analyst-centric suite of cyber threat intelligence products, including the EclecticIQ Platform (based on STIX/TAXII) and the EclecticIQ Fusion Center for acquiring thematic intelligence bundles. The company targets security professionals in threat intelligence, threat hunting, SOC, and incident response roles. It employs a team of about 60 across offices in Amsterdam, London, and Herndon (Virginia, USA). EclecticIQ intends to use its latest funding to accelerate workforce expansion and to broaden its portfolio of technologies and Fusion Center capabilities. Financially, the company has raised more than €20m to date following its latest round. Founded in 2014 by Joep Gommers and Raymon van der Velde, EclecticIQ continues to expand its product and service offerings for enterprise security operations. EclecticIQ provides a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) that enables operationalization of security information exchange, empowers collaborative analyst workflow and integrates cyber threat intelligence for detection, prevention and response. Led by CEO and founder Joep Gommers, the company mainly serves financial institutions and government agencies. It is based in Amsterdam and also maintains offices in London and Chișinău, Moldova. EclecticIQ secured a €5.5m Series A and has raised €6.5m in total (approx. $7.3m). The company said it will use the new funds to expand across sectors and geographies. No other operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Led · Series A · Sep 2021

Jscrambler is a client-side protection and compliance platform that combines polymorphic JavaScript obfuscation with fine‑grained third‑party tag protection to safeguard front‑end code in real time. Its product suite includes Code Integrity (first‑party JavaScript obfuscation and runtime protection) and Webpage Integrity (third‑party tag risk mitigation and PCI DSS v4 compliance support). The company positions itself to prevent digital skimming attacks and protect customer cardholder data, targeting merchants, retailers, airlines, media outlets, financial services firms and other enterprises. Jscrambler emphasizes scalability and ease of implementation for development and digital teams, enabling continuous monitoring and threat prevention on web applications. The company will use new funding to accelerate customers’ PCI DSS v4 compliance efforts ahead of the March 31, 2025 deadline and to continue research and solution innovation. Jscrambler is headquartered in Porto, Portugal and serves a diverse set of enterprise customers, including Fortune 500 companies. Jscrambler develops client-side security products that harden web applications against code theft, application abuse, piracy and data leakage. Its Code Integrity tool uses polymorphic obfuscation, code locks and self-defending capabilities to scramble web source code and make it hard to reverse-engineer. The company’s Webpage Integrity module detects malicious client-side behavior and enables rules that block web supply-chain attacks and Magecart-style skimming. Jscrambler plans to add integrated capabilities that let website owners protect the client-side, secure user data and improve compliance with GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA. The startup said it will use its new funding to strengthen and accelerate its product roadmap to meet expanding customer requirements. Founded in 2014, Jscrambler currently has 40 employees. Jscrambler builds security products that protect web and mobile applications, with a flagship product that the company describes as the world leader in JavaScript Application Security, making applications self-defensive and resilient to tampering and reverse-engineering on the client side. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Rui Ribeiro. Jscrambler serves more than 30,000 companies and individuals across 150 countries. The U.S. represents around 50% of its revenue. Clients include Silicon Valley companies in streaming, e-commerce and video games, as well as Fortune 500 firms in banking and healthcare. The company intends to use the new funds to expand its business and develop its product portfolio.