Participated · Seed · Aug 2026

Quantera Network is building an EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain engineered for the post-quantum era, emphasizing quantum-resistant transaction security and cryptographic flexibility. The project launched an incentivized testnet on August 4 that awards participants QP points through simple social and on-chain tasks and claims from a faucet. For the testnet, 18% of the future QTER token supply was set aside for participant rewards, and the program offers AURA token rewards with a deadline listed as TBA. The testnet includes features such as faucet claims, token transfers, social and Yap (Twitter/X) posting tasks, a leaderboard, and conditions to mint a Quantera Origin NFT. Quantera closed a $2.1M seed round backed by Split Capital, Arāya, Morningstar Ventures and Passion Capital. The articles do not disclose founding year, location, valuation, or detailed use of the seed proceeds.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Chiron operates a multi-condition AI platform designed to extend care beyond episodic clinic visits by creating continuous feedback loops between patients and providers. The company is expanding its platform into cardiometabolic health, gastrointestinal disorders, and women’s health. Chiron emphasizes an intelligent, integrated self-management layer that complements clinician care. The team is led by co-founder and CEO Carron Manning. Financially, the company recently raised a £900K seed round led by THENA Capital with participation from Arāya Ventures. The article does not disclose revenue, users, or prior funding rounds.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

BeatpulseLabs converts domain-specific human expertise and raw multimedia assets into structured, annotated, model-ready training datasets for multimodal AI. The company offers two integrated services: dataset preparation (cleaning, structuring, labelling, validating, enriching, and formatting speech, music, and video) and dataset provision of ready-made and custom rights-cleared datasets. Its datasets are positioned to support model training, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and evaluation to improve context awareness and reliability. BeatpulseLabs reported 10x revenue growth during the first half of 2026, indicating accelerating enterprise demand. The company was founded by Jason Rieff and Nikolay Vitanov. The new pre-seed funding will be used to expand the platform and scale the customer base.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Paypercut provides a full payments stack for online merchants across Central and Eastern Europe via a single integration, combining card payments, local payment methods, and multiple Buy Now Pay Later providers. Since its EUR 2M pre-seed in July 2025 the company has expanded to serve over 200 merchants across eight CEE markets and evolved from a BNPL aggregator into a full payments platform. Key product features include multi-currency settlement, onboarding fully online in days, payment links and QR payments, and an Express Checkout launching to enable one-tap Apple Pay and Google Pay flows. Paypercut operates through licensed and regulated partners across the EEA and has submitted its own EMI application with the Central Bank of Ireland, expecting authorisation in Q4 2026. The company is also developing stablecoin-based rails for high-volume non-euro corridors (starting with EUR-to-PLN and EUR-to-RON) and has a roadmap extending into treasury, FX, payouts, and embedded financial services.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

First Concepts builds an AI-native operating system for early-stage creative work that layers AI above existing tools to coordinate models through a shared context and "taste" framework. Its product centers on three components: a Creative DNA engine that learns individual and brand preferences, a unified interface that treats context as the central source of information, and a tool-agnostic infrastructure that connects creative tools while preserving coherence. The startup was founded by Conor Hoey, Polina Sali, and Marin Godechot and is based in London. It aims to turn creative context into a structured, compounding asset to reduce time spent rebuilding context across fragmented systems. The company raised $1M in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of its AI-native workspace. First Concepts targets creative teams and agencies that handle multiple pitches and need consistent idea and brand management across workflows.