The Venture Codex

Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

Luca offers a broad catalogue of high-quality curricular content across courses and subjects combined with AI tools designed to reduce teachers’ administrative time. The company emphasizes competitive pricing, operational excellence, transparent contracts and a strong customer experience. Coverage describes Luca as one of the fastest-growing edtech companies in Latin America and as a top-decile SaaS company at the Series A stage globally. Its product approach blends traditional learning elements with AI to enable individualized, scalable blended education that complements teachers. Financially, the company has raised over $13 million in total funding following the $8 million Series A. The article frames Luca’s strategy as long-term, aiming to build a durable company rather than chase a short-term trend.

Participated · Series D · Jul 2026

Fora operates a two-part platform that lets individuals become travel agents by providing infrastructure for client communication and trip planning, and allows travelers to find and communicate with advisors for occasions like honeymoons and family trips. Since launching, agents on Fora’s platform have booked more than $3 billion in travel, and the majority of its agent users are new to travel advising. The company offers an AI assistant called Via to handle administrative tasks such as research and itinerary building, aiming to increase agent productivity. Fora raised a $60 million Series D at a $1 billion valuation and has raised $138.5 million in total funding. It plans to use the new capital to expand Via, hire more staff, and grow into additional travel categories including cruises and flights. Founded in 2021, Fora continues to develop its marketplace and agent support tools.

Led · Seed · May 2026

Davis develops a platform that integrates regulatory, technical, and market data to generate feasibility studies, floor plans, and spatial layouts for early-stage real estate development. The company uses a generative modelling approach tailored to the built environment to produce structured architectural outputs rather than image-based results. Outputs produced by Davis are reviewed by human experts before delivery to clients. Davis has introduced Gaudi-1, its first proprietary model for automated architectural design under regulatory constraints. The company aims to reduce development timelines from months to days and to increase adoption among developers as it scales. Davis is led by founders Mehdi Rais and Amine Chraibi and recently closed a $5.5M pre-seed round to fund technology development, hiring, and operational expansion.

Led · Seed · Apr 2026

Spinnable AI develops autonomous AI coworkers designed to operate inside tools teams already use, including Slack, email platforms, Notion, GitHub, and CRM systems. The company aims for these AI agents to take on operational tasks such as coordinating schedules, managing communications, researching information, drafting documents, organizing data, tracking projects, and supporting customer interactions. Over time the agents are intended to learn organizational context and adapt to team preferences. Spinnable has rolled out its product to a limited group of early users and maintains a waitlist while refining its technology and onboarding processes. The founders are Vasco Pedro, Gil Coelho, and Fábio Kepler, and the company emphasizes a measured growth strategy focused on reliability and trust. The recent €2 million pre-seed raise will be used to scale engineering, deepen integrations, improve autonomy, and pilot deployments across Europe and North America.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

EGIDE designs electrically-propelled interceptors paired with Mystique, a hardware-agnostic software platform that uses distributed sensors and AI-driven detection to enable layered interception systems. The company emphasizes low-cost, scalable munition architectures that can be integrated across air, sea and ground missions and iterated rapidly against evolving threats. Founded in 2025 by former MBDA engineers Simon Calonne (GNC specialist) and Florian Audigier (pyrotechnical and warhead design), EGIDE aims to build a European leader in mass-affordable interceptors. The startup plans to accelerate engineering hires across propulsion, aerodynamics, warhead design and software engineering. Its stated ambition is to protect forces and critical infrastructure against large volumes of inexpensive and adaptable aerial systems. The recent €8M seed provides capital to advance interceptor design, production and the Mystique platform.