Felicis led the round with participation from Sequoia and the Westly Group to support workflow expansion and research.
"Supply chains are the least glamorous part of the economy, yet the most consequential, deciding what gets built and what does not. That’s also what makes them so hard to automate. Getting an agent to understand a manufacturer’s complex systems well enough to take action inside them is no small feat, which is why we haven’t seen anyone else build autonomous AI workers for the physical economy."
HERmesa led the pre-seed round, which includes backing from multiple institutional investors and Innovate UK grants.
"When only a small minority can deliver best practice, the problem isn’t effort. It’s design. I brought what I was seeing in practice, and I brought the evidence that already existed but simply wasn’t being used consistently. Peripear exists because the standard of care couldn’t possibly be the best we could do,"
The financing round was led by The FSE Group with backing from new and existing angel investors.
"This funding marks an important step in commercialising our Flip product platform and validating new assays with strategic partners across sectors where rapid, decentralised testing can make a meaningful difference,. Built on years of scientific and engineering development, Flip is designed to give researchers faster, simpler tools for detecting pathogens and contaminants, helping to prevent disease and protect products, biological processes and the environment."
Air Street Capital led the Series A round with participation from Madrona and Antler.
"The next leap in hiring will not come from better searches over the same resumes or more automated outreach. It will come from putting an agent on both sides of the table and making the introduction only when both sides would take the call"
