The private investment will support the company as it scales its privacy-first meeting management tools internationally.
"The challenge of balancing productivity with privacy has never been greater, especially for professionals in law, government, and accounting. Ulla was created to give these professionals the power of cutting-edge AI while ensuring their most sensitive data remains under their control. Unlike traditional AI solutions, which rely on third-party services, Ulla processes everything locally, empowering users to confidently manage their meeting data without compromising security. Our mission is simple — to provide a privacy-first solution that not only enhances operational efficiency but also ensures complete data confidentiality at every step."
Twin Path Ventures led the seed financing for the Belfast biotechnology firm to accelerate its preclinical discovery programmes.
"Ten years ago, I began combining financial modeling expertise with computational biology to create a drug discovery platform. Evolution has spent billions of years perfecting natural defense mechanisms, and now we’re using AI to unlock this wisdom. This isn’t just professional for me; my father died from a drug-resistant infection our healthcare system couldn’t treat. At Queen’s, I built AMPLY to tackle deadly diseases differently, creating technology that will save lives when current treatments fail."
The funding round was led by Dynamo Ventures to support international expansion and product development.
"For as long as humans have existed, so has our desire to sail the open water. It’s no surprise then that maritime—one of the world’s oldest industries—still relies on some outdated practices,"
Fuel Ventures led the pre-seed round to support product development and international growth.
"AVIEL is tackling one of the biggest challenges facing banks and payment service providers today. The team has found a completely unique angle – using intelligence, not just analytics, to stop scams at the source. Their approach is bold, focused and scalable, and we’re excited to back them at this critical stage."
The seed round was led by GapMinder to support product development and team expansion.
"We’re incredibly excited to back the team at Etiq as they build a foundational layer for responsible and scalable AI. With the surge in AI agent usage and machine learning-driven applications, there’s an urgent need for robust tools that help developers monitor, debug, and improve model behavior in real time. Etiq’s technology does exactly that—empowering teams to surface hidden biases, identify edge cases, and continuously improve ML performance. The founders bring a rare combination of technical depth and product vision, and we have strong conviction in their vision to become a category-defining company in the AI tooling space."
