Fuel Ventures and Oxford Capital co-led the pre-seed round to accelerate product development for the technology firm.
"AI-powered bots and agents are a powerful tool but they also pose a growing threat. These AI agents give people superhuman powers to shape narratives, manipulate systems, and undermine trust at scale. At Egregious, we’re building a defense line for humanity. With Oxford Capital and Fuel Ventures behind us, we’re ready to face these global challenges head-on and redefine how we combat AI-driven deception."
The Belfast based water management software company raised the capital from YFM Equity Partners and Emerald Technology Ventures to double its workforce and expand abroad.
"This significant investment represents a transformative step in our company’s journey, fuelling our expansion and creating exciting opportunities for Northern Ireland’s job market. We’re thrilled to announce new positions spanning sales and marketing roles to drive our global reach, alongside cutting-edge technical roles that will shape the future of our smart technology as we advance our innovative product roadmap."
The seed round was led by Notion Capital with backing from Redstone and angel investors.
"We are incredibly excited to have the support of such highly respected Fintech investors as we enter this next phase of growth. This investment is a testament to the progress we’ve made, working with forward-thinking clients across multiple sectors within the UK workforce. But we are just getting started; Aslan will fundamentally change the way that we all get paid, and how companies reward their people."
Sure Valley Ventures led the seed round to help the artificial intelligence company expand its engineering and business development capabilities.
"Vizgard is tackling the growing need for time-critical visual intelligence and precision camera automation in security and defence solutions. Their technology addresses important AI reliability concerns through a robust ‘systems approach’, identifying threats that would have been missed and allowing stronger performance in new environments. With the rapidly growing demand for AI in Defence and Security, and the team’s deep domain expertise, we believe Vizgard has the potential to become a global leader in AI vision automation."
The Series C round was led by Highland Europe with participation from ETFS Capital to support product development and team expansion.
"Financial advice is a heavily regulated space and it is difficult for fintech platforms to break through unless they truly understand how to manage and enable operations for their customers. For the past six years, we have been building Fundment as the all-in-one tech platform to support a financial advice firm’s every need so they can dedicate more time to delivering value to customers. We now have over 500 firms relying on Fundment, but we’re still in the early stages of our journey. I’m delighted to have the backing of Highland Europe and look forward to working with the knowledgeable team there as we scale Fundment."
