The London-based SaaS and fintech platform raised the funds from General Catalyst, Morpheus Ventures and Repeat to further develop its technology stack.
"Goodstack enables its customers to serve all stakeholders—employees, customers, and communities—by supporting nonprofits and charitable giving. The validation and trust that partners like LinkedIn and Canva have in Goodstack is a powerful testament to the company’s value, and combined with strong leadership, positions Goodstack well for continued success."
The oversubscribed round was led by Venrex with participation from 8VC, Form Ventures, and several venture scout funds.
"With the adoption of AI in creative tools, the amount of creative work is now growing by 30% a year. For example, last year, more photographs were generated than have ever been taken by human photographers. So, we’ve been asking ourselves ‘what infrastructure is going to be needed to manage this volume of work?’. One problem that doesn’t scale well is issue checking – there’s no Grammarly for creative work and to date this tedious work is still done by eye. Beyond issue checking, we believe AI provides creatives with insights akin to accessing a panel of experts. We see the role of AI as enabling people’s creative processes, not replacing them"
The Middlesbrough-based e-commerce platform has raised £2.8m from Mercia Ventures to expand its team and integrate new technology.
"Salesfire’s mission is to help retailers grow their e-commerce sites and drive revenue. Our new Salesfire AI technology will be revolutionary in giving them scope to identify more anonymous site traffic and opening up a whole new world of marketing and data opportunities. We are pleased to have the continued support of our investors in this latest round and really excited to be at the forefront of AI in e-commerce."
