The London-based AI start-up exceeded its target in an oversubscribed round backed by angel syndicates and customer-investors.
"Community has always been at the heart of LaunchLemonade. During this pre-seed cycle, that community compounded trust and carried our story and helped us show what LaunchLemonade can offer in the AI space."
The Series A round was led by Blackbird Ventures and will support international expansion and product development.
"Trades businesses are overwhelmed by calls, emails, and admin – and that friction directly costs them revenue. We’re building AI agents that work like effective front-office staff: answering every call, booking every job, and integrating deeply into the systems trades already use."
The pre-seed funding will be used to scale the platform and expand solution offerings.
"We’re so pleased to have the backing of mission-aligned investors that really believe in our team and our plan. The commercial case for swapping unsustainable items and processes for a better way of doing things grows stronger every day, and we’re well-placed to help organisations act fast."
Five Elms Capital led the Series A round to support international growth and AI product development.
"Spa and leisure operators are facing increasingly complex operations, payments, and guest-experience challenges. Legacy systems simply haven’t kept up. We built Trybe to give operators a flexible, modern operating system that maximizes revenue, reduces friction, and unlocks exceptional guest experiences. As we look ahead, we see meaningful opportunities to introduce AI-assisted scheduling, forecasting, and personalization into the platform, capabilities that will further streamline operations and capture revenue previously lost to manual inefficiencies. Partnering with Five Elms allows us to accelerate this roadmap and deliver even more value to our customers."
SFC Capital has backed the pre seed round to support product development and customer deployments.
"We’re pleased to back iMaintain as they address a fundamental challenge in manufacturing, capturing and scaling the knowledge that keeps factories running. The team has a strong understanding of the sector and a clear, practical vision for how technology and AI can deliver real operational value."