Dragonfly raises £2.6m in pre-seed funding led by Episode 1 to accelerate software discovery.
Episode 1 led the pre-seed round for the software discovery platform alongside Dreamcraft and Portfolio Ventures.
Dragonfly provides a software discovery platform that helps businesses navigate technology choices using conversational artificial intelligence. The firm catalogues hundreds of thousands of digital tools to assist organisations in building their technical stacks.
London-based software discovery platform Dragonfly has secured £2.6m in pre-seed funding. The investment round was led by Episode 1, with participation from Dreamcraft and Portfolio Ventures, alongside several angel investors including QuantumBlack founder and CTO Sam Bourton and Bolt founder and CEO Markus Villig.
Established in December 2024 by Zego alumni Sean King and Sven Sabas, Dragonfly uses conversational artificial intelligence to help firms sift through a vast catalogue of software tools. The fresh capital will be directed towards product development and expanding the team as the company rolls out its new technology.
From the founder
"We’ve spent our careers building startups, and we learned firsthand that a company’s success is tied to the technology it chooses. These decisions can make or break products, and often shape the long-term fate of an entire business. As seasoned engineering and data leaders, we’ve built tech infrastructure from the ground up, making tough, high-stakes calls along the way. We didn’t always get things right. Tech moves quickly, but there’s a lack of reliable, up-to-date guidance to make these critical decisions. That gap revealed a huge opportunity for us to help organisations unlock their true potential and embrace modern tools with confidence in the age of AI. We’re building Dragonfly to be the technology companion we always wished we had – one that empowers every company to make faster, better choices about the software they use to build and scale."
Sven Sabas
Co-founder at Dragonfly
Investor perspective
"Before Dragonfly, it was almost impossible to gather enough context about software tools to truly understand their capabilities, and whether they fit seamlessly within an existing stack. By solving this critical problem, made even more urgent with the rapid adoption of AI, Dragonfly has the potential to make every company on the planet operate more effectively."
Hector Mason
General Partner, Episode 1
Use of funds
- 01Continue product development
- 02Grow the team
