Pre-Seed24 July 2023

Quench.ai secures £3.8m pre-seed investment from ten venture capital firms and angel investors to expand its team.

The pre-seed round was backed by investors including firstminute capital and Tuesday VC.

£3.8MPre-Seed

Quench.ai develops an artificial intelligence learning coach that helps professionals discover relevant content from an indexed video library. The London based firm addresses upskilling needs within the workplace.

Quench.ai has secured £3.8m in pre-seed funding from a group of ten venture capital firms and over fifty angel investors. The round includes backing from firstminute capital, Tuesday VC, and Ada Ventures, among others. The capital will be deployed to expand the company team from sixteen people to support product development, technical growth, and customer sales.

Founded by Onfido veteran Husayn Kassai, the startup deploys conversational artificial intelligence to index educational video content. The platform helps professionals locate specific segments within videos to support workplace upskilling. The fresh capital follows growing demand for corporate training solutions as companies seek timely returns on skills investments.

From the founder

"Building my first startup straight out of university and scaling it to a team of over 500, I knew we had to become an effective learning organization. Yet I couldn’t find a simple way to equip our teams with the learning opportunities they needed to continuously grow their skills, learn more, and move faster."

Husayn Kassai

Founder and CEO at Quench.ai

Investor perspective

"We’re proud to back Quench.ai and see the launch of its AI learning coach, which has the potential to revolutionize personalized learning and development. By leveraging AI’s power and scalability, Quench.ai offers targeted content at people’s fingertips, transforming how we learn. With such an experienced team, and impressive early product-market fit, Quench.ai is poised to address the evolving talent development and upskilling needs of companies today."