ThatRound secures pre-seed funding led by Bradley Jones to expand AI matching.
The pre-seed round was led by founder Bradley Jones and backed by angels from Aligned Syndicate.
ThatRound is an early-stage fundraising marketplace connecting UK founders with investors through AI-assisted matching workflows. The platform brings structure and transparency to a process historically reliant on personal networks and cold outreach.
ThatRound has secured pre-seed funding in a round led by founder Bradley Jones, alongside twenty angel investors from Aligned Syndicate. The capital will support the expansion of the platform's AI matching capabilities, the development of its learning engine, and three new hires.
Launched in March 2025, the platform has processed more than 1,500 structured funding applications from over 500 founders. The fresh capital arrives as the business scales its team from a single operator to nine people in under a year.
From the founder
"More than 1,500 structured funding applications have gone through ThatRound’s matching workflow. Of the deals our AI engine surfaces to investors, two in three result in an intro request. And every single founder whose application doesn’t progress receives specific feedback on why — on fit, not a standard rejection. That second part shouldn’t feel remarkable, but in early-stage fundraising, it does. The fact that founders find that level of transparency unusual tells you everything about how the market has been working until now."
Matt Thomas
Co-Founder and COO at ThatRound
Use of funds
- 01Grow the team
- 02Continue product development
- 03Fund research and development
