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Portfolio
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AgileRL
AgileRL accelerates reinforcement learning for artificial intelligence training.
AimBrain
AimBrain develops biometric authentication technology for financial services.
Briefcase
Briefcase builds artificial intelligence software to automate complex accounting tasks.
Chattermill
Chattermill builds a machine learning platform for analysing customer feedback.
CloudNC
CloudNC builds software that automates programming for precision manufacturing.
Cordless
Cordless provides AI-driven conversation intelligence telephony software for customer support teams.
Cosmos Video
Cosmos Video provides virtual browser-based venues that mimic real-world interactions for remote teams and communities.
Credit Kudos
Challenger credit bureau using open banking to transform credit assessment.
Crypto Quantique
Crypto Quantique develops quantum driven cybersecurity technology for internet of things networks.
Dishpatch
Dishpatch operates a finish-at-home meal kit platform connecting independent restaurants with diners across the UK.
Flexciton
Flexciton develops optimisation technology that improves the efficiency and productivity of semiconductor manufacturing processes.
Hadean
Hadean builds scalable infrastructure solutions for the metaverse and spatial computing.
Jack & Jill AI
Jack & Jill AI builds autonomous software agents to automate recruitment.
Level Zero Health
Level Zero Health develops wearable technology for continuous hormone monitoring.
LottieLab
LottieLab provides a browser-based motion design platform for digital creators.
Magdrive
Magdrive develops advanced plasma thruster technology for the space industry.
Mimica
Mimica provides process intelligence technology that maps real world workflows to train enterprise AI agents.
Mobilus Labs
Mobilus Labs builds bone conduction voice communication devices for industrial workers.
Nodes & Links
Nodes & Links builds an artificial intelligence platform for construction projects.
Nosso
A family finance platform helping parents invest and plan for their children's financial futures.
Novoic
Novoic develops speech-based artificial intelligence algorithms for early neurological disease detection.
Omnipresent
Omnipresent provides a SaaS-based global employment platform that helps businesses build and manage international teams compliantly.
Opply
Opply provides an automated end-to-end supply chain platform for consumer brands and suppliers.
Papercup
Papercup provides AI video and audio dubbing services featuring expressive synthetic voices.
PassFort
PassFort builds regulatory technology software that automates compliance and onboarding for financial institutions.
PolyAI
PolyAI builds advanced voice assistants for enterprise customer service.
Proportunity
Proportunity offers equity loans to help home buyers bridge affordability gaps.
Qualis Flow
Qualis Flow provides construction teams with data to manage sustainability and quality on site.
Round Financial
Round Financial builds banking and treasury software for startups and scaling businesses.
Seamflow
Seamflow provides software to automate and accelerate certification processes for industrial and medical markets.
Spotted Zebra
Spotted Zebra provides a workforce management platform that helps enterprises identify and resolve skills gaps.
TORTUS
TORTUS builds generative artificial intelligence assistants to automate clinical documentation and administrative tasks for doctors.
The Lowdown
A digital health platform providing contraception reviews, expert consultations, and community support for women.
Thymia
Thymia builds video game-inspired tools to assess and track depression objectively.
Tracelight
Tracelight develops an artificial intelligence plug-in for Excel-based financial modelling.
Tuza
Tuza offers a payment processing comparison platform for small businesses.
Vatic
Vatic develops at-home diagnostic tests that identify infectious viruses using saliva samples.
Vine Health
Vine Health provides a digital platform that helps cancer patients manage their care and treatments.
Vitt
Vitt offers revenue-based financing for software startups.
Wexler AI
Wexler AI operates an artificial intelligence platform for legal fact intelligence and dispute resolution.
Worldover
Regulatory compliance software for cosmetic brands.
nPlan
nPlan provides predictive artificial intelligence software to forecast and mitigate risks in global construction and infrastructure projects.
Matt Clifford
Co-founder
Matt brings venture building and public sector experience from roles at Entrepreneurs First, the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and 10 Downing Street. He also chairs the Advanced Research and Invention Agency and co-founded Code First: Girls.
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Alice Bentinck
Co-founder
Alice is chief executive officer at Entrepreneurs First and co-founder of Code First Girls. She has also served on investment and liaison boards at Imperial College London.
LinkedInNimble Ventures led the financing round with participation from Lockheed Martin's fund, Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, and LM Ventures.
"Quoting is one of the biggest hidden bottlenecks in precision machining: move too slowly, and shops can lose the opportunity, or price inaccurately and they can lose margin once the job reaches production,"
The seed round was co-led by Northzone and Initialized Capital to help expand the team and enhance product capabilities.
"We plan to expand our team, enhance our product capabilities, and support a growing number of TIC organisations globally."
Fusion Fund led the seed round, which will fund a new San Francisco office and team expansion.
"Arena has significantly streamlined our RL development workflow, making training and deploying agents a breeze. The platform’s hyperparameter tuning capabilities have dramatically accelerated our experimentation and improved the performance of our models."
The London-based recruitment startup has secured backing from Creandum, Dig Ventures, and a roster of angel investors.
The seed round was led by Chalfen Ventures and will support product development and team expansion.
"Complex financial models underpin all of the corporate world’s most important decisions. Until now, LLMs have barely touched this workflow. Tracelight is purpose-built for this; it works seamlessly inside the tools analysts already trust. Our aim is to take away the entire mechanical workload of financial modelling. Our users act as directors and orchestrators of AI that is quickly becoming superhuman at the task of Excel analysis."
