George co-founded VentureFriends after working as an angel investor, associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and credit officer at the National Bank of Greece.
VentureFriends led the seed round with participation from Portfolion, Christian Szegedy, and Mario Götze.
"Software modernisation is rarely clean cut. In regulated environments, legacy and new systems often coexist for years, whilst the support burden grows as institutional knowledge thins out. This is a multi-trillion-dollar drag on enterprise IT. Kodesage’s living knowledge layer helps teams modernise legacy systems faster, resolve incidents and reduce repeat issues through powerful AI-assisted support."
VentureFriends, MMC Ventures, Lamda Development, and VGC backed the seed round, with the lead investor remaining undisclosed.
"Our mission has always been to eliminate the complexities of managing multiple systems and provide merchants with a single, unified checkout solution,"
The investment was backed by QED Investors, VentureFriends, InMotion Ventures, AlleyCorp, and u.ventures to accelerate market expansion.
"We are incredibly excited about this new investment. It’s a testament to the hard work of our team and the clear value we bring to car buyers by doing things differently."
The Series A round was led by QED Investors with participation from VentureFriends and InMotion Ventures.
"Used-car finance couldn’t be more ready for a fintech revolution. Consumers want the freedom to go shopping anywhere, knowing what they can spend, without sending off reams of forms and payslips."
The smart money app secured the initial funding target within eight hours from over 3700 participants.
"I want to thank our 3700 investors for joining Plum in its journey with this new round of crowdfunding. I am thrilled to see that our campaign has secured such good traction in a short amount of time and I am excited for what is yet to come."
