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Procure AI , the world’s first AI native Procurement Automation Platform, led by Konstantin von Büren, Yves Bauer, and Francesco Peroni, has secured  $13 million in seed funding led by Headline , with participation from C4 Ventures  and Futury Capital , as well as other notable angel investors from within the procurement industry. Procurement teams are under pressure to do more with less. Operational complexity affects 47% of B2B buyers, while 90% of companies cite limited he

Helio AI , an AI-powered recruiting platform with ATS and a gamified personality test, led by Iako Jikia , Nini Mosiashvili , Natia Kukhilava , and Sulkhan Sakhvadze , has secured a $1M seed round led by SABAH.fund , joined by  DOMiNO Ventures , Axiom, Tetrad VC , and Angel investor Bas Godska. The new funding will support global expansion of Helio’s AI Recruiting Agent, enhance product capabilities, and transform hiring processes in fast-growing markets. Helio AI pairs an in

Kovant , an enterprise-grade AI agent executing operations autonomously, led by Ali Sarrafi, Dror Asaf, and Somil Gupta, has raised €1.5 million pre-seed capital led by Stockholm-based VC firm  J12 Ventures , with participation from  Ampli ,  Greens Ventures , and angel investors from tech veterans to industry leaders, including  Sara Öhrvall , board member at Axfood, Investor AB,  Verisure, and an angel investor, who will also be joining the Kovant board, and  Emmanuel Marti

Gosta Labs , an AI Operating System reducing administrative work and bringing clarity to complex clinical data, led by Lauri Sippola, Henri Viertolahti, Lionel Hadjadjeba, and others, has secured an oversubscribed €7.5 million seed round led by Voima Ventures , with participation from COR Group, the Aho family , and both existing and new investors, including Reaktor and a group of notable angel investors. Cancer care is becoming increasingly complex, with more than 35 million

Cerrion , a Switzerland-based AI video agent platform enabling real-time detection and resolution of production line disruptions, led by Karim Saleh and Dr. Nikolay Kobyshev, has raised  $18 million in Series A led by Creandum , with participation from existing investors Y Combinator , Goat Capital , 10x Founders  and Session VC , alongside prominent angels including Harry Stebbings (20VC), Oskar Hjertonsson, Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face) and Garret Langley (Flock Safety). Facto

Momentic , an automated testing platform built to help teams scale coverage, eliminate flaky tests, and ship with confidence, led by Wei-Wei Wu and Jeff An, has secured  a $15 million Series A led by Standard Capital , with participation from Dropbox Ventures  and existing investors Y Combinator , FCVC , Transpose Platform , and Karman Ventures . For years, automated testing has been promoted as the end of manual QA, with each new framework promising “write once, run forever”

Sortera , the market-leading aluminum sorting company with an upcycling platform powered by artificial intelligence, data analytics, and advanced sensors, led by Michael Siemer, Curt Sacks, Benjamin Pope, Dr. Nalin Kumar, and others, announced  the close of $45 million in funding led by accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates  and VXI Capital , with participation from Yamaha Motor Ventures  and Overlay Capital , with an additional equipment funding from Trinity Capital .