Dragonfly Secures £2.6 Million Pre-Seed to Empower Businesses with Smarter Software Decisions

Dragonfly, the AI-powered tech companion that helps businesses identify and implement tailored software recommendations instantly, led by Sean King and Sven Sabas, has secured a £2.6 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1, joined by Dreamcraft and Portfolio Ventures, with angels including QuantumBlack founder and CTO Sam Bourton, and Bolt founder and CEO Markus Villig.

The software landscape has exploded, with hundreds of options for any task. AI and low-code tools accelerate innovation, but make evaluating security, reliability, and interoperability time-consuming. Expert guidance is costly, and keeping up with rapid change is nearly impossible.

Dragonfly makes solutions architect expertise instantly accessible, helping professionals and enterprises choose the right tech. Its AI leverages the world’s largest software catalogue, over 250,000 products from trusted sources, to match users with optimal tech stacks in seconds instead of months.

Dragonfly’s proprietary conversational AI is now publicly available, letting users skip outdated marketplaces and long demos. By simply asking questions, users receive ranked product recommendations with explanations—delivering the right solutions in seconds.

The tool handles both simple and complex queries, from “what’s the best project management software for a team of five that integrates with Google Calendar and has a free plan” to intricate requests like designing a secure, GDPR-compliant technology architecture for a new European financial product, recommending compatible tools, and visualizing how they work together in a single blueprint.

Starting in late 2025, Dragonfly will launch its enterprise platform, enabling organizations to map, manage, and optimize their tech stacks. Using ‘digital fingerprinting’ to capture a blueprint of each company’s system architecture, the platform delivers tailored insights and software recommendations aligned with their environment, goals, and growth stage.