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AI Seed
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AI Seed is Europe's #1 specialist AI venture capital fund, investing exclusively in pure-play artificial intelligence and machine learning companies since 2017. The fund targets early-stage (pre-seed and seed) AI startups, deploying typically £100k per company in exchange for 5–10% equity, and often leads the seed round. AI Seed is run by a team of successfully exited founders who understand the unique needs of AI companies and provide specialist post-investment support — including access to world-class AI entrepreneurs, talent acquisition, introductions to commercial partners, and technical and operational scaling support. The fund is active in both the European and Silicon Valley AI startup ecosystems, offering unique international support to European AI startups seeking to expand into the US market.
Notable quotes
“We've been investing exclusively in AI since 2017, and we have the largest and best-performing portfolio of early-stage AI companies in Europe.”
“We understand the unique needs of AI companies, and we provide specialist support to help founders achieve their vision.”
Team
Jacques de Cock
Operations and Managing Partner
Steve Weis
Technical Analysis and Managing Partner
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9fin | Seed | — | 2019-07-28 |
| Hazy | Seed | $2m | 2018-08-01 |
| Odin Vision | Seed | — | — |
| Rahko | Seed | $2m | 2019-10-11 |
| Astroscreen | Seed | $1m | 2019-04-18 |
| Logical Clocks (Hopsworks) | Seed | $1m | 2018-11-20 |
| causaLens | Seed | — | 2019-04-01 |
| Aibuild | Seed | $395k | 2019-03-05 |
| Purple Dot | Seed | — | 2020-11-06 |
| PREDINA | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| UCL Technology Fund | 2 |
| London Co-Investment Fund | 2 |
| Startup Funding Club (SFC Capital) | 2 |
| Speedinvest | 1 |
| Frontline Ventures | 1 |
| Fly Ventures | 1 |
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