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The Latest Stories from SVV and our Portfolio Companies.
ManaMind Secures $1.5 Million to Build the Autonomous Testing Layer for Gaming
ManaMind, the autonomous game testing company, has closed a $1.5 million pre-seed round led by AI specialist VC SVV (Sure Valley Ventures).
Audrey AI Raises $1.8m (€1.5m) to Scale AI Platform for Financial Auditing
Audrey AI, the Dublin-based startup building AI purpose-built for financial auditors, has closed a $1.8 million pre-seed funding round led by SVV.
Ralio Raises $2.5M In Europe’s Largest Agentic Payments Funding Round
Ralio, the payments platform for AI agents, has announced a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round. The investment marks the largest agentic payments round in Europe to date.
Captur Raises $6M US Seed Round to Solve AI's Last-Mile Problem
Captur, AI infra for enterprise mobile-apps that instantly verifies user-submitted photos for accuracy, has announced a $6 million US seed round led by Rally Ventures, with participation from SVV (Sure Valley Ventures).
Mirror Partners with NVIDIA to Bring Encrypted AI to Regulated Sectors
Mirror is moving encrypted AI from research theory into full production deployment with Nvidia - the leading AI infrastructure provider - processing sensitive information without ever decrypting it.
Overpath Raises €1.6M to Build the AI Sales Execution Layer for Revenue Teams
Overpath, the AI sales execution platform for revenue teams, announced it has raised €1.6 million in preseed funding. The round was led by Elkstone Ventures, with participation from AI Specialist Investor, SVV.
(Closed) Investment Analyst Role - London - SVV - Sure Valley Ventures
We’re looking for an Investment Analyst to join our London team and play a central role in our origination function. This is a front-line role: you’ll be our eyes and ears in the London startup ecosystem, finding the founders we should be backing.
Vizgard - a UK leader in AI security - selected by the prestigious NATO Tech Alliance
Vizgard, the AI visual autonomy company, has been selected for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic 2026 cohort — one of the most competitive defence tech programmes in the world.
Mirror Security Raises $2.5M to Scale Its Breakthrough Encryption Platform for AI Security
Mirror Security, a cybersecurity company spun out of University College Dublin, has raised $2.5 million funding to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI Security. The round was led by SVV and Atlantic Bridge.
Oxford AI Startup Astut Raises £1.6m to Solve Unprecedented Crises Without Historical Data
Astut, the AI spinout from the University of Oxford’s mathematics department, has announced growth investment co-led by SVV and East X Ventures to help organisations navigate unprecedented crises.
SVV Leads Investment in Elelem: Pioneering the Future of Brand Visibility in AI-First Search
SVV has invested in Elelem, a category-defining Generative Search Analytics platform that's reimagining how brands navigate and dominate the seismic shift from traditional search to AI-powered discovery.
Literal Labs raises £4.6M round to develop energy-efficient logic-based AI worldwide
Literal Labs, the logic-based AI algorithm company led by ex-Arm VP Noel Hurley, today announces that it has raised £4.6M ($6.2M USD) in pre-seed funding to develop fast, efficient, and explainable AI.
Momntum Launches Next-Generation Customer Relationship Platform, Eyes Global Market Growth
Momntum, the pioneering fully integrated AI Customer Relationship Platform, today announced its official launch, introducing a breakthrough technology set to transform how businesses engage with customers at scale.
Capably, the Intelligent Automation Platform, Raises $4M to Lead the Next Wave of Agentic AI Automation
Capably, the Intelligent Automation platform, has raised $4 million from Boost, Concept & SVV to help businesses delegate work to AI across their organizations.
Inephany raises $2.2M pre-seed round to automate and optimise AI model training
Inephany has announced a $2.2M pre-seed funding round to accelerate development of its AI-powered optimisation platform, which promises to revolutionise how neural networks—including Large Language Models (LLMs)—are trained and fine-tuned.