14 deals: UK's Ralio payments, Engramme $100M brain memory, OpenAI
acquires Hiro, Nesto €11M hospitality HR
💰 14 AI deals - a quiet day - profiled below by category.
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🇬🇧 Featured: London's Ralio €2.1M - payments platform purpose-built for AI agents.
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🧠 Engramme targets $100M to build large models that mimic how brain retrieves information.
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🤝 OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance - folding its AI planning tools into OpenAI directly.
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📉 OpenAI investors question $852B valuation as strategy continues to shift — rare internal tension.
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🏨 Germany's Nesto €11M to automate scheduling, HR workflows, and payroll for the hospitality industry.
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Featured Deal
Ralio
🇬🇧
$2.268M
Ralio, a
London-based
fintech startup,
has raised €2.1
million ($2.5
million) in a
pre-seed funding
round led by Sure
Valley Ventures.
The funding will
support the
development of a
payments platform
designed for AI
agents, addressing
the gap between
traditional
payment systems
and the needs of
AI-driven
transactions. The
platform enhances
security with
identity
verification and
audit trails,
enabling safe
execution of
payments. The
round was
oversubscribed
within three
months of
founding,
highlighting
strong investor
confidence.
Investors: Sure
Valley Ventures
AI Hosting Infrastructure
Vertiv
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Vertiv Acquires BMarko
Structures To Expand AI
Infrastructure
Manufacturing Capabilities
Customer Support
Caylent
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
Caylent Acquires Pronetx
To Expand AI-Driven
Customer Experience
Capabilities
Defense & Security
Biomx
🇮🇱
Undisclosed
BiomX: Acquisition Of
Zorronet Expands Into
AI-Driven Defense And
Security Command Systems
Financial Services &
Wealth Management
Hiro
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
OpenAI has acquired
personal finance startup
Hiro Finance, which
offered AI-powered
financial planning tools.
The startup was backed by
notable investors
including Ribbit, General
Catalyst, and Restive.
Although the terms of the
acquisition were not
disclosed, Hiro will cease
operations...
Investors: Ribbit, General
Catalyst, Restive
HR
Nesto
🇩🇪
$11.88M
Nesto, a Karlsruhe-based
startup, has raised €11
million in growth equity
funding from Expedition
Growth Capital to enhance
its AI-driven workforce
management platform for
the hospitality industry.
Founded in 2017, Nesto
automates scheduling, HR
workflows, and payroll
preparation, addressing
labor...
Investors: Expedition
Growth Capital
Large Language Models
Memory
Engramme
🇺🇸
$100M
Engramme, a startup
founded by Gabriel Kreiman
and Spandan Madan in 2025,
is seeking to raise $100
million to develop large
memory models that mimic
human brain functions for
information storage and
retrieval. The company
previously raised $3
million in...
Investors: Mayfield Fund
Other AI Category
Convelio
🇫🇷
Undisclosed
Convelio, a tech-driven
fine art logistics
company, has raised a
Series C funding round led
by a prominent French
entrepreneurial family,
alongside existing
investors Forestay, Mundi
Ventures, and Acton
Capital. The funding aims
to enhance its AI-powered
logistics and
collections...
Investors: French
entrepreneurial family,
Forestay, Mundi Ventures,
Acton Capital
Sportsbox AI
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
A group of investors led
by Bryson DeChambeau has
acquired Sportsbox AI, a
company specializing in
kinematic AI and 3D motion
capture technology for
sports training. The
acquisition includes the
introduction of Sportsbox
AI Motion Intelligence
(SAMI), a next-generation
AI...
Investors: Bryson
DeChambeau
Payments
Ralio
🇬🇧
$2.268M
Ralio, a London-based
fintech startup, has
raised €2.1 million ($2.5
million) in a pre-seed
funding round led by Sure
Valley Ventures. The
funding will support the
development of a payments
platform designed for AI
agents, addressing the gap
between traditional...
Investors: Sure Valley
Ventures
Sales and Marketing
Zell
🇩🇪
$0.54M
Zell, a Berlin-based AI
startup, has secured
€500,000 in funding to
enhance its sales
management automation
platform. The round was
co-led by P3 Ventures,
Skydeck Europe, and
others, addressing the
challenge of effectively
training and managing
sales teams. Zell's
platform...
Investors: P3 Ventures,
Skydeck Europe
Supply Chain
Maeconomy
🇳🇱
$1.62M
maeconomy, a Dutch startup
focused on creating
financial infrastructure
for the circular economy,
has raised €1.5 million to
enhance its market
infrastructure. The
funding round was led by
Lumo Labs, with
participation from LIOF.
The company's platform
addresses inefficiencies
in...
Investors: Lumo Labs, LIOF
Stg
🇺🇸
Undisclosed
STG: Acquisition Of
Carrier Logistics To
Advance AI-Driven
Transportation Management
Platform
Travel
Staynex
🇸🇬
$13.824M
Staynex, a Singapore-based
AI-driven web3 travel
platform, has acquired
Zug-based hotel booking
technology company
Sleap.io for €12.8 million
($15 million). This
acquisition integrates
Sleap’s booking platform
and team into Staynex,
enhancing its
token-enabled loyalty
ecosystem and European
market presence. The...
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