Lovable, a Stockholm, Sweden-based platform that enables anyone to create software, has secured $7.5 million in a pre-seed funding round.
The company also launched its beta product, GPT Engineer, an AI coding tool that generates production-ready code in real time.
Investors
The round was led by Hummingbird and byFounders, along with notable contributions from DeepMind angel operators, AI founders, and investors like Mattias Miksche, Bjarke Klinge Staun, Siavash Ghorbani (Shopify), Fredrik Hjelm (Voi), and Creandum co-founder Stefan Lindeberg.
Founded in 2010, Hummingbird Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital fund backing outlier founders. Based in Antwerp, Belgium, it was founded in 2010.
byFounders is a community-powered early-stage venture fund investing in globally ambitious teams connected to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Lovable Use of Funds
The company will use the funds to attract top European talent, enhance computing resources, and refine data collection processes.
About Lovable
Founded by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin, Lovable is developing autonomous software engineers powered by large multimodal models, designed to enable anyone to create, deploy, and refine software independently. The company’s platform has generated significant interest, with over 27,000 individuals on the waitlist and 52,000 GitHub stars for its open-source Command Line Interface (CLI) version.
Funding Details
Company: Lovable
Raised: $7.5M
Round: Pre-Seed
Funding Date: October 2024
Lead Investors: Hummingbird, byFounders
Additional Investors: DeepMind angel operators, AI founders, Mattias Miksche, Bjarke Klinge Staun, Siavash Ghorbani, Fredrik Hjelm, Stefan Lindeberg
Company Website: https://lovable.dev/
Software Category: Software Development
Source: https://siliconcanals.com/lovable-secures-e6-8m-launches-gpt-engineer/