Maisa, a San Francisco, CA, and Valencia, Spain-based AI startup, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by NFX and Village Global, with participation from angel investors, a Sequoia scout, and DeepMind PM Lukas Haas.
NFX is a venture capital firm exclusively focused on pre-seed and seed-stage startups. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $5 million per check, targeting companies in the U.S., Israel, Latin America, and Europe. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco.
Village Global is a network-native venture capital firm with approximately $500 million in assets under management (AUM). The firm leads pre-seed and seed rounds across various industries. Also founded in 2017, Village Global is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Maisa Use of Funds
The funding will be used to develop and accelerate the go-to-market efforts further.
About Maisa
Founded in 2024 by David Villalón and Manuel Romero, Maisa has developed an agentic AI system that offers Chain-of-Work to prove the outcomes of the AI with full transparency and step-by-step traceability. Its agentic AI system, the Vinci Knowledge Processing Unit (KPU), is designed to autonomously pursue goals, adapt dynamically to changes, and make decisions without human intervention. Co-headquartered in San Francisco, USA, and Valencia, Spain, Maisa has already attracted early adopters, including a major international car manufacturer and an oil and gas company.
Funding Details
Company: Maisa Inc.
Raised: $5.0M
Round: Pre-Seed
Funding Date: December 2024
Lead Investors: NFX, Village Global
Additional Investors: Lukas Haas
Company Website: https://maisa.ai/
Software Category: AI System
Source: John Downes