Redactive AI, an Australia-based artificial intelligence engineering and security development startup, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by Felicis Ventures and Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and Zapier.
Founded in 2006, Felicis is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, investing across industries and stages. They support founders building iconic companies, having backed over 40 companies valued at $1B+ and over 90 that have been acquired or gone public.
Blackbird is a venture capital fund in Australia and New Zealand, investing in diverse technologies with ambitious goals. They manage over $7 billion and have a portfolio of over 100 successful startups.
Redactive AI Use of Funds
The company will use the funds to expand its team, enhance marketing efforts, and venture into the U.S. market.
About Redactive AI
Founded in 2023 by Andrew Pankevicius and Alexander Valente, Redactive is building a developer platform to address AI engineering and security challenges in enterprise software teams. Their platform simplifies the creation of secure, permissions-aware generative AI agents and applications. Its platform offers an API for data syncing, document chunking, embedding models, vector stores, and live permissioned data fetching. It enables software teams to build custom AI-enabled features that meet stringent security and privacy requirements.
Funding Details
Company: Redactive Software Pty. Ltd.
Raised: $7.5M
Round: Seed Round
Funding Month: July 2024
Lead Investors: Felicis Ventures, Blackbird Ventures
Additional Investors: Atlassian Ventures, Zapier
Company Website: https://www.redactive.ai/
Software Category: AI Engineering and Security Development
Source: https://siliconangle.com/2024/07/02/australian-ai-development-startup-redactive-raises-7-5m-expansion-headcount-growth/