SVV (Sure Valley Ventures)

Investing in cutting-edge AI software across the UK & Ireland 🚀

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫We’ve just launched our new brand identity and website at https://t.co/Id2cqUBQHM.

Since 2017 SVV has backed technically strong founders building breakthrough AI tech. Check out our new site & hear from some of our founders: @VIZGARD_AI @StylusEducation & Phinxt Robotics

[CameraMatics @CameraMatics]

Today marks a defining milestone for CameraMatics as we announce a Series B growth investment of up to €49m from Blume Equity, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and Goodbody Capital Partners.

Read the full announcement in the @IrishTimesBiz
https://t.co/ts9XOeG9MY

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 @CameraMatics just closed up to €49m in funding from Blume Equity, ISIF & Goodbody.

The deal allows us to realise our initial capital while, most importantly, remaining invested as long-term shareholders 🙌
https://t.co/1RauPYcvzz

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 Excited to back ManaMind - transforming game testing by replacing repetitive manual Quality Assurance with autonomous AI agents.

Proud to lead their pre-seed round, joined by EWOR, Ascension, HEARTFELTvc & @SyndicateRoom.
https://t.co/rJaZnY1yrS

[Tech Funding News @TFNBreakingNews]

📈 ManaMind has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round.
https://t.co/k1acJ5Qrgh @SureValley, EWOR, Ascension, @SyndicateRoom, and @heartfelt_vc invested.
#ai #aiagents #uktech #london #news #technology #vcfunding #startups #innovation #investment

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

Thrilled to lead Ralio's $2.5M pre-seed round - Europe's largest agentic payments funding round 💫

Proud to back them alongside @LoveVenturesVC @PlugandPlayTC & @AntlerGlobal. Read more in @UKTNofficial below👇
https://t.co/XmvDRHM7p0

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

🎉 Proud to back Captur as they close a $6 million US seed round led by @rallyvc with continued participation from @SureValley.

Congratulations to Charlotte Bax & the Captur team!
https://t.co/wE9WqZMVOJ

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 Who can build the best AI Agents in 2 hours - founders or VCs?

Join the SVV team at @ormeau_labs on 4 March for Founders vs VCs: a fast, slightly chaotic build sprint.

Teams of two. 120 minutes. Ship something real.
🎟️ https://t.co/57qcHlx2Kd

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

Great to see Astut named by @PreSeedNow as one of the most exciting startups of the past 12 months.

SVV backed Astut alongside East X Venture & @UKI2S in 2025. More 👇
https://t.co/sjzsnSUmVj

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 We're delighted to back @overpathai - an AI sales execution platform - helping GTM leaders surface execution risk early and reinforce the right behaviours mid-deal.
https://t.co/M7SZ1rFgQF

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

📣 Proud to share that @SureValley portfolio company @VIZGARD_AI has been chosen for @NATO 2026 - one of the most competitive defence tech programmes globally - selected from almost 4,000 applicants.

🔗 https://t.co/XKYRsjTdEI

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 @Mirror_Security is solving one of the most urgent problems in AI adoption - allowing AI systems to process sensitive data while keeping it completely encrypted.

We're excited to back the team - spun out from @ucddublin 🚀 @UCDinnovation @EU_Startups
https://t.co/YvwhcnXDa9

[NovaUCD @NovaUCD]

A research-driven cybersecurity company, @Mirror_Security, which spun out of @ucddublin with the support of @NovaUCD, has raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding from @SureValley & @atlanticbridgev
to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI security.

https://t.co/0PqpoxztRB

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

Great to see our latest investment @Mirror_Security - a standout AI cybersecurity company & spin-out of @ucddublin - featured in @businessposthq by @ChasTaylor 👇

[Business Post @businessposthq]

UCD spin-out Mirror Security raises €2.15m for encrypted AI solution https://t.co/NMSCkMFcUN

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

Very excited to share that SVV has led an investment in @Mirror_Security - a standout @ucddublin spin-out building the encryption layer for AI - alongside @atlanticbridgev. 💫
https://t.co/tEdhWDZ8Ob

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

🎧 In a recent webinar, @SureValley's @BarryMDownes & @alludium's @johnfriz explore the rise of AI Agents - trends driving adoption, how enterprises can integrate them & pitfalls from SVV’s own integration to avoid.

🔗 Full episode - https://t.co/IrkUXdyt7C

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 The SVV team is at @WebSummit in Lisbon this week - join us for two masterclasses on AgenticVC and Understanding the Investor Mindset 👇

And don’t miss SVV Venture Partner John Frizelle and the team as they unveil Alludium – https://t.co/6D2rAdDq30.

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

Great deep dive by @MartinSFP for @PreSeedNow into our recent investment, Astut Ltd - and into Professor Pete Grindrod’s bold vision for AI that can tackle high-stakes, unseen decisions where no data exists.
https://t.co/LZOZf5u2zk

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

SVV Managing Partner @BarryMDownes spoke to @sarahpcollins from @businessposthq about the EU’s new €5bn Deep Tech Scale-Up Fund - a positive step, though Europe still faces a major capital gap against the US...
https://t.co/8uw2JiogxQ

[SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) @SureValley]

💫 SVV is excited to announce our investment in *Astut* - a #spinout from @UniofOxford helping companies tackle unprecedented crises where traditional AI systems fail.

Great to partner with @UKI2S & East X Ventures. Read more in @EU_Startups 👇
https://t.co/Ic1hcqLWsa