Rise · Batches · AI

Rise batch 16.

Started September 2025. 9 companies, focused on AI.

Companies

9

9 with current data

Cohort headcount today

217

Total raised

$68.5M

across the cohort (Harmonic)

Started

September 2025

Rise block 1

The cohort

Where they started · where they are now.

MarvelX

Amsterdam · Insurance AI agents

MarvelX develops AI agents that automate high-volume operational tasks, primarily targeting the insurance sector to enhance processes like claims processing and compliance management.

Backed by

Plug and Play Tech Center EQT Group EQT Ventures Plaid +1

16 people

Seed

$6.0M raised

last round May 2025 · 2 rounds

Nebul

Amsterdam · Sovereign AI cloud

Nebul offers a Sovereign Hybrid Cloud solution that combines MultiCloud capabilities with NVIDIA technologies, tailored for high-performance computing tasks such as software acceleration, big data analysis, and machine learning.

Backed by

BeStacking

42 people

Seed

$21.5M raised

last round June 2024 · 1 rounds

Lleverage

Amsterdam · AI workflow automation

Lleverage provides an AI development platform that automates complex operational tasks within existing business systems, focusing on decision-making processes such as pricing and exception handling.

Backed by

Peak

22 people

Seed

$11.5M raised

last round February 2026 · 3 rounds

Chainels

Rotterdam · Real estate SaaS

A tenant experience application designed to enhance communication, monitor key performance indicators, and manage maintenance requests across various real estate sectors.

Backed by

Capricorn Partners Aconterra

48 people

Series A

$3.3M raised

last round January 2023 · 2 rounds

Engaige

Rotterdam · AI customer support

An AI-driven platform designed to automate customer support for e-commerce, managing a variety of support tickets and providing real-time assistance.

Backed by

Mamadoo Ventures Keadyn Graduate Ventures

13 people

Seed

$1.1M raised

last round September 2024 · 1 rounds

Intelic

Amsterdam · Defense AI

A software solution that simplifies the control of unmanned systems and enhances their capabilities through AI, designed for military applications; a Command & Control system promoting NATO interoperability.

Backed by

Keen Venture Partners

38 people

Seed

$2.1M raised

last round June 2024 · 1 rounds

LangWatch

Amsterdam · LLM observability

A platform for testing, evaluating, and optimizing AI agents and LLMs, with automated prompt management, model selection, performance measurement and quality control to address hallucinations.

Backed by

Passion Capital Volta Ventures Antler

10 people

Pre Seed

$1.2M raised

last round February 2025 · 2 rounds

Ubicloud

San Francisco · Open-source cloud

An open-source cloud platform that facilitates application deployment on bare metal infrastructure, offering elastic compute, virtual networking, and managed PostgreSQL.

Backed by

ScaleX Ventures Rainfall Ventures Y Combinator TIBAS Ventures +1

17 people

Seed

$20.5M raised

last round January 2024 · 3 rounds

Syntho

Amsterdam · Synthetic data

A platform for generating synthetic data that mimics the statistical properties of real datasets while ensuring privacy compliance, using synthetic data masking, rule-based generation, and AI-driven synthesis.

Backed by

The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator+ TIN Capital Philips Innovation Award

11 people

Seed

$1.3M raised

last round August 2022 · 3 rounds

Snapshot generated 2026-05-15. Current data from Harmonic. Funding figures from Harmonic in USD; CSV-reported figures in EUR where shown. Cells marked "—" indicate data not currently available for this company.