Christina Franzeskides

Linda is an AI receptionist for healthcare clinics. Available over phone and WhatsApp. Enabling you to provide a 24/7 premium patient experience.

Corvera (YC W26, $6.2M raised) is the context layer for AI-native CPG brands. We help brands unlock the full potential of AI by making their unified data legible to any AI tool via MCP. With Corvera in place, brands can enable anyone in their organization to: - Rapidly deploy AI agents via tools such as Claude and ChatGPT - Build internal dashboards and apps using Cursor and Lovable - Automate workflows across the entire business, from category management to supply chain All in a secure, audit-logged, and access-controlled environment, without the need for a team of data engineers or AI specialists, in a simple plug-and-play solution. Were founded by Chris (2x Founder; ex-CEO at Better Nature; Forbes 30U30), Dirk (ex-Google Data & AI Lead), and Matthew (ex-Head of Product at Rosemark; Princeton MEng in CS). We’re backed by YC, firstminute capital, 6 Degrees Capital, 20VC, Rebel Fund, Duke Capital Partners, and more. Our mission is bold: to enable the next generation of unicorn CPG brands to be run by teams of less than 10 people. Our vision is even bolder: to be the system of intelligence for the $5.4T global CPG industry. Visit www.corvera.ai to learn more and schedule a demo!

Treefera empowers organizations to fortify their supply chains and build resilience through first-mile visibility. Powered by a proprietary AI-enabled data fabric to analyze both spatial and temporal data, Treefera delivers real-time sourcing, risk, and compliance insights at unparalleled speed and accuracy. Founded in 2022, Treefera works with enterprises globally to mitigate exposure to operational and environmental risks, strengthen continuity amid volatility, and as a result, enable supply chains that are not only more resilient, but inherently more responsible - delivering benefits for business and the planet. Learn more at treefera.com.

Eloquent AI is the first AI Operator built specifically for financial services to automate complex, regulated customer service operations beyond frontline support. Our AI Operator learns to securely navigate your existing systems simply by observing your standard operating procedures—automating up to 96% of tasks without any engineering effort. Automate complex, multi-party workflows—unfreeze accounts, handle AML/KYC checks, adjust repayments, or update claim statuses without escalations. Ensure compliance effortlessly, with our proprietary LLM, Oratio trained specifically on your financial regulations for secure, auditable interactions. Integrate seamlessly—connect AI directly to your CRM, databases, and support platforms for chat, voice and email support.

Just like the brain, Axon predicts before it perceives. Pioneering the new frontier in predictive intelligence. Backed by: Northzone, a16z / Speedrun and Concept Ventures

We provide a fast, reliable model that generates valid JSON 100% of the time via an API. For information extraction, classification, agents workflows, synthetic data generation.

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

Haize Labs is the trust, safety, and reliability layer underpinning AI models in every industry and use case. By haizing (i.e. stress-testing and red-teaming) to discover and eliminate all failure modes, we enable the risk-free adoption of AI.

Mindgard is the leading provider of AI Security solutions. Spun out from over a decade of AI security research at Lancaster University and headquartered in Boston and London, Mindgard helps enterprises secure their AI models, agents, and applications across the AI lifecycle. AI introduces risks that traditional security tools cannot detect, leaving organizations unable to find, measure, or secure their AI. Security teams struggle with a lack of visibility into AI activity and its attack surfaces. Difficulty reproducing agentic AI behavior creates uncertainty and compliance challenges. Ultimately, an inability to enforce AI controls heights the risk of compromise. Mindgard delivers AI detection and response through attack-driven defense, giving enterprises the ability to map their AI attack surface, measure and validate AI risk, and actively defend their AI. - Visibility into AI inventory and activity reveals what attackers can find out about your AI. - Agentic AI red teaming assesses how attackers can exploit your AI. - Enforcement controls and policies at runtime stops attackers from breaching your AI. Mindgard stands out for its: - Flexibility: Test AI models directly or via apps using CI/CD, our web UI, or tools like Burp Suite. - Usability: The only non-open-source AI red teaming platform, fast and easy to set up, test, and report with. - R&D pipeline: Backed by a decade of university research and active PhD-level innovation and publishing. Mindgard works with the AI models and guardrails you build, buy and use. Extensive coverage beyond LLMs, including image, audio, and multi-modal. Whether you are using open source, internally developed, 3rd party purchased, or popular LLMs like OpenAI and Claude, we’ve got you covered. Trusted by leading organizations in finance, healthcare, and technology, Mindgard is backed by investors including .406 Ventures, IQ Capital, Atlantic Bridge, and Lakestar.

Aleph Alpha delivers cutting-edge AI innovation from research to deployment. Our full-stack solution, PhariaAI, enables enterprises and public institutions to build sovereign, secure, and trustworthy applications – without compromising control.

Terra Quantum is a leading quantum technology company based in Germany and Switzerland. It provides "Quantum as a Service (QaaS)“ in three core areas, the first one being "Quantum Algorithms as a Service". Here, customers are provided access to an extensive library of algorithms, such as hybrid quantum optimization and hybrid quantum neural networks, which can be used for solving complex logistics problems or pattern recognition, among other things. Terra Quantum also develops new quantum algorithms for its customers or adapts existing algorithms to their specific needs. Secondly, through "Quantum Computing as a Service", Terra Quantum offers its customers access to its proprietary high-performance simulated quantum processing units (QPU), the quantum ecosystem’s physical QPUs, while also developing native QPUs. The third division is "Quantum Security as a Service," through which Terra Quantum offers its unique solutions for secure quantum and post-quantum communications worldwide.

The first global Quantum cloud

Patient. Principled. Founder-centric. Lakestar is the investment firm founded by Dr. Klaus Hommels in 2012. It has over $6 billion in assets under management, on a platform that spans institutional venture capital funds and personal investments across stages and geographies. We partner with category-defining companies such as Airbnb, Fuse, Isar Aerospace, Helsing, Neko, Revolut, and Spotify. We exist because the environment in which technology is built, and decisions are made, has fundamentally changed. We are focused on maximising the potential of our existing portfolio and building targeted investment products that help our companies grow, supporting Europe’s sovereignty and prosperity. Less noise. More commitment. More time where it matters: with founders.

Alma Angels is a diverse and active community with a bold mission: Generate $1 trillion in women-led wealth by 2050. Since 2020, we have brought together and trained over 500 angel investors who have invested into 200+ women (co)founders building tech or IP-rich ventures with global ambitions. These companies have gone on to raise more than £300m to date. Alma Angels is committed to training 10,000 angels and backing 10,000 women founders by 2035.

Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers

Linda is an AI receptionist for healthcare clinics. Available over phone and WhatsApp. Enabling you to provide a 24/7 premium patient experience.

Corvera (YC W26, $6.2M raised) is the context layer for AI-native CPG brands. We help brands unlock the full potential of AI by making their unified data legible to any AI tool via MCP. With Corvera in place, brands can enable anyone in their organization to: - Rapidly deploy AI agents via tools such as Claude and ChatGPT - Build internal dashboards and apps using Cursor and Lovable - Automate workflows across the entire business, from category management to supply chain All in a secure, audit-logged, and access-controlled environment, without the need for a team of data engineers or AI specialists, in a simple plug-and-play solution. Were founded by Chris (2x Founder; ex-CEO at Better Nature; Forbes 30U30), Dirk (ex-Google Data & AI Lead), and Matthew (ex-Head of Product at Rosemark; Princeton MEng in CS). We’re backed by YC, firstminute capital, 6 Degrees Capital, 20VC, Rebel Fund, Duke Capital Partners, and more. Our mission is bold: to enable the next generation of unicorn CPG brands to be run by teams of less than 10 people. Our vision is even bolder: to be the system of intelligence for the $5.4T global CPG industry. Visit www.corvera.ai to learn more and schedule a demo!

Treefera empowers organizations to fortify their supply chains and build resilience through first-mile visibility. Powered by a proprietary AI-enabled data fabric to analyze both spatial and temporal data, Treefera delivers real-time sourcing, risk, and compliance insights at unparalleled speed and accuracy. Founded in 2022, Treefera works with enterprises globally to mitigate exposure to operational and environmental risks, strengthen continuity amid volatility, and as a result, enable supply chains that are not only more resilient, but inherently more responsible - delivering benefits for business and the planet. Learn more at treefera.com.

A pre-seed deep-tech fund

Capital with direction. 6 Degrees Capital is an early-stage VC fund based in London and Antwerp. We invest in startups from Seed to Series B across Fintech and SaaS. Investment criteria: - Europe-based, global reach - Fintech and SaaS - Seed to Series B - €1-5m initial investment, plus follow on