Today, we're ecstatic to announce that Seqera has raised $26 million in Series B funding, led by Addition with participation from Speedinvest, Talis, Amino Collective, BoxOne, and SNR. This milestone ...

There's an often-repeated contemporary folktale: if you try and place a frog in a boiling pot of water, it will immediately jump out. But if you place the frog into cool water and slowly turn up the t...

Seqera ha conseguido 26 millones de dólares –unos 23 millones de euros al tipo de cambio actual– para impulsar su software especializado en la gestión de datos

There's an often-repeated contemporary folktale: if you try and place a frog in a boiling pot of water, it will immediately jump out. But if you place the frog into cool water and slowly turn up the t...

From the brainwaves of Neil Patrick Harris comes an interactive board game adventure. Use your wits and decode each layer of Box ONE. Representing years of thought and careful planning by Neil Patrick Harris, BoxONE is an ever-evolving game of trivia, codes, secrets, and fun! Everything you need to decode each challenge is inside the box and note that internet access will be required. Box ONE is designed to challenge only ONE person - and it seems that person is you! And only you. Alone. Can you handle it?

Copenhagen-based SUMM Ingredients, formerly known as Nutrumami, has secured €1.7 million in fresh funding as it rebrands and strengthens its leadership team. The company is preparing to launch its first multifunctional ingredient, “FermiPro”, later this year. The round was backed by EIFO and BoxOne, joining existing investors Kost Capital and Planetary Impact Ventures. The investment will accelerate production and support the commercial rollout of FermiPro, expected to launch with customers in autumn 2025. “Our mission is to pioneer a new ingredient category – multifunctional, fermented proteins – that deliver taste, texture, and nutrition in one solution.

Copenhagen-based SUMM Ingredients, formerly known as Nutrumami, has secured €1.7 million in fresh funding as it rebrands and strengthens its leadership team. The company is preparing to launch its first multifunctional ingredient, “FermiPro”, later this year. The round was backed by EIFO and BoxOne, joining existing investors Kost Capital and Planetary Impact Ventures. The investment will accelerate production and support the commercial rollout of FermiPro, expected to launch with customers in autumn 2025. “Our mission is to pioneer a new ingredient category – multifunctional, fermented proteins – that deliver taste, texture, and nutrition in one solution.

At BoxOne Ventures, cleantech investment lead Felicity Meyer is constantly scouring scientific literature, so that when the right opportunity comes along, she “can just strike.”

カナダ・トロントを拠点とするMycroftは月曜日、組織が自律型AIエージェントの支援を受けてセキュリティおよびITスタックを管理・運用できるソリューションを発表しました。 Mycroftは、Luge Capitalが主導し、Brightspark Ventures、Graphite Ventures、Ripple Ventures、Developer Capital、Antler、BoxOne Ventures、およびエンジェル投資家が参加したシードラウンドで350万ドルの資金調達を行いました。 同社は、AIセキュリティおよびコンプライアンスオフィサーとして機能するプラットフォームを開発しており、クラウドセキュリティ、アプリケーションセキュリティ、デバイス管理、自動修復、監査およびコンプライアンス機能を提供します。 このプラットフォームは、スタートアップや中小企業にエンタープライズグレードのセキュリティとコンプライアンスを提供するソリューションとして宣伝されています。 今回の資金調達により、Mycroftは製品開発を加速し、事業を拡大する予定です。 同サイバーセキュリティ企業は、ローンチから6か月以内に50社以上の顧客を獲得したと主張しています。 「セキュリティは負担であるべきではありません。それはスーパーパワーであるべきです」とMycroftの共同創業者兼CEO、Mike Kim氏は述べています。「私たちの目標は、膨大なセキュリティチームを必要とせず、すべての企業がエンタープライズグレードのセキュリティを利用できるようにすることです。MycroftのAIエージェントは単にタスクを自動化するだけでなく、チームの働き方を向上させ、初日から迅速かつ安全に業務を進められるよう支援します。」 広告。スクロールして続きをお読みください。 翻訳元:

Mycroft, a Canadian startup positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, has officially exited stealth with $3.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Luge Capital, joined by Brightspark Ventures and Graphite Ventures, alongside earlier backers Ripple Ventures, Developer Capital, Antler, BoxOne Ventures, and several strategic angel investors. The financing is earmarked to accelerate product development and bring its agent-based AI platform to a wider customer base. The company is introducing what it calls an “AI Security and Compliance Officer,” an autonomous software system designed to act as a virtual security team. Rather than relying on the patchwork of traditional governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools - often managed through manual processes and spreadsheets - Mycroft promises a consolidated AI-driven platform. Its system continuously monitors cloud infrastructure, secures devices, enforces internal policies, manages incident responses, and generates audit preparation reports. Built around no-code AI agents, the platform adapts to an organization’s environment while presenting itself less as a dashboard and more as an operational teammate that learns and responds in real time. “Mycroft’s mission is to turn security from a cost center into a superpower,” said Mike Kim, co-founder and CEO, in announcing the launch. “We want to give companies of all sizes enterprise-grade security without requiring a massive in-house team. Our AI agents go beyond automating repetitive tasks - they enhance the way teams function and enable businesses to move faster while staying protected.” The startup claims to have attracted more than 50 customers within six months of its early rollout, including companies such as Superwhisper, Evolo, CoVet, Unified, Willful, Wisedocs, and Weave (YC25). These firms, operating across sectors from health tech to SaaS, represent the kind of high-growth, digitally native businesses that face rising compliance obligations and increasingly complex threat landscapes. Security and Compliance Backing investors see the platform as a response to a changing security climate. “Fast-growing companies need robust tools to safeguard what they are building,” said Karim Gillani, General Partner at Luge Capital. “Security and compliance are no longer back-office tasks - they are front-line priorities shaping customer trust and brand reputation. Mycroft’s AI Security and Compliance Officer functions as the teammate every company needs to remain resilient.” The founding team brings over three decades of combined experience in cybersecurity and enterprise technology. By combining domain expertise with AI-native design, Mycroft aims to deliver outcomes beyond regulatory checkbox compliance, focusing on proactive risk reduction. Its long-term pitch is that businesses can redirect resources away from routine monitoring and remediation to focus on growth, while its AI agent ensures systems remain secure and audit-ready around the clock. With seed funding secured, Mycroftjoins a growing wave of security startups betting that AI-driven autonomy can solve talent shortages, rising attack sophistication, and mounting regulatory demands. Its next challenge will be scaling adoption while proving that autonomous agents can reliably deliver enterprise-grade protection in the real-world environments that remain stubbornly complex.

Mycroft, a Canadian startup positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, has officially exited stealth with $3.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Luge Capital, joined by Brightspark Ventures and Graphite Ventures, alongside earlier backers Ripple Ventures, Developer Capital, Antler, BoxOne Ventures, and several strategic angel investors. The financing is earmarked to accelerate product development and bring its agent-based AI platform to a wider customer base. The company is introducing what it calls an “AI Security and Compliance Officer,” an autonomous software system designed to act as a virtual security team. Rather than relying on the patchwork of traditional governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools - often managed through manual processes and spreadsheets - Mycroft promises a consolidated AI-driven platform. Its system continuously monitors cloud infrastructure, secures devices, enforces internal policies, manages incident responses, and generates audit preparation reports. Built around no-code AI agents, the platform adapts to an organization’s environment while presenting itself less as a dashboard and more as an operational teammate that learns and responds in real time. “Mycroft’s mission is to turn security from a cost center into a superpower,” said Mike Kim, co-founder and CEO, in announcing the launch. “We want to give companies of all sizes enterprise-grade security without requiring a massive in-house team. Our AI agents go beyond automating repetitive tasks - they enhance the way teams function and enable businesses to move faster while staying protected.” The startup claims to have attracted more than 50 customers within six months of its early rollout, including companies such as Superwhisper, Evolo, CoVet, Unified, Willful, Wisedocs, and Weave (YC25). These firms, operating across sectors from health tech to SaaS, represent the kind of high-growth, digitally native businesses that face rising compliance obligations and increasingly complex threat landscapes. Security and Compliance Backing investors see the platform as a response to a changing security climate. “Fast-growing companies need robust tools to safeguard what they are building,” said Karim Gillani, General Partner at Luge Capital. “Security and compliance are no longer back-office tasks - they are front-line priorities shaping customer trust and brand reputation. Mycroft’s AI Security and Compliance Officer functions as the teammate every company needs to remain resilient.” The founding team brings over three decades of combined experience in cybersecurity and enterprise technology. By combining domain expertise with AI-native design, Mycroft aims to deliver outcomes beyond regulatory checkbox compliance, focusing on proactive risk reduction. Its long-term pitch is that businesses can redirect resources away from routine monitoring and remediation to focus on growth, while its AI agent ensures systems remain secure and audit-ready around the clock. With seed funding secured, Mycroftjoins a growing wave of security startups betting that AI-driven autonomy can solve talent shortages, rising attack sophistication, and mounting regulatory demands. Its next challenge will be scaling adoption while proving that autonomous agents can reliably deliver enterprise-grade protection in the real-world environments that remain stubbornly complex.