Xylo 🇬🇧
Startup in the government sector. SVV took part in the £2.8M round.
About Xylo
The main product is an AI-powered workspace designed to assist planning teams in local governments by automating administrative tasks, thereby allowing officers to concentrate on decision-making. Key technologies include AI for document processing, GIS for spatial data integration, and tools for policy research and public consultation management, all tailored for compliance with UK data regulations.
Xylo is a UK-based company founded in 2025, now around 11 people. It has raised $3.6M in disclosed funding.
Founded by Dermot O'Riordan (Co-Founder; repeat founder; previously Eden Block, Hogan Lovells; BPP Law School), Habs Isabelle Kim (Co-Founder; previously Cytora, Entrepreneur First; University of Brighton).
Its investors also appear on FundFinder's most-active lists for Pre-seed · Generalist (71 funds), Pre-seed · AI (60 funds), Pre-seed · Fintech (59 funds).
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Pre-Seed · £2.8M · Jul 2026
Sure Valley Ventures- Sure Valley Ventures — SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) is a founder-led VC firm based in London that invests in early-stage AI software companies in the UK and Ireland, mostly at pre-seed and seed. · cheques £500k – £1.8M