Angel Funded Artificial Intelligence Startups
The 50 angel-funded AI startups tracked here span rounds closed between April 2022 and August 2025, with deal flow distributed across four continents.
The 50 angel-funded AI startups tracked here span rounds closed between April 2022 and August 2025, with deal flow distributed across four continents. San Francisco accounts for the largest single-city cluster — VisionBrain, Aethero, Fluence, Bling, Gentrace, Nurdle AI, and Kapeta all closed there — but the dataset shows meaningful international breadth: Amsterdam (Rembrandt, WSK Medical), Paris (Naaia, Mister IA), Bengaluru (rampp.ai, sysotel.ai), and Singapore (WaveSpeedAI, AI Communis) each contribute multiple entries.
Check sizes vary sharply. ThroughPut's $6M round in Palo Alto (April 2022) is a clear outlier; the bulk of disclosed deals fall between $100K and $500K, with seven companies reaching the $1M mark — Hopsa (Lublin), JADA (Dubai), DOJO AI (Lisbon), Naaia and Mister IA (both Paris), Kapeta (San Francisco), and Plannly (Phoenix). Just over a third of rounds carry undisclosed amounts.
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What are the largest disclosed angel rounds in this dataset?
ThroughPut (Palo Alto) raised $6M in April 2022, the largest disclosed check by a wide margin. Seven companies reached the $1M mark: Hopsa (Lublin), JADA (Dubai), DOJO AI (Lisbon), Naaia and Mister IA (both Paris), Kapeta (San Francisco), and Plannly (Phoenix). The majority of disclosed rounds fall between $100K and $500K.
Which cities have the highest concentration of angel-funded AI startups?
San Francisco leads with seven companies — VisionBrain, Aethero, Fluence, Bling, Gentrace, Nurdle AI, and Kapeta — making it the single largest city cluster in the dataset. Miami follows with four (Virtual Scale, Scalytics, aignosi, databloom.ai). India contributes seven entries across Bengaluru, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Jaipur, and Delhi.
How many of the listed rounds have undisclosed deal sizes?
Roughly 18 of the 50 rounds carry undisclosed amounts, meaning about one in three angel investors chose not to publicize the check size. Among those that did disclose, the range runs from Sparrow's $10K (New York, 2022) to ThroughPut's $6M (Palo Alto, 2022).
How geographically distributed is angel AI deal flow outside the United States?
Non-US deals appear from Europe (Amsterdam, Paris, Lisbon, Lublin, Prague, Riga, Vienna, and Catalonia), South Asia (Bengaluru, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Jaipur, Delhi), Latin America (Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, São Paulo), Singapore, and Dubai. US companies still account for the majority of rows, concentrated in California, Florida, and New York.
What AI sub-verticals appear in the angel-funded cohort?
Identifiable sub-verticals include legal tech (Legalyze.ai), insurance (InsurStaq.ai), medtech (WSK Medical, Pillsbee), education (AtheneaEDU, LearnQ.ai), financial analytics (mystocks.africa), and competitive intelligence (RivalSense). The remainder skew toward general-purpose AI tooling, infrastructure, and enterprise automation, though the dataset does not include granular product descriptions.
Is angel activity in AI picking up or holding steady across the years covered?
The pace is broadly consistent: 13 rounds appear in 2025 (through August), 14 in 2024, 13 in 2023, and 10 in 2022. The 2025 count will grow given the cutoff date. Notably, recent 2025 rounds span Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Lucknow, and Singapore alongside US cities, suggesting continued geographic diversification.
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