Look AI Ventures

🔔 Investment Announcement 🔔
Thrilled to share our latest investment in Checkstep, a London-based platform using AI to help online platforms manage Trust & Safety at scale.

💸 Checkstep raised £3M, led by Alea Capital Partners with participation from Slow Ventures and Look AI Ventures.

Trusted by customers including Trustpilot, JustGiving, Daily Mail, and MoneySavingExpert, Checkstep processes more than 60M pieces of content each month and automates over 98% of moderation decisions with full auditability. 🌐

"Checkstep sits at the intersection of two powerful tailwinds: the explosion of user-generated content and the increasing regulatory burden on online platforms. We believe the company has built a mission-critical product in a category that is shifting from optional tooling to mandatory infrastructure." – Angelo Burgarello, Partner at Look AI Ventures

👏 Congratulations to Guillaume Bouchard and the Checkstep team! We're excited to support them as they expand globally and build infrastructure for a safer, more compliant internet.

🔗 Full announcement in the comments.

🇲🇹 Snapshots from the main stage at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 — great to be back in Valletta!

It was a pleasure to join the Pitch Competition jury alongside Emilie Vallauri (Techstars) and Miguel Borg (Malta Venture Capital) — and congrats to AlterEcho (Techstars '25) on the win 👏

Big thanks to Thomas Ohr and the EU-Startups team for bringing together founders, investors, and innovators from across Europe for two days packed with inspiring conversations, new connections, and ideas shaping the startup ecosystem 🚀

See you next year!

🚀 From 1,600+ applications to one winner — Congratulations to AlterEcho for taking home the top spot at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 Pitch Competition in Valletta! 🥇

Big shoutout to all finalists: Agilica, Agnia Aerospace, Arclight Aerospace, Asvel, Cooled Motors, DAITABLE, eMomentum, Entrelacs, muunMuun Health, Snoika, Systellar Space, Vecify, Warden Machinery, and Xydra Labs. 👏🏽

⚡ We're proud to have supported the competition once again alongside Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale, Draper University, LUA AI, Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, D-ID, and the EU-Startups team.

Excited to be back in Malta for the EU-Startups Summit 2026 🇲🇹

This week, our Partner Angelo Burgarello will join the Pitch Competition as a jury member alongside Emilie Vallauri (Techstars) and Miguel Borg (Malta Venture Capital), as well as the Investors on Stage session.

Building or investing in AI? Feel free to connect with us for a chat 🤝

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

⏰ Two weeks to go until the EU-Startups Summit 2026 — with 15 finalists, selected from 1,600+ applications, ready to take the stage.

Big congrats to Agilica, Agnia Aerospace Ltd, AlterEcho (Techstars '25), Arclight Aerospace, Asvel, Cooled Motors, DAITABLE, eMomentum, Entrelacs, Muun Health, Snoika, Systellar, Vecify, Warden Machinery, and Xydra Labs. 👏🏽

We're proud to support the Pitch Competition again this year, alongside Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale, Draper University, Lua AI (YC F25), Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, and D-ID.

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

See you there!

🚀 Back at Truesdays in Prague today — with our colleague Andrej Tomčík on-site meeting with founders.

Working on something ambitious? 🔍 Come discuss your idea with investors and get direct, no-fluff feedback.

Alongside Andrej, you'll meet: Jan Sova (J&T Ventures), Tomas Fanta, CFA (Heartcore Capital), Pavlína Marešková (ARR - Agentura regionálního rozvoje), Barbora Wachtlová (Středočeské inovační centrum, SIC), Sergej Fedorovič (DEPO Ventures), Chris S. (Mucker Capital), Khushboo Arora, Martin Opatrný (PR Clinic)

📍Radlická Kulturní Sportovna, Prague
🎟 For more info & tickets: https://luma.com/iba9v9h3

See you there!

🔔 Investment Announcement 🔔
We're excited to back Surveily, a Wrocław-based startup, in its €2.5M Series A round, alongside industrial technology VC Momenta.

Surveily brings AI directly into industrial environments by transforming existing CCTV systems into real-time safety monitoring.

"What stood out to us about Surveily is how effectively they leverage advanced AI-powered video analytics to improve industrial safety, achieving very high accuracy. Their core differentiator is a modular, edge-native architecture that enables 100% on-premises deployment while ensuring data privacy and low-latency response without cloud dependence — a key advantage in industrial operations." – Martin Dostál, Partner at Look AI Ventures

⚙️ The impact:
· 8× increase in near-miss reporting in chemical facilities
· 90% reduction in total safety alerts in metal manufacturing
· 62% reduction in incidents in logistics centers

👏 We're thrilled to support Wojciech Tubek, Wojciech Turowicz, and the team as they scale internationally.

🔗 Full announcement in the comments.

Event season is kicking off — and we're excited to continue our partnership with the EU-Startups Summit this year! 🚀

Meet our partner Angelo Burgarello, who will be joining the jury for the Pitch Competition alongside leading European investors to evaluate 15 finalists selected from 1,600+ applications. (Finalist announcement coming soon 👀)

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

See you in Malta — looking forward to great pitches and even better conversations. 👏

🚀 €1,000,000+ prize package ➡️ Last few days to apply for the Pitch Competition at the EU-Startups Summit 2026!

If you're a pre-seed or seed-stage startup based in Europe building something ambitious and scalable, apply now — only 15 startups will be selected to pitch on stage.

🏆 You'll pitch to a jury of investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders, with added backing from competition partners including our fund, Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale Cloud Security, Draper University, LUA AI, Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, and D-ID.

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

Find out more about the event & competition 👉 https://lnkd.in/d5B7nKNu
Link to apply — applications close on Feb 10 👉 https://lnkd.in/d6x42VG7

Happy holidays from our team! 🎄

As 2025 wraps up, we'd like to thank you for the collaboration and trust throughout the year and wish you a restful holiday season and a strong start to the year ahead!

See you in 2026 🚀