VC fundraising for AI & ML companies
AI is the most capital-intensive consumer of equity in the history of venture - and also the most contested. Rounds clear faster than any sector has seen, but the bar for what gets funded has tightened just as quickly.
Investors look past topline growth and underwrite three things: technical defensibility, data moat, and how gross margin behaves as inference scales. Compute costs, model dependency on a single foundation provider, and the speed at which a competitor can replicate the wrapper all sit at the centre of every diligence call. Capital is abundant but selective, and rounds that get re-priced mid-process are now common.
Flow has worked with AI founders and investors since before the foundation-model era, and we know how the funds writing the largest private rounds in history decide what they actually back. We position the technical and commercial story, build the model that reconciles compute economics with margin trajectory, and run the process with the funds who can move at the speed AI rounds require.
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Defensibility, not demo magic
Every deck looks impressive in the first meeting - what closes the round is a credible answer on why your moat widens with scale rather than narrows. We position data feedback loops, distribution and proprietary fine-tuning honestly, and cut the parts of the story that won't survive a partner meeting.
Compute economics in the model
Gross margin in AI is a moving target driven by inference costs, model routing and provider pricing. Our financial model treats compute as a first-class line, shows how margin scales, and pre-empts the question every AI investor now opens with.
Funds that move at AI speed
AI rounds compress to weeks, not months, and the funds backing them operate differently from classic enterprise VCs. We run the process with investors who can actually price and close at that pace - not the ones who will still be on initial diligence when the round is oversubscribed.
Valuation framed for the next round
AI valuations get re-cut every six months, and a headline number that doesn't justify itself at the next milestone creates a down-round risk. We negotiate the term sheet against a defensible 18-month plan, not against the loudest comp on the table that week.
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We've advised companies from series A to series D and beyond.
Our capital raising experience spans across various tech sectors and geographies.
We led the capital raising process for Sentryc, a Berlin-based AI-driven brand protection and IP software provider, on its growth round led by Seventure Partners.
Recent VC fundraising AI & ML track record
Selected capital-raising mandates and prior investment experience.
VC fundraising for all AI & ML niches
From AI software to AI infrastructure & semiconductors, we're a specialized fundraising advisor to AI & ML companies.
Our VC fundraising experience spans across all AI & ML verticals.
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