Antler

Founder and CEO Magnus Grimeland shares his thoughts on Antler making its 1,000th investment from day zero.

In 12 MINUTES Alan talks with Chris about how Maya came to life, how he met his co-founders Till and what was Antler's role in building Maya

In this episode, partner with Antler Alan sits down with Kilian Martin, the co-founder of Physikit and deep dives into the early days of the company

In this episode of 12 MINUTES with Antler Founders, Alan sits down with Dean Hastie, co-founder of Tapline and deep dives into the early days of the company

Present in 30 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally, Antler has made over 1,000 investments into early-stage startups, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030. The form was repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.

Antler is hiring people to join its mission.

Antler is the world’s most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional founders from inception.

London-based CodeWall launches with $4 million in pre-seed funding to provide enterprises with autonomous agents that test their defenses like outside hackers. The agents begin without credentials, map attack paths across connected systems, and retest when systems change or fixes are applied. CodeWall says its agents found vulnerabilities at McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain, and plans to use most of the funding to expand the platform’s reach.

Oct 2026 · SiliconANGLENews article

Dodge AI raises $2.65 million in seed funding to automate enterprise software maintenance with AI agents. Co-led by Accel and the Google AI Futures Fund, the round supports a control plane designed to analyze custom deployments across platforms such as SAP, Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics, identify failures and implement fixes. The company says its agents handle hundreds of queries per hour and have helped customers resolve issues in minutes, including speeding up a SAP inventory planning process 132 times.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Aina, founded by former Ultrahuman hardware VP Apoorv Shankar, raises $5.5 million to develop devices that control AI agents and workflows. Its first product, Dune, is a three-key context-aware keypad that controls meeting microphones and cameras and runs app-specific shortcuts or scripts; early testing made it the most popular of three devices the company developed. Aina plans to learn which tasks users want to automate and test an undisclosed next device with select users.

Jul 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Doorstep raises an $8 million seed round to develop its indoor delivery-tracking technology, which uses phone sensors to track drivers from building entry to a customer’s doorstep. The system integrates with delivery apps such as Uber Eats and DoorDash, giving platforms verifiable delivery data that can support automated dispute resolution; CEO Shashwat Murarka says Doorstep does not collect driver or user information. Led by Canaan Partners, the round will fund the move from pilot to full production and hiring in engineering and product.

Sep 2025 · TechCrunchNews article