# firstAI funding: rounds and investors

> firstAI has raised $3.0M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Techstars, Right Side Capital Management and SFC Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/firstai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *firstAI*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AI Big Data & Analytics Generative AI

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

**$2.0M** Seed **$976K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $976K Nov 2024
- **Biggest round:** $2.0M Seed · Oct 2017
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$2.0M** Seed

**$976K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Seed, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $2.0M
- **Between rounds:** 7.1 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2024** Pre-seed **$976K** *1 new* [SFC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfc-capital) Source recorded
- **Oct 2017** Seed **$2.0M** *2 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) Source recorded SEC filing: $2.4M sold, first sale Dec 2017

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **John Miller** Executive Officer i
- **Shaheen Kanda** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Jayesh Punater*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2017 **Pre-seed** 2024 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [SFC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfc-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

[SFC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfc-capital) Angel network **1** round

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## Quick answers about firstAI

### Who invested in firstAI?

firstAI's investors include Techstars, Right Side Capital Management and SFC Capital.

### How much has firstAI raised?

firstAI has raised $3.0M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did firstAI last raise?

firstAI's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $976K in Nov 2024.

### What was firstAI's biggest round?

firstAI's largest round on record is $2.0M (Seed), in Oct 2017.

### Who backed firstAI first?

firstAI's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Techstars and Right Side Capital Management.

### What stage is firstAI at?

firstAI's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Nov 2024.

### Where is firstAI based?

firstAI is based in the United Kingdom.

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