Vienna, Austria-based AI startup leading an LLM-powered revolution in content quality assurance, Proofcheck, raised EUR 500k in a pre-seed funding round. The round took place on Feb 2, 2024. The early-stage German-Swiss 5502 Fund of BackBone Ventures led the financing for the company. Meanwhile, European super angel fund Angel Invest, led by partner Mara Larson-Richard; Austrian entrepreneur and business angel Gernot Singer; and American technologist Kyle Kosic, an early OpenAI engineer who worked on ChatGPT and recently co-founded xAI with Elon Musk also joined in the pre-seed financing.
Purpose of financing for Proofcheck
With the pre-seed funding, the company has plans to accelerate the development of its AI-powered platform. It also seeks to expand its functionality to service the entire corporate content creation lifecycle, which includes the editing and design phases. The funding further supports Proofcheck to grow its customer base in publishing.
What the company’s official has to add
CEO Tara Więckowska-Merrigan said, “Our platform not only establishes a high-quality editorial baseline that streamlines designed content workflows but also meticulously maintains an audit trail of work. By consolidating and automating disparate tedious tasks, Proofcheck ensures a substantial return on investment through unparalleled efficiency gains and time savings.”
What the investors & others have to add
Proofcheck customer Robert Hyde, the managing director of the UK-based Galileo Publishers, further added, “We have been using the early versions of Proofcheck for over a year now and have found the software to be highly effective in its speed, accuracy, and cost-saving.”
In addition, Philippe Bernet, founding partner at BackBone Ventures, said, “BackBone is delighted by the collaboration with Tara and Alex. During the investment process, we were captivated by their intelligence, humility, complementary skill set, and extensive network within the publishing and AI industry. With very limited resources, they have crafted an astonishing product already recognized by industry giants who reached out to Proofcheck solely based on a short press announcement. We eagerly anticipate the promising journey ahead with this dynamic team.”
Besides, Proofcheck investor and advisor Kyle Kosic, the xAI cofounder and former Open AI engineer, added, “Proofcheck goes beyond what any commodity LLM can alone achieve, offering refined tools for each of the many tasks burdening publishers. The resulting product has all of the capabilities and convenience of an AI engine, but it performs with the thoroughness and transparency of a diligent content editor. Most importantly, Proofcheck has found a powerful recipe for building high-quality software – Tara’s vision and industry knowledge intimately paired with Alex’s world-class engineering abilities.”
About the company
In 2022, American husband-and-wife team Tara Więckowska-Merrigan (CEO) and Alexandre Paris (CTO) launched the company. Proofcheck created the AI-powered software platform. It centralizes fragmented content workflows and enables creators to efficiently prepare and perfect high-stakes content like books, white papers, and corporate reports.
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