Cognee raises $1.5m pre-seed to organise data for AI applications

Cognee announced $1.5 million in pre-seed financing on 18 November 2024. Backers included 42CAP, Angel Invest and Combination Ventures, alongside individual investors Bob van Luijt and Alexander Dean.

The company turns raw information into structured memory that AI applications can retrieve and use. The funding supports hiring and further product development as Cognee works to make AI data management more reliable and scalable.

Use of funds

Expand team and develop scalable AI memory and data management technology

Funding history

Sources

1. AWS wants to prove its cloud can survive without the US, European startups are already thereeu-startups.com · Oct 16, 2026↗
2. Cognee raises USD1.5m in pre-seed fundingcombination.vc · Nov 18, 2024↗