# Edward Grefenstette

> Edward Grefenstette is a seed investor backing Artificial Intelligence. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egrefen/?originalSubdomain=uk

Edward Grefenstette is a seed investor focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Edward Grefenstette currently serves Facebook as a research scientist. Edward s also works at UCL as an honorary associate professor. Prior to this, Edward spent more than four years with DeepMind as a staff research scientist.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.8M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 100% |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SpAItial | SpAItial is a novel artificial intelligence paradigm that can create and reason about the physics and appearance of both imagined and real-world surroundings. | $13M | Seed | May 27, 2025 | https://x.com/SpAItial_AI |
| Prior Labs | Prior Labs is developing innovative foundation models that understand spreadsheets and databases. | $9.4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2025 | https://priorlabs.ai/ |
| Almetra | AI-based process analytics platform to increase productivity and quality in manual processes. Processes are captured using computer vision and automatically analysed with a highly flexible AI to identify improvement potential.1. Real-time capture with cameras Cameras are installed at individual assembly stations capturing live video streams ofassembly or packaging tasks.2. AI tracks material & work steps Video streams are continuously analyzed to detect workpiece movements, cycle times, and work step sequencing.3. Aggregation for data analysis Process data is aggregated per article and production to provide insights on process performance. Video snippets allow for a comprehensive root-cause analysis.4. Data-driven improvements Your factory managers and process engineers define, implement and measure process improvements to increase productivity and quality in your assembly line. | $4.8M | Seed | Apr 26, 2024 | https://www.deltia.ai/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Merantix Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merantix) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Angle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-angle) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cavalry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Edward Grefenstette invest in?

Edward Grefenstette invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Edward Grefenstette's check size?

Edward Grefenstette typically joins rounds of $4.8M–$13M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Edward Grefenstette participates in.

### How do I contact Edward Grefenstette?

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### When did Edward Grefenstette last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Edward Grefenstette closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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