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Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed
Portfolio 20
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 24.02.2026 | Straion | straion.com | $1.29M | Austria |
| 28.01.2026 | Pallma AI | pallma.ai | $1.87M | United Kin... |
| - | Maqui | maqui.la | - | - |
| - | vest.app | mivest.io | - | United Sta... |
| - | Sumer | sumerlabs.com | - | - |
| - | Estoca | estoca.com.br | - | Brazil, Sã... |
| - | Neivor | neivor.com | - | Mexico, Ci... |
| - | NARA | trynara.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Extendeal | extendeal.com | - | Argentina,... |
| - | C4C7US | c4c7us.com | - | - |
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Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.02.2026 | From ‘prompt-and-pray’ to production: Straion raises €1.1M to govern AI coding at scale | Today, Marathon VC is leading a €1.1 million Seed round for Straion, the rules layer built to turn the current chaos of AI coding into governed, production-grade engineering. We have entered the "Prompt-and-Pray" era of software d... |
| 31.01.2026 | AI's New Frontier: Pallma AI Raises $1.6M for Agent Security | Pallma AI secures $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. Marathon Venture Capital led the investment round. The London-based company builds an essential, AI-native security layer for enterprise AI agents. Autonomous systems introduce novel risks... |
| 30.01.2026 | CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: EnduroSat Awarded Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ Contract | Company: The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milest... |
| 28.01.2026 | Greek-Founded Pallma AI Raised a €1.36M Pre-Seed Round Led by Marathon Venture Capital | Greece ~ Company: Greek-founded Pallma AI has raised a $1.6M (€1.36M) pre-seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital to build the security layer for autonomous AI agents as enterprises rapidly adopt agentic AI systems. 👯 Founders: Pavlos Mi... |
| 20.11.2025 | PolyModels Hub Secures €7.8M Series A with Backing from Greece’s Marathon Venture Capital | Greece, UK ~ Company: PolyModels Hub, with a Greek co-founder, has announced a €7.8 million ($9 million) Series A funding round led by Molten Ventures, with participation from Marathon Venture Capital. 👯 Founders: Antonio Benedetti, Charala... |
| 29.07.2025 | Greek defence tech startup founded by Apple roboticist raises $14M | A Greek defence tech startup founded by a former Apple roboticist has raised $14m in a Series A funding round. Athens-based Delian Alliance Industries is developing autonomous weapons, including drones and surveillance towers equipped with ... |
| 09.05.2025 | Wagestream secures £300M debt financing, DoorDash's £2.4B Deliveroo acquisition, and European tech funding falls 42% in April | This week we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion, and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 08.05.2025 | Greece’s Marathon Venture Capital wraps third fund at €75m | - |
| 02.02.2022 | Marathon Ventures injects more capital into Colombia’s startup ecosystem | Brazil and Mexico are most known as Latin America’s hot startup ecosystems, but other countries, like Colombia, are gaining visibility and interest from investors. One of the investors seeing promise in this country is Marathon Ventures, wh... |