Velatir Secures €5M Seed Funding to Expand AI Infrastructure Across Europe

Velatir, a Danish AI startup, has secured €5 million in seed funding to expand its AI infrastructure platform across Europe. The funding round was co-led by new investor Spintop Ventures and existing investor Ugly Duckling Ventures. This investment will enable Velatir to grow its team and meet the increasing demand for its platform.

## Expansion Plans The company plans to use the new funding to accelerate its expansion across Europe. Velatir's platform provides visibility and controls across AI tools, employees, agents, vendors, devices, and the underlying infrastructure. This is crucial for companies as they adopt more AI tools and autonomous agents, and need to track how these technologies are being used.

The platform brings together AI security, policy enforcement, usage monitoring, and discovery in one system. It provides real-time visibility into AI activity across devices, browsers, employees, and agents, including data flows, costs, and the maturity of individual use cases. Companies can also establish centralized guardrails across systems and access a catalogue of more than 4,000 AI tools.

## Data Sovereignty Velatir has built its platform entirely on European-owned and hosted infrastructure, opting not to use US hyperscalers. According to Christian Møller, COO and co-founder of Velatir, this approach is centered around data sovereignty, resilience, and control. Møller stated that the company chose this path from the beginning, despite it being the harder option.

## Market Opportunity The new funding will enable Velatir to recruit additional talent and scale to meet growing customer demand. As AI becomes embedded across company systems and workflows, organizations need to track how these technologies are being used, where data is flowing, and whether their use complies with internal policies and regulatory requirements. Velatir's platform addresses the security and compliance challenges that can emerge as businesses adopt more AI tools and autonomous agents.

The company's decision to use European-owned and hosted infrastructure is a key differentiator. The concept of sovereign cloud is often associated with American platforms with a European label. However, Velatir's approach is focused on providing a truly European solution, with a focus on data sovereignty, resilience, and control. This approach is likely to resonate with European businesses that are increasingly considering where their AI infrastructure and data are hosted.