11x — one of Europe’s most-hyped AI startups to emerge in recent times — is today announcing that it’s closed a $24m Series A round. The investment was led by US VC Benchmark, with participation from Quiet Capital, SV Angel, Abstract Ventures, Lux Capital, Operator Partners, Visionaries Club, Activant, HubSpot Ventures, Project A, 20VC, 20Growth, and 20Sales.
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Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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