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April 16, 2025

Exclusive: General Catalyst leads £4.4m seed round into AI agents startup Portia AI

Ex-Stripe exec and Google product lead team up for new agentic AI venture

Martin Coulter

2 min read

General Catalyst has backed London-based AI agents startup Portia AI in a £4.4 million seed funding round. 

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Martin Coulter

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