atira raises $15M Seed

The $15M seed sits on top of a $2.5M pre-seed that had not been announced before, so total funding is $17.5M. Some outlets headline the combined figure, while the company's own announcement puts the seed alone at $15M. UVC Partners, Fortino Capital and Booom joined Accel. Angels include Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer and Celonis co-founder Bastian Nominacher. The company reports being deployed with more than 15 industrial customers, among them ABB E-Mobility, Chiron Group and Fette Compacting. Its agents sit between CRM and ERP systems. They screen requests for quotation, check feasibility, configure solutions and draft technical and commercial documents. Atira says ask-to-bid time can fall by up to 80%. Per Fortune, it launched commercially in November 2025 and grew from four staff to about 15 this year. The money mainly funds engineering and first commercial hires, plus expansion into pricing, aftersales and supplier coordination. One report says a US customer is still at pilot stage. For AI founders, this is a case of a narrow vertical workflow, long and expensive to do by hand, winning a top-tier lead without a sales team. The open test is whether results hold beyond founder-led accounts, measured in win rates and bid accuracy.