AI specialist wins £150k funding, with plans to raise a further £100k
Manchester’s social media platform, Vulse, has secured £150,000 of early stage funding.
Vulse harnesses the power of innovative AI technologies to help LinkedIn users build their personal brands and promote company pages.
Its AI technology is reducing content creation times from hours to seconds.
The pre-seed round of angel investment will accelerate growth and implement revolutionary features.
Vulse secured the investment from SFC Capital. It will help LinkedIn users develop personal brands and promote company pages, providing AI-supported content ideas and posts to small, medium, and enterprise businesses.
CEO, Rob Illidge, said: “This milestone marks a crucial step in our journey towards revolutionising social media content creation using AI.
“We are incredibly excited by the trust and confidence that SFC Capital has placed in our vision and our team.”
He added: “Their expertise and track record in supporting early stage technology start-ups will undoubtedly accelerate our growth and development, helping us bring our cutting edge AI solutions to market more efficiently.
“This investment will enable us to expand our research and development efforts, as well as scale our operations globally to better serve our customers.
“Our dedicated team of developers, engineers, and marketers, is now more committed than ever to pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, delivering transformative social media solutions to empower individuals and ambitious businesses.”
The company’s personal branding platform has been working alongside The Manchester Metropolitan University as part of the region’s AI Foundry, and recently attracted a 10% investment from global software developers, CarbonCode.
Vulse helps users save time when creating LinkedIn posts by offering content ideas based on industry, trends, and relevance, while instantly creating content using its proprietary AI model.
Stephen Page, CEO, of SFC Capital, said the innovative approach by Vulse and its dedicated team have showcased tremendous potential in revolutionising the AI and social media landscape.
“At SFC Capital, we believe in supporting game-changing start-ups, and we are confident that this investment will accelerate their growth and help bring their transformative solutions to millions of LinkedIn users.
“We look forward to working closely with Vulse and witnessing the positive impact they will have on the social media industry.”
Vulse is aiming to raise an additional £100,000 of investment to close its current funding round.
