Look AI Ventures

🔔 Investment Announcement 🔔
Thrilled to share our latest investment in Checkstep, a London-based platform using AI to help online platforms manage Trust & Safety at scale.

💸 Checkstep raised £3M, led by Alea Capital Partners with participation from Slow Ventures and Look AI Ventures.

Trusted by customers including Trustpilot, JustGiving, Daily Mail, and MoneySavingExpert, Checkstep processes more than 60M pieces of content each month and automates over 98% of moderation decisions with full auditability. 🌐

"Checkstep sits at the intersection of two powerful tailwinds: the explosion of user-generated content and the increasing regulatory burden on online platforms. We believe the company has built a mission-critical product in a category that is shifting from optional tooling to mandatory infrastructure." – Angelo Burgarello, Partner at Look AI Ventures

👏 Congratulations to Guillaume Bouchard and the Checkstep team! We're excited to support them as they expand globally and build infrastructure for a safer, more compliant internet.

🔗 Full announcement in the comments.

🚀 From 1,600+ applications to one winner — Congratulations to AlterEcho for taking home the top spot at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 Pitch Competition in Valletta! 🥇

Big shoutout to all finalists: Agilica, Agnia Aerospace, Arclight Aerospace, Asvel, Cooled Motors, DAITABLE, eMomentum, Entrelacs, muunMuun Health, Snoika, Systellar Space, Vecify, Warden Machinery, and Xydra Labs. 👏🏽

⚡ We're proud to have supported the competition once again alongside Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale, Draper University, LUA AI, Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, D-ID, and the EU-Startups team.

🚀 €1,000,000+ prize package ➡️ Last few days to apply for the Pitch Competition at the EU-Startups Summit 2026!

If you're a pre-seed or seed-stage startup based in Europe building something ambitious and scalable, apply now — only 15 startups will be selected to pitch on stage.

🏆 You'll pitch to a jury of investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders, with added backing from competition partners including our fund, Techstars, Malta Venture Capital, IONOS, Cyscale Cloud Security, Draper University, LUA AI, Make, Notion, HubSpot, JetBrains, Remote, and D-ID.

📍 Valletta, Malta
📅 May 7–8, 2026

Find out more about the event & competition 👉 https://lnkd.in/d5B7nKNu
Link to apply — applications close on Feb 10 👉 https://lnkd.in/d6x42VG7

Happy holidays from our team! 🎄

As 2025 wraps up, we'd like to thank you for the collaboration and trust throughout the year and wish you a restful holiday season and a strong start to the year ahead!

See you in 2026 🚀