British startup Archestra, a platform which enables companies to securely use AI agents and connect them to internal data sources safely, has raised €2.8 million pre-Seed funding in an oversubscribed raise that closed in less than two weeks.
The round was led by Concept Ventures, joined by Zero Prime Ventures, Celero Ventures, RTP Global and Aloniq. Angels include: Max Hauser (Managing Director & Partner BCG), Maxim Konovalov (Nginx co-founder), Konstantin Vinogradov (GP at Runa Capital), Stephen Whitworth (CEO of incident.io), and Luke Harries (Elevenlabs).
Matvey Kukuy, CEO and Co-founder, comments: “Model Context Protocol (MCP) is unlocking a new frontier for AI agents. But, right now, MCP is completely unsuitable for the enterprise. We’re building the security-first solution that will change this. Our open-source platform means anyone, whether you’re an engineer or a HR rep, can safely and impactfully integrate AI agents into their workflow – driving efficiency and impact at scale – without increasing risks. The speed at which we’re moving reflects how passionate we are about this solution and the impact we think it can have in the market.”
Founded in 2025, Archestra is the brainchild of serial Founders and childhood friends Matvey Kukuy (CEO) and Ildar Iskhakov (CTO). They are joined by Founding Engineer Joey Orlando (ex-Grafana). Matvey and Ildar founded incident management platform Amixr, which exited to Grafana in 2021. Matvey went on to Co-found AIOps platform Keep, which exited to Elastic.
Archestra claims to enable every employee within an organisation – whether you’re an HR rep or a sales exec – to securely connect company data to AI. The open-source platform does this by introducing security layers that allow companies to safely adopt the latest advances in AI, including what’s called the “Model Context Protocol” (MCP).
The MCP was unveiled by AI company Anthropic in November. It’s a framework that makes it easier for people to connect LLMs like ChatGPT with their own systems and data sources, such as Slack, email or HR platforms. Connecting LLMs to data in this way enables AI to solve problems autonomously and more accurately – much like a human colleague.
For example, it can draft emails, edit documents, build task lists, send Slack messages and find data stored on internal systems.
Enterprises see a major opportunity in connecting AI to their data. However, Archestra says it currently presents a serious security and compliance challenge. For example, an AI agent with unfettered access to internal systems could scrape staff salary data and share it on LinkedIn. Or delete vital information from internal systems.
To avoid these scenarios but still unlock the benefits of autonomous agents, Archestra’s open-source solution reportedly acts as an “MCP orchestrator”; providing the guardrails, data management, and permission tools enterprises need to reap the productivity benefits of AI without exposing themselves to new risks.
Ariel Rahamim, Principal at Concept Ventures, comments: “Just as APIs became the foundational building blocks for internet infrastructure, MCPs are emerging as the connective tissue for improving the context layer of AI tools within enterprise. Archestra is building the infrastructure layer this ecosystem needs. At Concept, we leaned into the teams’ technical depth, open-source DNA, and executional intensity to grow into a leader in the category. The team is attacking a mission-critical problem they’ve lived firsthand, and we’re confident they’ll define how enterprises deploy and govern AI context at scale.”
The Archestra solution is part of the burgeoning integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) market that is forecast to exceed €14.5 billion in revenue by 2028.
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