Welcome to our weekly edition of Seed Watch- a segment of Market Insyte Digest focused on sharing some of the latest and most intriguing Pre-seed & Seed funding news grabbing the headlines in the startup world. Find out the top 3 deals from this week that caught our eye.
Startup Name: Inferact
Industry: AI
Region: United States
Amount (USD): $150 million
The problem it is solving: Inferact is tackling the growing gap between increasingly large and complex AI models and the infrastructure required to run them efficiently in production. As LLMs scale, inference becomes expensive, slow, and difficult to deploy across diverse hardware environments. Inferact aims to make AI inference faster, cheaper, and more scalable for enterprise use.
What the Funds Will Be Spent On: Commercialising vLLM, its open-source LLM inference engine. Scaling its enterprise AI inference platform. Expanding adoption among existing customers and driving uptake with new enterprise clients
Startup Name: Factify
Industry: Legal-tech
Region: Israel
Amount (USD): $63 million
The problem it is solving: Factify is addressing the fundamental limitations of PDFs and traditional digital documents, which are static, manual, and poorly suited for AI-driven workflows. In an era where AI agents increasingly interact with documents, PDFs lack built-in identity, version control, access permissions, and context, creating inefficiencies, security risks, and fragmented enterprise processes—especially in regulated industries.
What the Funds Will Be Spent On: Building a new, AI-native digital document infrastructure to replace PDFs. Advancing product development across application infrastructure, user interfaces, and underlying systems. Scaling enterprise pilots and deployments in regulated sectors such as banking, insurance, legal services, and HR
Startup Name: GoCab
Industry: Fintech
Region: Ivory Coast
Amount (USD): $45 million
The problem it is solving: GoCab addresses the lack of access to affordable vehicle financing for gig workers such as ride-hailing drivers and delivery couriers, who are often excluded from traditional bank credit. Without vehicles, many workers cannot participate fully in gig platforms, limiting income opportunities and economic mobility.
What the Funds Will Be Spent On: Expanding into additional markets across emerging economies. Scaling its vehicle fleet toward a target of 10,000 cars. Growing annual recurring revenue toward $100 million within 24 months. Structuring and scaling Shariah-compliant financing facilities to support asset-backed lending