London’s Archestra.AI bags €2.8M to keep AI agents in check; round closed in under two weeks

Archestra has secured funding to advance its platform aimed at enabling secure integration of AI agents with enterprise systems, addressing safety and compliance concerns while supporting productivity gains.

London-based Archestra.AI has secured €2.8M in pre-seed funding to develop its platform that enables companies to securely connect AI agents to internal data sources.

The oversubscribed round was led by Concept Ventures and closed in less than two weeks. Zero Prime Ventures, Celero Ventures, RTP Global and Aloniq also joined the funding round.

Notable angel investors include Max Hauser (Managing Director & Partner at BCG), Maxim Konovalov (Nginx co-founder), Konstantin Vinogradov (GP at Runa Capital), Stephen Whitworth (CEO of incident.io), and Luke Harries from ElevenLabs.

Ariel Rahamim, Principal at Concept Ventures, says, “Just as APIs became the foundational building blocks for internet infrastructure, Model Context Protocol (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.”

Capital utilisation

Archestra.AI will use the funding to accelerate development of its open-source platform and expand the team to capture the growing demand for secure AI agent orchestration solutions.

The company plans to allocate resources towards engineering, product development, and establishing its position in the burgeoning integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) market, which is forecast to exceed $17B in revenue by 2028.

Addressing enterprise AI security risks

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Matvey Kukuy and Ildar Iskhakov, Archestra’s platform addresses a critical challenge facing enterprises adopting AI agents: the risk of autonomous systems accessing sensitive data inappropriately or “going rogue.”

The solution acts as an “MCP orchestrator”, providing guardrails and permission tools that allow companies to leverage AI productivity benefits whilst maintaining security and compliance.

The platform utilises the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a framework unveiled by Anthropic in November that enables Large Language Models to connect with company systems such as Slack, email and HR platforms.

Serial founders with a proven track record

CEO Matvey Kukuy and CTO Ildar Iskhakov are childhood friends who previously co-founded incident management platform Amixr, which was acquired by Grafana in 2021. Kukuy subsequently co-founded the AIOps platform Keep, which was acquired by Elastic. The founding team is completed by Joey Orlando, a former Grafana engineer who serves as Founding Engineer.

Matvey Kukuy, CEO and co-founder, says, “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 an 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.”