Promptwatch has raised €6m in seed funding. The company is helping companies understand and improve their visibility in AI search.
Evertrace spotted Gijs de Groot, co-founder of Promptwatch, 469 days before the funding announcement.
Before the round
| Evertrace detected the signal | 1 April 2025 |
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| Funding announced | 14 July 2026 |
| Time between the two | 469 days |
On 1 April 2025, Evertrace spotted the first signal of company formation for co-founder Gijs de Groot. The signal showed the company taking shape 469 days before its funding announcement.
What they’re building
Promptwatch tracks how brands appear in answers from AI search systems. It gives teams a view of where they are being mentioned, which sources are influencing those answers and where their content needs work.
The company is expanding from monitoring into tools that help teams execute an AI search strategy. Co-founders Gijs de Groot and Klaas Foppen started the business in Amsterdam.
The round
Promptwatch raised €6 million in a seed round led by Seed + Speed Ventures. Blum Ventures joined the round and existing investor Arches Capital followed on. The funding supports its AI search optimization platform.
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