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The European vibe coding startups which fundraised in the past 12 months VCs have backed nine startups promising to change the way software is built in the last 12 months Vibe coding — a term used to describe AI tools which allow users to create apps and software using natural language — has never been far from the headlines in 2025. A term synonymous with Swedish AI darling Lovable, renowned for its lightning-fast annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth after less than a year with a product on the market, vibe coding enthusiasts talk up the technology’s promise of changing the way companies build software. For Lovable, that upside has seen considerable VC interest. The startup raised $200m in July, just four months on from announcing a $16m seed. Days later Lovable announced it had hit $100m ARR eight months after product launch. But which other European vibe coding startups have tempted VCs to part with their cash? Using Sifted data, it tracked down eight other companies which have raised funding in the past year. https://lnkd.in/eAEzieTj #European #StartUps #Software #Development

Vibe-coding startup Anything has raised $11 million in financing at a $100 million valuation, led by Footwork, with additional backing from Uncork, Bessemer Venture Partners, and M13. Anything went live on August 7, the same day as GPT-5, and reached 3.2 million views, with over 30,000 new sign-ups, within 72 hours of its launch. Within two weeks of its launch, Anything had more than 700,000 registered users and $2 million in run rate. Several vibe-coding companies fail to offer the infrastructure that nontechnical users need to launch a functional product.

Vibe-coding startup Anything has raised $11 million in financing at a $100 million valuation, led by Footwork, with additional backing from Uncork, Bessemer Venture Partners, and M13. Anything went live on August 7, the same day as GPT-5, and reached 3.2 million views, with over 30,000 new sign-ups, within 72 hours of its launch. Within two weeks of its launch, Anything had more than 700,000 registered users and $2 million in run rate. Several vibe-coding companies fail to offer the infrastructure that nontechnical users need to launch a functional product.

#siliconfjord #vibecoding #startup Riff raises $16M Series A led by Northzone, as it launches its full AI product suite. By Mimi Billing via Sifted https://lnkd.in/evimrZWu #NordicMade

Just saw CodeRabbit hit a $550M valuation. What fascinates me isn't just the numbers, but the problem they're solving. Here's what's happening: As more developers use AI to generate code (think GitHub Copilot), they're creating a massive bottleneck in the review process. AI writes code fast but often with bugs that humans have to catch. CodeRabbit's founder spotted this exact issue watching his own engineering team. Classic entrepreneurship - observing a real problem firsthand and building the solution. Now they're at $15M ARR with 20% monthly growth. That's what happens when you nail product-market fit. I've seen this pattern repeatedly in my years building startups: The best opportunities often emerge as second-order effects of technological shifts. The gold isn't always in the obvious first wave, but in solving the new problems created by innovation. Are you noticing any second-order problems in your industry that nobody's addressing yet? https://lnkd.in/dKstz8sE

San Francisco-based Anything.ai, a fast-growing vibe-coding startup, has raised $11 million in fresh funding at a $100 million valuation, led by Footwork with participation from Uncork, Bessemer, and M13. Co-founded by former Google colleagues Dhruv Amin and Marcus Lowe, the company is redefining app development by enabling nontechnical users to build and launch fully functional, revenue-generating applications. Unlike other vibe-coding platforms that focus primarily on prototypes, Anything AI provides an end-to-end infrastructure, including databases, payments, and storage, that allows users to seamlessly move from idea to production-ready software. In just two weeks, the platform achieved a $2 million annualized run rate, with early users already launching apps such as a habit tracker, a CPR training tool, and a hairstyle try-on application. Positioning itself as the “Shopify for app-building,” Anything AI empowers entrepreneurs to turn ideas into businesses without worrying about complex integrations or engineering bottlenecks. The new funding will fuel product expansion and accelerate growth as the company competes in the booming vibe coding market, where startups like Lovable and Replit are also scaling rapidly. With demand for AI-powered, no-code development surging, Anything AI is set to democratize software creation globally. #AI #VibeCoding #StartupFunding #NoCode #AppDevelopment #ArtificialIntelligence #TechInnovation #SaaS #VentureCapital #DigitalTransformation

Indian startup Rocket.new has secured $15M from Accel and Salesforce Ventures to advance its 'vibe-coding' concept. 🚀 This AI-driven approach moves beyond simple code completion, allowing users to build production-ready applications from natural-language prompts and high-level creative direction. The investment signals a growing confidence in AI's role to abstract away complex coding, potentially democratizing software development on a larger scale. #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #VentureCapital #Innovation #LowCode #NoCode #WeeklyVentures Sangmin (Simon) Lee

Vibe-coding startup hits $2M ARR in 2 weeks, lands $100M valuation 🚀 Anything launched just a month ago but already cracked the code on production-ready AI app building. • $11M Series A led by Footwork at $100M valuation • $2M annualized run rate in first 14 days • Full-stack platform: databases, storage, payments included • Users already shipping real apps to App Store How founders Dhruv Amin and Marcus Lowe built this: • Identified gap: competitors like Lovable/Replit excel at prototypes but lack production infrastructure • Shut down profitable $2M ARR dev marketplace in 2023 to pivot to AI • Built entire backend in-house vs relying on third-party tools like Supabase • Positioned as "Shopify of vibe-coding" for monetizable apps • Launched with complete infrastructure stack from day one • Focused on enabling real businesses, not just demos The takeaway: In crowded markets, winning often means solving the next-level problem everyone else ignores. Source: TechCrunch Brewed by Startup Beaker.

At just 19 years old, Dhravya Shah has raised $2.6 million in seed funding for his AI startup supermemory, which aims to solve one of artificial intelligence’s biggest limitations: long-term memory. The round was led by Susa Ventures, Browder Capital, and SF1.vc, with participation from prominent angels including Jeff Dean (Chief Scientist, Google), Dane Knecht (CTO, Cloudflare), Logan Kilpatrick (Product Manager, Google DeepMind), David Cramer (Founder, Sentry), and executives from OpenAI, Meta, and Google. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦 👉 https://lnkd.in/d647pq9u Julian Weisser Souptik Debnath Sreeram Sreedhar Soham Daga Steven Li Siddharth Bhatia Mahesh Sanikommu #Startups #Founders #FundingNews #VentureCapital #PrivateEquity #AngelInvestors

Vibe-coding: startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks Marina Temkin 10:55 AM PDT · September 29, 2025 It’s no secret that vibe coding — using AI:-powered coding tools to build apps and websites via natural language: prompts: — is exploding in popularity. In July, Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) just eight months after launch. It plans to close the year at $250 million ARR and thinks it will hit $1 billion ARR within the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Replit said earlier this month that its ARR soared from $2.8 million to $150 million in less than a year. These companies’ remarkable growth has fueled a wave of competitors, many of which are also quickly gaining momentum. “This is one of those spaces where every company is growing like a weed,” said Nikhil Basu Trivedi, co-founder and general partner at VC firm Footwork. However, despite their rapid growth, Lovable, Replit, and other vibe-coding startups have a significant shortcoming, argues Basu Trivedi: They excel at developing prototypes but struggle to enable users to launch production-ready software. The problem with most vibe-coding companies, Basu Trivedi says, is that they don’t provide all the infrastructure that nontechnical users need to launch a functional product. Anything, an AI app launched a month ago, is attempting to solve this problem by offering all the tools — from databases to storage and payment functionality — that users need to run businesses on the web or to send their vibe-coded creations to the App Store. The company’s initial traction was explosive, reaching $2 million annualized run rate in just two weeks. Though the vibe-coding market is crowded, the company’s growth rate is so impressive that Basu Trivedi knew he had to fund it. https://lnkd.in/dFEfJr-H