Greg Coleshill, Chief Commercial and Operating Officer
Funding will grow the team and accelerate the move from pilots to revenue-generating deployments.
DERBY, UK — 4 November 2025 — Vigilant AI.ai, the Derby-headquartered tech platform that delivers AI teammates designed for regulated businesses, has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding led and by award-winning B2B SaaS investor Haatch. The round combines funds from three Haatch-managed sources including funding from Haatch, the East Midlands Combined County Authority and British Business Bank.
AI promises double-digit efficiency gains, yet most regulated firms still face a “trust gap”: they struggle to prove every AI action is policy-safe. Vigilant AI.ai embeds generative AI into existing workflows as AI Teammates that run inside real-time guardrails and create an immutable audit trail, letting teams work faster without breaching policy.
The fresh capital will be used to:
Mark Wood, Co-founder & CTO, Vigilant AI.ai
“As a trusted advisor to financial services boards, I kept seeing the same pattern: teams got excited about the potential of generative AI but then hit a wall when asked about governance and compliance. We founded Vigilant AI.ai because the toolset to answer those questions simply didn’t exist. Our platform enables people in the business to onboard AI Teammates where work happens whilst real-time guardrails and audit logs protect and govern. Customers gain AI productivity at speed, with regulatory compliant trust.”
Mike Anyfantakis, Co-founder & CPO, Vigilant AI.ai
“We’re already finalising our first pilots, and it is clear that clients want to go live fast. They are keen to create and collaborate with their AI teammates in their everyday work, at speed. By making compliance an always-on, real-time feature, we give financial services and other regulated firms confidence to deploy AI Agents in their team workflows. We’re excited by the feedback received from early customers and looking to further develop our product in collaboration with our partners”
Fred Soneya, Partner, Haatch
“We back founders solving deep, universal pains in B2B SaaS. Vigilant AI.ai tackles the biggest blocker to enterprise GenAI adoption: provable trust. Their real-time compliance layer is exactly what our fintech and financial-services network has been asking for.”
Vigilant AI.ai delivers AI Teammates that embed generative AI into enterprise workflows with real-time compliance guardrails, rapid onboarding and measurable results, purpose-built for regulated teams. Headquartered in Derby, the company’s mission is to unlock the potential of AI whilst ensuring every action is provably compliant. Visit vigilant-ai.ai.
Haatch is a UK-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage B2B SaaS startups that are redefining the Future of Enterprise. Founded by exited entrepreneurs Scott Weavers-Wright OBE and Fred Soneya, Haatch has invested over £100 million into more than 150 high-growth businesses, generating an enterprise value exceeding £800 million.
Backed by the British Business Bank’s Regional Angels Programme, Haatch provides investors access to a diversified portfolio of tax-efficient SEIS and EIS opportunities, as well as its dedicated
Haatch Early-Stage & Active Impact Fund (ESAIF)
— a regional fund supporting innovative businesses across the Midlands and North of England.
November 4, 2025
Greg Coleshill, Chief Commercial and Operating Officer
November 4, 2025
Funding will grow the team and accelerate the move from pilots to revenue-generating deployments.
DERBY, UK — 4 November 2025 — Vigilant AI.ai, the Derby-headquartered tech platform that delivers AI teammates designed for regulated businesses, has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding led and by award-winning B2B SaaS investor Haatch. The round combines funds from three Haatch-managed sources including funding from Haatch, the East Midlands Combined County Authority and British Business Bank.
AI promises double-digit efficiency gains, yet most regulated firms still face a “trust gap”: they struggle to prove every AI action is policy-safe. Vigilant AI.ai embeds generative AI into existing workflows as AI Teammates that run inside real-time guardrails and create an immutable audit trail, letting teams work faster without breaching policy.
The fresh capital will be used to:
Mark Wood, Co-founder & CTO, Vigilant AI.ai
“As a trusted advisor to financial services boards, I kept seeing the same pattern: teams got excited about the potential of generative AI but then hit a wall when asked about governance and compliance. We founded Vigilant AI.ai because the toolset to answer those questions simply didn’t exist. Our platform enables people in the business to onboard AI Teammates where work happens whilst real-time guardrails and audit logs protect and govern. Customers gain AI productivity at speed, with regulatory compliant trust.”
Mike Anyfantakis, Co-founder & CPO, Vigilant AI.ai
“We’re already finalising our first pilots, and it is clear that clients want to go live fast. They are keen to create and collaborate with their AI teammates in their everyday work, at speed. By making compliance an always-on, real-time feature, we give financial services and other regulated firms confidence to deploy AI Agents in their team workflows. We’re excited by the feedback received from early customers and looking to further develop our product in collaboration with our partners”
Fred Soneya, Partner, Haatch
“We back founders solving deep, universal pains in B2B SaaS. Vigilant AI.ai tackles the biggest blocker to enterprise GenAI adoption: provable trust. Their real-time compliance layer is exactly what our fintech and financial-services network has been asking for.”
Vigilant AI.ai delivers AI Teammates that embed generative AI into enterprise workflows with real-time compliance guardrails, rapid onboarding and measurable results, purpose-built for regulated teams. Headquartered in Derby, the company’s mission is to unlock the potential of AI whilst ensuring every action is provably compliant. Visit vigilant-ai.ai.
Haatch is a UK-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage B2B SaaS startups that are redefining the Future of Enterprise. Founded by exited entrepreneurs Scott Weavers-Wright OBE and Fred Soneya, Haatch has invested over £100 million into more than 150 high-growth businesses, generating an enterprise value exceeding £800 million.
Backed by the British Business Bank’s Regional Angels Programme, Haatch provides investors access to a diversified portfolio of tax-efficient SEIS and EIS opportunities, as well as its dedicated
Haatch Early-Stage & Active Impact Fund (ESAIF)
— a regional fund supporting innovative businesses across the Midlands and North of England.
