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Hellbender Raises $12.5M in Seed Funding led by Magarac Venture Partners and Veredas Partners to expedite the rollout of its edge AI platforms.

PRIVATEMay 19, 2026•3 months ago

Amount Raised

$12.5 Million

Round Type

Seed

PittsburghManufacturingArtificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Investors

Active Angels NetworkSum VcGaingelsMana VenturesVeredas PartnersMagarac Venture Partners

Description

Hellbender, based in Pittsburgh, PA, raised $12.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Magarac Venture Partners and Veredas Partners, with participation from Mana Ventures, Gaingels, Sum VC, and the Active Angels Network. The company intends to use the funds to expedite the rollout of its edge AI platforms, designed for real-time perception and decision-making. This funding will help provide mission-critical intelligence across various complex environments.

Company Information

Company

Hellbender

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

About

Hellbender is a Pittsburgh, PA-based physical AI infrastructure company that builds integrated perception platforms enabling machines to see, understand, and act in real time across complex environments. They combine edge-native AI with proprietary hardware for mission-critical industries like energy, logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, and healthcare. By unifying engineering and domestic manufacturing, they eliminate the latency of cloud-dependent architectures.

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