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Agentic infrastructure startup Seltz raises $12.5M to help AI agents search the web for answers

$12.5M. That's what Seltz just raised to build the infrastructure layer AI agents need to actually search the web.

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Why it matters

As AI agents move from lab demos to production, infrastructure plays—especially web search and retrieval—are becoming a distinct funding category. Seltz's seed round signals investor conviction that agent-native tooling is a defensible, venture-scale business.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. Seltz raises $12.5M seed funding

  2. Round led by Speedinvest and B Capital

  3. Additional investors: Italian Founders Fund, Future Back Ventures, futurepresent, Arc Investors, Vento Ventures, Mango (partial list)

  4. Focus: agentic infrastructure for web search and retrieval

  5. Market positioning: enabling AI agents to navigate and extract information from the web at scale

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Publisher excerpt: Agentic search startup Seltz Inc. said today it has bagged $12.5 million in seed funding to build a more optimal infrastructure so that artificial intelligence agents can find their way around the web. The round was led by Speedinvest and B Capital. Also participating were Italian Founders Fund,…
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