# AI funding rounds led by Earlybird Venture Capital

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Earlybird Venture Capital led or co-led 2 funding rounds at 2 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between May 26, 2025 and October 21, 2026. The most recent: Firstwork and SpAItial.

| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Co-leads |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Firstwork](https://presspool.ai/companies/firstwork-com) | $15 million | Series A | October 21, 2026 | None named |
| [SpAItial](https://presspool.ai/companies/spaitial-ai) | $13M | Seed | May 26, 2025 | None named |

## Rounds by year

| Year | Rounds led | Led rounds announced in dollars | Round types led |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 1 | $15 million across 1 round | Series A |
| 2025 | 1 | $13 million across 1 round | Seed |

## Maps its companies are on

- On the [World models map](https://presspool.ai/niches/world-models) in the weekly sample of October 19, 2026: [SpAItial](https://presspool.ai/companies/spaitial-ai), named or cited in 6 of 55 answers.

## Co-investors

Investors named with Earlybird Venture Capital on the rounds above: Gradient and Y Combinator.

## Each round and its sources

### 1. Firstwork: $15 million Series A

Participation from Legion VC, Deel Ventures and existing investors Gradient and Y Combinator; total funding $20 million since 2024 launch.

- Announced: October 21, 2026
- Company record: [Firstwork on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/firstwork-com)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for October 18–24, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-19)
- Sources: [Firstwork](https://www.firstwork.com/post/firstwork-raises-15m-series-a-to-scale-applied-ai-for-frontline-workforce-operations), [FinSMEs](https://www.finsmes.com/2026/10/firstwork-raises-15m-in-series-a-funding.html)

### 2. SpAItial: $13M Seed

- Announced: May 26, 2025
- Company record: [SpAItial on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/spaitial-ai)
- Sources: [spaitial.ai](https://spaitial.ai/blog/announcing-spaitial)

## What this page covers

Presspool records the lead investors of each round, as the company's announcement or the confirming outlets name them, and the other investors the round's entry names. This page lists the rounds this investor led on Presspool's record: every weekly AI startup funding roster, and the latest round of each company on a niche map. A round it joined without leading is listed when the round's entry names it, matched only to firms the record names as some round's lead. It is not the investor's full portfolio: rounds its sources did not name it in are not listed.

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