How much did Blocks raise?

Blocks raised $6M at Pre-Seed, announced 9 April 2026.

Oliver Merkel is Co-founder of Blocks.

Blocks operates in Developer Tools and is based in Germany.

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Blocks raises $6M

Blocks announced a Pre-Seed round of $6M on 9 April 2026. The company operates in Developer Tools and is based in Germany. It was founded by Oliver Merkel, Co-founder.

Raised

$6M

Stage

Pre-Seed

Industry

Developer Tools

Country

Germany

Founder

Oliver Merkel

Co-founder, Blocks

LinkedIn profile blockscloud.io

Outreach angles

-Oliver Merkel co-founded rapid grocery delivery giant Flink before pivoting to Blocks, bringing serial entrepreneurship experience and a proven operator track record.
-Co-founder Andreas Schroeter also worked on Flink, meaning the Blocks team has deep experience scaling infrastructure for high-growth startups.
-Blocks' $6M pre-seed led by Speedinvest will fund Major Tom, an AI agent that has already demonstrated 40% cloud cost savings for early customers.