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Lua raises $5.8M

Lua announced a Seed round of $5.8M on 16 April 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in United Kingdom. It was founded by Lorcan O'Cathain, CEO & Co-founder.

Raised
$5.8M
Stage
Seed
Industry
AI & Machine Learning
Country
United Kingdom

Founder

Lorcan O'Cathain
CEO & Co-founder, Lua
lua.so

Outreach angles

  • -Lorcan previously ran Zephyr Management's Africa business as Managing Director before turning to AI agent infrastructure
  • -Met co-founder Stefan Kruger while scaling a fintech in East Africa together, where Stefan led engineering through Paystack's Stripe acquisition
  • -Just raised $5.8M seed led by Norrsken22 with Y Combinator, 20VC and Flourish joining as Lua crosses 30 percent week-on-week revenue growth

Signals

SeedAI-NativeYC BackedB2BDev ToolsHiring

Round details

Company: Lua
Domain: lua.so
Amount: $5.8M
Stage: Seed
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Country: United Kingdom
Announced: 16 April 2026
Source: announcement

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