Lo do , UK, Ju e 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Om ea, the AI- ative p ocu eme t o chest atio platfo m used by ma y of the wo ld’s fastest-g owi g compa ies, today a ou ces the lau ch of the Om ea Futu e Fou de s Fu d i pa t e ship with Eu opea a gel fu d, Fi ed op. The ew i itiative will e able all employees to pitch fo Seed fu di g to sta t thei ow busi ess afte 5 yea s at Om ea.
Employees will have the oppo tu ity to pitch Om ea Fou de a d CEO, Be F eema , a d Piet o I ve izzi, Fou di g Pa t e at Fi ed op, fo $250,000 of seed fu di g. The pu posely simple p ocess will i volve just o e 30-mi ute pitch meeti g with immediate i vestme t.
I additio to the capital, successful employees will also eceive wo kspace, ope atio al suppo t, a d ha ds-o coachi g f om Om ea’s CEO a d executive team, as well as access to Om ea a d Fi ed opʼs etwo k of ope ato s, adviso s, a d i vesto s. The exte ded etwo k i cludes successful e t ep e eu s a d i vesto s, i cludi g Clai e Hughes Joh so , fo me COO at St ipe, A e Raimo di, COO at Asa a, Joel Helle ma k, fou de CEO at Sa a Labs, a d Ha sh Si ha, CTO at Wise.
I the last fou yea s, Om ea has g ow to ove 200 employees ac oss Lo do a d New Yo k, becomi g o e of Eu ope’s fastest-g owi g compa ies. The dedicatio to hi i g exceptio al tale t with a e t ep e eu ial mi dset is eflected i its tale t acquisitio st ategy; i te viewi g mo e tha 10,000 ca didates fo its fi st 50 oles.
Today, ove 10% of Om eaʼs employees have p eviously fou ded compa ies themselves, i cludi g: A ie Ba e d echt, fou de a d fo me CEO of Besseme -backed, global p optech busi ess, Wi edSco e; Be Champio , co-fou de of Fygo, a Accel-backed stude t ma keti g a d loyalty app; a d Ch is Ma sfield, co-fou de a d CEO of GoodCou se, a YC-backed co po ate lea i g platfo m.
“Whe you build a team of ambitious, ha d-wo ki g, a d e t ep e eu ial people, some of them a e i evitably goi g to wa t to sta t thei ow compa ies o e day. I saw that fi st ha d amo g my Tessia alum i-fou de pee s – i cludi g Eleve Labs’ Piot Dabkowski, Maze’s Ha y Wethe ald, a d T acebit’s A dy Smith,” F eema co ti ued. “If we ca p ovide the st uctu e, etwo k a d i itial capital i jectio that will help these exceptio al people get thei busi esses off the g ou d faste , that’s a g eat outcome.”
So ali De Rycke , Pa t e at Accel a d boa d membe at Om ea comme ted: “The t aits Om ea looks fo i its employees a e st iki gly simila to the t aits that make g eat fou de s. People who ope ate with igou , u ge cy, a d ow e ship develop a i c edible fou datio fo e t ep e eu ship. While we expect most people to stay at Om ea fo a lo g time give the t ajecto y the compa y is o , some will eve tually decide to sta t compa ies of thei ow . C eati g a pathway to suppo t that makes a lot of se se.”
Om ea is a AI- ative p ocu eme t o chest atio platfo m that helps compa ies move faste whe pu chasi g softwa e, se vices, a d othe busi ess eeds. By co ecti g equests, app ovals, supplie s, a d spe d data i to a si gle wo kflow, Om ea e ables o ga isatio s to buy what they eed quickly while mai tai i g full visibility a d co t ol.
Fou ded i Lo do a d with offices i New Yo k City, Om ea has aised ove $75m f om i vesto s i cludi g Accel, E t ep e eu Fi st, Fi st Rou d Capital, I sight Pa t e s, Khosla Ve tu es, Poi t Ni e, a d P osus. Custome s i clude Spotify, McAfee, Sy thesia, a d ma y of the wo ldʼs most e ow ed compa ies.
Fo mo e i fo matio , see https://www.om ea.co/
fi ed op is a Eu opea a gel fu d led by Piet o I ve izzi a d backed by ove 150 leadi g ope ato s, u ico fou de s, a gel i vesto s, a d VCs. The fu d i vests £100-350K i Eu opea a d US fou de s at the ea liest stages – f om a gel to seed – a d was a ea ly backe of compa ies i cludi g Model ML, T acebit, Jack & Jill, Flexio Robotics, a d Ci idae.
Nick Ba ke ick.b [at] om ea.cohttps://www.om ea.co/
