Holmes Launches With €1.1M Pre-Seed Funding For AI-Powered Software Testing

The funding round was led by Syndicate One, with support from prominent tech founders and investors including Roeland Delrue and Willem Delbare of Aikido, Showpad co-founder Louis Jonckheere, Thomas Van Overbeke, NewSchool.vc, RDY Capital, and 100IN.

Founded by Robin Praet, Robbrecht Delrue, and Sofie Buyse, Holmes is developing an autonomous QA platform built for modern software teams moving at AI-driven development speed.

Instead of relying on manually written test scripts, the platform learns product workflows and continuously creates and updates tests as applications evolve.

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As AI coding tools accelerate software production, Holmes aims to remove the growing bottleneck of manual testing and help teams ship products faster without compromising quality.

The company plans to use the new funding to strengthen its platform, grow its engineering and product teams, and expand beyond its current design partners.

At Henchman, I experienced firsthand how QA often becomes work that everyone knows is essential, but nobody truly owns. Testing frequently ends up on the plate of developers and product managers alongside their existing responsibilities. Holmes was built to automate that process and allow teams to continue shipping products with greater confidence, said Sofie Buyse, Product Manager at Holmes.

Holmes, founded in 2026 is an AI-native QA platform that autonomously tests applications before users encounter bugs. It eliminates the need for manual scripts and unreliable tests by understanding how an app should function and continuously verifying performance, behavior and reliability to help teams ship faster with greater confidence.