London-based Archestra Secures €2.8 Million In Pre-Seed Round

The funding was led by Concept Ventures and supported by Zero Prime Ventures, Celero Ventures, RTP Global, and Aloniq. Notable angel investors include Max Hauser (BCG), Maxim Konovalov (Nginx co-founder), Konstantin Vinogradov (Runa Capital), Stephen Whitworth (incident.io), and Luke Harries (Elevenlabs).

Matvey Kukuy, CEO and Co-founder, comments: “Model Context Protocol (MCP) is unlocking a new frontier for AI agents. But, right now, MCP is completely unsuitable for the enterprise. We’re building the security-first solution that will change this. Our open-source platform means anyone, whether you’re an engineer or a HR rep, can safely and impactfully integrate AI agents into their workflow – driving efficiency and impact at scale – without increasing risks. The speed at which we’re moving reflects how passionate we are about this solution and the impact we think it can have in the market.”

Archestra aims to let every employee—whether in HR, sales, or elsewhere—securely connect company data to AI. Its open-source platform adds security layers to enable safe adoption of cutting-edge AI, including its proprietary “Model Context Protocol” (MCP).

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) was introduced by AI company Anthropic in November. It’s a framework designed to help connect large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to company systems and data sources—such as Slack, email, or HR platforms. By linking LLMs to internal data, AI can tackle tasks autonomously and accurately, much like a human colleague.

For instance, it can draft emails, edit documents, create task lists, send Slack messages, and retrieve data from internal systems.

While enterprises see huge potential in integrating AI with their data, Archestra highlights significant security and compliance risks. An AI agent with unrestricted access could, for example, expose staff salary information or delete critical company data.

To mitigate these risks while enabling autonomous AI, Archestra’s open-source platform acts as an “MCP orchestrator”, providing guardrails, data management, and permission controls so companies can harness AI productivity safely.

Ariel Rahamim, Principal at Concept Ventures, comments: “Just as APIs became the foundational building blocks for internet infrastructure, MCPs are emerging as the connective tissue for improving the context layer of AI tools within enterprise. Archestra is building the infrastructure layer this ecosystem needs. At Concept, we leaned into the teams’ technical depth, open-source DNA, and executional intensity to grow into a leader in the category. The team is attacking a mission-critical problem they’ve lived firsthand, and we’re confident they’ll define how enterprises deploy and govern AI context at scale.”

Archestra’s platform operates within the rapidly growing integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) market, which is projected to surpass €14.5 billion in revenue by 2028.

About Archestra

Founded in 2025, Archestra was created by childhood friends and serial entrepreneurs Matvey Kukuy (CEO) and Ildar Iskhakov (CTO), alongside Founding Engineer Joey Orlando (ex-Grafana). Matvey and Ildar previously built the incident management platform Amixr, acquired by Grafana in 2021, and Matvey co-founded Keep, an AIOps platform later acquired by Elastic.