WhiteBridge AI raises $3M seed round

WhiteBridge AI, the Vilnius-based people-search and digital identity platform, has raised a $3 million seed round, equivalent to roughly €2.6 million, led by FIRSTPICK VC. The round also includes participation from First Degree, NGL.VC, Scalewolf.VC, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs, Plug and Play, and a group of angel investors.

The company says the capital will fund expansion of its data source integrations, improvements to its verification and transparency infrastructure, and continued development of the search and research platform.

Founded in 2024 by Tomas Martūnas, Irmantas Motiejūnas, Justinas Barauskas, and Paulius Taraškevičius, WhiteBridge started as a digital footprint auditing and reputation monitoring tool, aggregating, verifying, and organising publicly available information about individuals across dozens of online sources.

It has since repositioned as a broader people-search and research engine, aimed at helping businesses verify information about partners, vendors, and contacts, and at helping individuals understand what information about them is already circulating online.

“Most people don’t realise how much information about them is already circulating online, and even fewer understand how it can shape their personal and professional opportunities. With WhiteBridge, we’re here to bring clarity and control to that chaos. Our platform gives people and businesses a reliable way to understand and manage online identity signals, so they can act with confidence.” said Tomas Martūnas, co-founder, WhiteBridge AI

The platform’s practical use cases span sales and partnership preparation, giving business teams verified context ahead of meetings, through to vendor due diligence and third-party screening.

FIRSTPICK’s managing partner Dmitrij Sosunov said the investment decision came down to the team rather than the market: “What sold us wasn’t just the market, it was the team. They’re quick, practical, and they ship. In a fast-moving AI space, that’s the advantage.”

The round represents a significant step up from WhiteBridge’s pre-seed. In October 2024, the company raised $500,000, also led by FIRSTPICK, with Scalewolf, First Degree, and Nectolabs participating in that earlier round.