Keewano Raises $12M Seed

Keewano, a startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has raised $12 million in a Seed funding round to advance the development of its database platform built for AI agents. The company aims to solve the limitations of traditional database structures that were not originally designed for the machine reasoning requirements of modern AI models.

Investors

This round was led by Hetz Ventures. Additional participating investors included a16z speedrun, Remagine Ventures, DIG Ventures, and several angel investors.

Keewano Use of Funds

The company plans to use the new capital to scale the development and deployment of KeewanoDB, its database specifically engineered for machine reasoning, which allows AI agents to directly analyze and reason over sequences of events within business data.

About Keewano

Founded in 2024 by Mark Kardashov, Dima Karger, Pavel Bibergal, and Vitaly Bukhovsky, Keewano is a data infrastructure company. Its core product, KeewanoDB, maintains data in context and sequence, enabling AI agents to query and investigate complex event patterns that were previously inaccessible or required extensive pre-computation.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://keewano.com

Company: Keewano
Raised: $12M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: September 15, 2026
Lead Investor: Hetz Ventures
Additional Investors: a16z speedrun, Remagine Ventures, DIG Ventures, angel investors
Software Category: Data Infrastructure
Source: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rje2hh8kfx