Seamflow, a London-based startup, has stepped out of stealth with a mission to tackle certification delays, one of the world’s most overlooked barriers to innovation. The company has raised $4.5 million in seed funding, co-led by Northzone and Initialized Capital, the fund founded by Y Combinator president Garry Tan.
They are joined by notable angels, including former Microsoft strategist Charlie Songhurst and footballer Mario Götze. Also, Entrepreneur First and Nebular participated in this round.
To build a platform capable of reshaping how global certification works, Seamflow has assembled a team from world-class organisations, including alumni from UK energy unicorn FUSE Energy as well as Google, Amazon, and X. Participation in the funding round also came from Entrepreneur First and Nebular, both reinforcing strong confidence in the startup’s long-term vision. However, Seamflow co-founder Konstantin Klingler did not disclose the company’s valuation to TFN.
When asked about plans for the next 12 months, Konstantin stated, “We plan to expand our team, enhance our product capabilities, and support a growing number of TIC organisations globally.”
Transforms a £230B global industry
While medical devices are their starting point, Seamflow is expanding across the broader £230B TIC market, which underpins everything from factory operations to industrial infrastructure. As regulatory requirements grow more complex, certification bodies are struggling to keep up with demand. Seamflow’s system frees scarce expert capacity by removing repetitive tasks and enabling teams to focus on judgment-based decisions.
The company is already working with major enterprise certifiers and tackling core challenges such as document management, auditor scheduling, and multi-team review coordination. By smoothing these workflows, Seamflow helps accelerate innovation across the physical economy, particularly in Europe, where certification is deeply intertwined with industrial progress.
Fixes a system that holds back critical products
Co-founders Konstantin Klingler and Yusufhan Kircova, both in their mid-twenties, are addressing a massive choke point in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) sector. Before products reach the market or infrastructure goes live, certification bodies must handle audits, reviews, and complex documentation. This process has become so overloaded that over 25,000 medical devices in the EU are stuck in approval queues, with some waiting more than 20 months for clearance.
Seamflow is tackling this challenge by embedding AI into certification workflows, helping teams organise documentation, coordinate reviews, and focus on expert judgment rather than administrative tasks. By reducing operational friction, the company can cut certification timelines to under three months.
How about competition?
Regarding competition, Konstantin stated, “Our main alternatives are in-house platforms built on general-purpose tools like Palantir, alongside legacy systems. These tools are not designed to handle the depth and specificity of TIC workflows, which is why organisations choose Seamflow’s purpose-built platform.”
What about diversity?
Detailing about diversity, Konstantin added, “As an early-stage company, we are still small and don’t publish formal diversity statistics yet. We’re focused on building an inclusive team from the outset and are committed to hiring across diverse backgrounds as we scale.”
Konstantin Klingler further commented: “The TIC industry is essential to global safety and innovation, and it relies on highly skilled professionals. Our goal is to support those teams with AI that helps them manage growing complexity and demand, without compromising the trust and rigour the industry is built on.”
