Czech AI platform Ranketta raises €1M to help brands optimize AI-driven search and shopping

Ranketta, a Czech AI visibility platform that helps brands track and enhance how they appear in AI-driven search and shopping results, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Lighthouse Ventures with participation from Gi21 Capital. The company shared the news with AIN.

About Ranketta 

• Ranketta is a Czech platform, founded in 2025, that helps brands monitor and improve how they appear in AI-based search and shopping results. 

• It identifies where a brand is missing from AI answers and provides ready-to-use tasks, such as content drafts, markup suggestions, and community-post templates, to help teams update their online presence more efficiently. 

Investment details

The round was led by Lighthouse Ventures with participation from Gi21 Capital.

• Lighthouse Ventures is the lead investor this round. It is a Prague-based early-stage and accelerated venture capital, focused on technology projects with global vision. The firm invests in European based startups with strong value creating operations in the Czech Republic.
• Lighthouse Ventures portfolio includes such companies like: Boomio, PARTORY, FaceUp, QurieGen, Edmund, TRIFFT Loyalty and Outfindo.
• Gi21 Capital is a private investment firm founded in 2021 and based in Prague, Czech Republic. The company invests in early- and late-stage technology companies. The main focus is on areas such as AI, infrastructure, and next-generation digital platforms.

The new funding will be used to accelerate expansion across Europe, support entry into the US market, and grow the engineering, product, and sales teams, as well as advance development of integrations with Shopify and other e-commerce platforms. 

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