SINGAPORE, Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- If there is one golden startup needle in a haystack, Kruncher enables investors to find 100 golden needles in a mountain.
Founded in Singapore, Kruncher addresses a core private market challenge: limited time, unlimited noise. Its platform of 30+ AI agents tracks thousands of companies in parallel, like a dedicated analyst, surfacing critical updates and data points so investors can focus on what truly matters.
Often described as the most comprehensive AI analyst for private markets, the platform has been used by hundreds of investment firms globally, including P101, 1982 Ventures and QAI Ventures.
Kruncher's technology ingests unstructured documents like pitch decks, financials, emails and transcripts, then turns them into structured, dynamic timelines of company evolution. This allows investors to instantly see how a business has changed over time, from early pivots to growth milestones and key hires.
The secret to Kruncher's accurate, 30+ page reports? Our unique, 4-layer data approach that builds on public data, adds premium data sources and internal research, incorporates the target company's documents and communications from founders, and rounds it all with your team's values and judgment. This is the key to a great report.
"Kruncher helped us catch a pivot that wasn't even mentioned in the deck… It changed our conviction completely," said Andrew, a UK-based growth stage investor who has been using Kruncher for almost a year.
Like Andrew, hundreds of other investors are using Kruncher to reduce company analysis time from 8 hours to 30 minutes, and generating detailed investment memos in under 10 minutes.
This shift is allowing investors to move faster, process more information in less time, screen smarter, and benchmark deals at scale.
"90% of our inbound was noise. With Kruncher, we instantly know which deals deserve our attention and why," said Sandro Moretti, Managing Partner at Blacksheep Ventures.
In May, Kruncher opened its California office after signing a U.S. client managing over $12 billion in assets. Since then, the company has grown its revenue over 100% month-over-month, serving clients across Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
"What used to take a full team of analysts can now be done by AI in minutes," said CEO Francesco De Liva. "Kruncher is not just a time saver. It's bigger. A complete transformation. It's helping investors operate with clarity, continuity, and confidence in markets that move fast."
About Kruncher
Founded in Singapore, Kruncher ( https://kruncher.ai ) is backed by 5I Ventures and raised $1M in pre-seed funding in late 2024 with the acquisition being supported by Aument Capital Partners. The company is led by CEO Francesco De Liva, who previously advised financial institutions on AI transformation at Microsoft and Accenture, Leonardo De Marchi (CAIO), Eugene Kim (CTO) and Laura Lugaresi (CDO). Kruncher is trusted by 100+ funds globally and operates from its U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, CA.
About 5I Ventures
5I Ventures is a Singapore based forward thinking investment firm focusing on empowering visionary tech start-ups across the globe to drive hyper-growth and fast-track their expansion.
About Aument Capital
Aument Capital Partners is a Singapore based multi-family office that provides comprehensive investment services catered specifically to the needs of entrepreneurs.
Media contact: Danny Permatasari (danny@kruncher.ai)
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Singapore-Born Kruncher Brings AI Superpowers to Private Market Investors
ALULA, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the official opening of Desert X AlUla 2026, the landmark fourth edition of the international, open-air biennial exhibition. Arts AlUla, in collaboration with Desert X, welcomes visitors to experience a stellar line-up of Saudi and international multi-generational artists whose site-responsive earthworks, sculptures, and installations will engage in a powerful dialogue with the awe-inspiring landscapes and layered heritage of AlUla.
As a premier destination rich in ancient history and breathtaking nature, AlUla, located in Northwest Saudi Arabia, solidifies its position on the global stage as a dynamic, emerging land art destination with Desert X AlUla, the region's first public art biennale, and a key highlight of the AlUla Arts Festival.
The 2026 edition of Desert X AlUla brings together 11 acclaimed artists whose diverse works reflect a wide spectrum of ideas, materials, and traditions. From monumental kinetic sculpture to sound-based explorations above and below ground, each commission is deeply rooted in relationships to AlUla's distinctive environment, further cementing Desert X AlUla's reputation as a globally significant platform for site-responsive land art.
Desert X AlUla runs until February 28, 2026, as a cornerstone of the annual AlUla Arts Festival. Curated by Wejdan Reda, Zoé Whitley, with artistic direction by Neville Wakefield, and Raneem Farsi, its fourth edition explores 'Space Without Measure.' Inspired by Kahlil Gibran, the theme fosters contemplation of imagination within AlUla's natural settings. The exhibition, set in the desert canyons of AlUla, serves as a pre-opening programme for Wadi AlFann, offering a pivotal glimpse into AlUla's plans to create a permanent land art 'Valley of the Arts.'
Hamad Alhomiedan, Director of Arts & Creative Industries at the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), said: "At Desert X AlUla 2026, audiences will engage with art that deeply converses with AlUla's unique landscapes and rich heritage. These compelling commissions highlight AlUla's dynamic transformation into a major global destination, where ancient and contemporary expressions converge. This exhibition is part of our broader revitalisation of AlUla as a culturally rich destination to live, work and visit and integral to positioning AlUla in the global dialogue of contemporary art and as a precursor to monumental projects like Wadi AlFann."
Participating artist/artworks are:
- Sara Abdu, A Kingdom Where No One Dies: Contours of Resonance
- Mohammad Alfaraj, What was the Question Again?
- Mohammed AlSaleem, The Thorn, AlShuruf Unit, The Triangles, Flower Bud, and Al Ahilla (courtesy of Royal Commission for Riyadh City)
- Tarek Atoui, The Water Song
- Bahraini-Danish, Bloom
- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Imole Red
- Agnes Denes, The Living Pyramid
- Ibrahim El-Salahi, Haraza Tree
- Basmah Felemban, Murmur of Pebbles
- Vibha Galhotra, Future Fables
- Héctor Zamora, Tar HyPar
For further information, please contact:
Sabrine.Shaw@bursonglobal.com
AlUlaArtsFestival@bursonglobal.com
Multimedia gallery:
High-resolution photos of all 11 artists and their artworks can be found here.
About AlUla and Arts AlUla
Located 1,100 km from Riyadh, in North-West Saudi Arabia, AlUla is a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage. The vast area, covering 22,561km², includes a lush oasis valley, towering sandstone mountains and ancient cultural heritage sites dating back thousands of years to when the Lihyan and Nabataean kingdoms reigned.
The most well-known and recognised site in AlUla is Hegra, the principal southern city of the Nabataean Kingdom and Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. AlUla is also home to ancient Dadan, the capital of the Dadan and Lihyan Kingdoms and considered to be one of the most developed 1st millennium BCE cities of the Arabian Peninsula, and Jabal Ikmah, an open air library of hundreds of inscriptions and writings in many different languages. AlUla Old Town Village, a labyrinth of more than 900 mudbrick homes was developed from at least the 12th century and has been revitalised as the vibrant hub for visitors and residents.
The creation of Arts AlUla within The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) is a commitment to crafting the next chapters in a millennia of artistic creation – celebrating cultural inheritance and shaping a future inspired by artists built be artists. The work of Arts AlUla seeks to preserve this legacy: fuse the old with the new; the local with the international, keeping the arts central to the spirit of AlUla as a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage.
Wadi AlFann, meaning 'Valley of the Arts,' will be a global cultural destination for land art, unveiling from 2028 onwards, where era-defining works by artists from around the world will be permanently sited in the monumental landscape of AlUla, the extraordinary desert region of north-west Saudi Arabia.
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Desert X AlUla 2026: monumental land art exhibition opens in the ancient oasis of AlUla
