18 Dec 2025

Mishcon de Reya advises AI strategy startup Cassi on £500,000 pre-seed funding round

"Mishcon de Reya advised AI strategy startup Cassi on a £500,000 pre-seed round led by Twin Track Ventures. The funding brings together defence, capital markets and growth equity expertise. Cassi’s AI, probabilistic modelling and collective intelligence platform aims to improve high‑stakes strategic decision‑making."

Mishcon de Reya represented Cassi in its £500,000 pre-seed funding round led by Twin Track Ventures. The transaction raised £500,000 in pre-seed financing and brings together investors with expertise in defence, capital markets and growth equity. The round will support Cassi’s development and deployment of its decision‑support platform. Cassi’s platform combines artificial intelligence, probabilistic modelling and collective intelligence to help organisations make better strategic and operational decisions. The technology enables leaders to define resolvable outcomes, quantify the probability of success and identify the factors that most influence results. Early benchmarks indicate Cassi’s forecasts outperform unaided human judgement by 50 percent, supporting boards and commanders in high‑stakes decision‑making across government, finance and critical infrastructure. Cassi was co‑founded by Dr Keith Dear (CEO and former Expert Adviser to the UK Prime Minister) and Al Brown (Chief Technology Officer and former Royal Engineer). The company draws on experience at the intersection of national security, cognitive science and advanced computing. Mishcon de Reya represented Cassi with a team composed by: Attilio Leccisotti (team lead), who commented: "We’re delighted to have advised Cassi on this initial round. Having worked with such a pre‑eminent founding team, who are real experts in their field, we're really looking forward to supporting Keith, Al and the team going forward and witnessing Cassi grow."
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