Validio, a Stockholm‑based data‑management startup, has closed a $30M Series A round led by Plural with participation from Lakestar, J12 and several angel investors. The company offers an "agentic data management platform" that automates data monitoring, anomaly detection, lineage tracking and cataloguing, aiming to make enterprise data ready for AI. Validio claims rapid deployment, significant reductions in manual effort and faster issue resolution compared with legacy tools. The funding comes amid growing concern that poor data quality hampers AI adoption, a challenge highlighted by recent industry surveys and research. Read more →