New investment in ManaMind

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Mindflair plc, an AIM-quoted company focused on AI investments, announced that Sure Valley Ventures' second fund, in which Mindflair has an interest, has invested US$1.5 million in ManaMind Ltd, an autonomous game testing company. This pre-seed funding round, also involving EWOR, Ascension, Syndicate Room, and Heartfelt, will support ManaMind's team expansion, proprietary model development, and international growth. ManaMind's platform automates game testing to identify bugs and generate reports, aiming to reduce manual testing time for game studios, and has secured design partnerships with Included Games and Crazy Labs.

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Mindflair plc, the AIM-quoted company focused on investing in Artificial Intelligence ("AI") related technology, is pleased to announce that Sure Valley Ventures' ("SVV") second fund ("SVV2"), in which Mindflair holds an interest, has made a new investment in ManaMind Ltd ("ManaMind"), a London-based autonomous game testing company.

ManaMind has raised US$1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by SVV, with participation from EWOR, Ascension, Syndicate Room and Heartfelt. The funding will be used to expand ManaMind's technical team, accelerate proprietary model development and support its growth across key geographies.

ManaMind's platform is designed to play through games, identify bugs and generate actionable reports for development teams, helping studios reduce time spent on repetitive manual testing. The company has also secured design partnerships with Included Games, a mobile games studio, and Crazy Labs, a leading hypercasual developer.

Nicholas Lee, Director of Mindflair plc, commented:

"ManaMind represents an interesting application of agentic AI in the global games industry, where quality assurance remains a significant cost and operational challenge for studios. By automating repetitive testing workflows, ManaMind has the potential to help development teams improve efficiency and game quality, and we are pleased to see SVV backing another ambitious AI business with clear commercial use cases."

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