DesignVerse is developing AI software tools for organisations running complex legacy systems, helping enterprises modernise critical infrastructure faster while maintaining reliability, security and compliance.
Bucharest-based DesignVerse, the enterprise software startup using AI to modernise complex legacy systems, has raised more than $5.5 million in seed funding as demand grows for tools that can safely accelerate software development in mission-critical industries.
The round included investment from Begin Capital, Gapminder VC, Underline Ventures, and strategic angel investors from companies including Adobe, LSEG and UiPath. Prior to the seed round, the company raised $850,000 in pre-seed funding to build its core platform and begin working with early enterprise design partners.
Founded by former Oracle product design lead Andrei Manolache and software engineer Robert Dragutoiu, DesignVerse develops AI-powered infrastructure for organisations operating complex software environments across sectors, including aviation, finance, cybersecurity and government.
The company’s platform generates software using a customer’s existing design systems, component libraries, technical documentation and internal rules, enabling applications to be built in line with current architectures and engineering standards. The approach is intended to reduce the manual translation between design and engineering teams, a process that often creates delays and inconsistencies in large organisations.
While general-purpose AI coding tools have made it easier to create prototypes and simple applications, many organisations continue to face challenges integrating AI-generated software into production environments that require reliability, compliance and security. DesignVerse says its platform was built specifically for enterprise and mission-critical environments, where software must integrate safely with existing infrastructure.
Andrei Manolache, CEO of DesignVerse, said large organisations still spend significant time translating product design into production-ready software, often leading to inefficiencies between teams.
DesignVerse removes that friction by allowing teams to generate functional enterprise applications directly from their design systems, validate behaviour earlier with stakeholders, and streamline the transition from design to production.
The new funding will be used to expand DesignVerse’s engineering team and accelerate growth across enterprise markets in Europe and the United States.