Set up to identify fake news and social media bot accounts, Astroscreen has attracted UCL Technology Fund for its first funding round.
UK-based fake social media activity detection company Astroscreen has obtained $1m in an initial funding round co-led by UCL Technology Fund, the university venture fund focused on University College London (UCL) technologies, TechCrunch has reported.
Venture capital firm Speedinvest co-led the transaction, alongside the publicly-funded London Co-Investment Fund, Luminous Ventures and AISeed.
Founded in 2018, Astroscreen has created a platform that combines machine learning technology with the abilities of disinformation analysts to contextualise attempts on social media to…
