The wire — 14 November 2026

Saturday is usually quiet on the wire. This edition carries four rounds announced between 11 and 13 November that did not appear in earlier editions — either because they broke on a day when sourcing was incomplete, or because Thursday's volume was already high. Each is published today at its real announcement date.

The four: Kardi Ai (Olomouc, Czech Republic) closes a €5.3M Series A led by Callisto Health to push its AI cardiac wearable from 70-plus Czech hospitals into Germany and beyond; Anorak (London) raises $5M in a Play Ventures / Backed VC co-led pre-seed to build interactive generative video — what the team calls "playable formats" — for niche communities traditional game publishers won't serve; Pro Climbing League (London) secures £3.2M in a Redrice Ventures seed to run Europe's first independent professional climbing circuit, starting with three events in 2027; and Mondrio (Amsterdam) closes a $3.75M Heartcore Capital-led seed to deploy AI agents across the full B2B pricing workflow.

No single theme connects the four. What they share is a structure common to this phase of the funding cycle: each is building a dedicated AI or software layer for a function — cardiac diagnostics, niche entertainment, sports event production, enterprise pricing — that established players have served badly or not at all.