Dataline Labs, a London-based AI data analysis company that delivers strategic insights across enterprise divisions has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Haatch Ventures with participation from the British Business Bank and angel investors.
Following the raise, the startup has also been selected for the Ministry of Defence’s Digital Supply Chain Hub Defence Testbed Accelerator, where it will work alongside defence manufacturers including Babcock, Thales and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land to address critical data challenges across UK defence supply chains.
Alongside this, the company is launching MIRA AI, a cutting-edge platform that lets non-technical teams query business data using plain English and get instant insights without waiting on technical support.
Solving The Data Disconnect
Founded by CEO Evan Shapiro and CTO Chris Lawson, Dataline Labs tackles a problem both founders encountered throughout their careers. From multinational banks to 30-person startups, they saw the same thing: essential business data spread across disconnected systems, spreadsheets and legacy software. In many organisations, extracting usable insights still requires months of engineering work and specialist expertise.
Dataline Labs addresses this by transforming fragmented data sources into clean, AI-ready datasets in minutes rather than months – and, crucially, providing AI with the business context needed to interpret that data accurately. At a time when “learn to code” became the default response to difficulty working with data, the company is backing a different approach: one where teams can ask questions in plain English and receive usable answers.
Evan Shapiro, CEO and Co-Founder of Dataline Labs, said: “We spent years watching companies drown in their own data. The information was there, but getting to it meant waiting on overloaded engineering or data teams, with dozens of tasks ahead of yours! We started Dataline Labs because we believed there had to be a faster way – and now we’re proving it with a vote of confidence from investors and the MoD.”
Sophie Weavers-Wright, Head of Platform & Portfolio at Haatch Ventures said: “Evan and Chris have built something genuinely impressive in a short space of time. Two first-time founders going from zero to MoD selection in a short period of time tells you everything about the quality of the technology and the team. We’re excited to back them as they scale.”
Looking Ahead
The funding follows a whirlwind period of growth for the London-based startup. To date, it has now delivered projects across sectors including smart buildings, asset management, Manufacturing , business media and ESG reporting.
The company will use the new capital to expand its team, continue rolling out MIRA AI to enterprise clients, and deliver on its work with the Ministry of Defence – building the connective tissue that lets the UK’s defence supply chain actually talk to itself.
Beyond defence, Dataline Labs is setting its sights on several industries where data fragmentation remains endemic, including marketing, manufacturing, retail, private equity, property and professional sports.
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