Conntour, a company that builds an AI platform for analyzing videos in real time, has raised US$7 million in Seed funding.
The funding round was led by General Catalyst, with support from Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, and other investors.
Conntour helps security teams search camera footage using simple, everyday language. They don’t need to use fixed categories or pre-set rules.
For example, users can type things like “a man with a tattoo on his left arm” or “a van with pictures of fruits on it,” and the system will find it.
“Traditional video surveillance forces operators to define exactly what they’re looking for before they even know what they need to find,” said Conntour CEO Matan Goldner. “Existing solutions can only detect a predefined set of parameters, such as a weapon or a make of car. But what do you do when you need to identify someone passing a bag to another person, or a man with a Nike shirt? Real-world security doesn’t work in neat categories. Our platform brings search-engine-level intelligence to any camera network, so security teams can respond to threats as they unfold and investigate incidents in minutes rather than days.”
Conntour’s platform uses computer vision to understand complex search requests based on context. It can work in real time to detect and alert about possible threats, and it can also look through old video footage to find specific events.
The company says its technology is already being used in homeland security operations in Singapore. This shows it is built for important and high-risk areas like border control, critical infrastructure, and large public places.
Founded in 2024 by Matan Goldner and Tomer Kola,Conntour was started by computer vision experts who have experience in video analysis and working with tech companies. The company has a small team of 14 people based in Tel Aviv and also took part in the first group of Palantir Startup Fellowship program.
The idea for Conntour came from the founders’ experience working with field observers in the Israel Defense Forces during their reserve duty after the October 7 attacks, when they were serving in active combat reserve units.
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