SuperPlane, a Serbian startup founded in 2025, has raised €2.28M ($2.6M) in pre-seed funding to develop an open-source control plane designed specifically for managing event-driven workflows in AI-first environments.
The funding round was led by Credo Ventures, with participation from First Momentum Ventures and angel investors including Stanislas Polu, Mirko Novakovic, Tomas Kratky, and Andreas Klinger.
Addressing the Operations Gap
The startup is positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and DevOps, identifying a critical challenge facing modern engineering teams. While AI has dramatically accelerated software development cycles, traditional approaches to managing production systems remain largely manual and dependent on institutional knowledge.
According to SuperPlane CEO Darko Fabijan, this mismatch represents a fundamental problem: “AI is changing how software gets built, but it still hasn’t meaningfully changed how production systems are run. As AI-generated code increases the speed and volume of change, the future of operations cannot be more manual coordination and more tribal knowledge. It has to be supervised automation through systems that engineers can trust. SuperPlane is the next step for engineering teams that want to operate production systems with the speed of AI and the safety of deterministic infrastructure.”
How the Funding Will Be Used
SuperPlane plans to deploy the capital across several strategic initiatives. The company will focus on accelerating product development, expanding partnerships across the European tech ecosystem, growing its open-source community, and preparing the launch of a hosted version of its platform.
The emphasis on open-source development suggests the startup is pursuing a community-driven approach similar to successful European infrastructure projects, potentially reducing adoption barriers and enabling broader technical feedback from the engineering community.
European Startup Context
The funding round reflects continued investor confidence in European infrastructure and developer tools companies, particularly those addressing operational challenges. Serbia has emerged as a notable hub for software development talent in recent years, attracting both local and international investment in technology companies.
SuperPlane’s positioning within the AI/ML and DevOps sectors aligns with broader industry trends around automation and intelligent infrastructure management. As enterprises increasingly deploy AI-generated code into production environments, demand for reliable, auditable control systems is expected to grow significantly.
The participation of First Momentum Ventures, known for backing infrastructure and fintech startups across Europe, alongside angel investors with notable backgrounds in AI and developer tooling, suggests the startup has secured backing from investors with relevant domain expertise.
The company’s focus on deterministic infrastructure and supervised automation addresses a genuine operational concern as teams grapple with the complexities of managing rapidly changing, AI-assisted codebases in production environments.