LONDON, April 16, 2026 – Qalzy, a company developing an AI-powered nutrition scale for consumers, has announced a pre-seed funding round to support ongoing product development and initial international expansion. The round follows $241,000 in Kickstarter pre-orders and includes backing from Jenson Ventures.
Qalzy is building a nutrition tracking platform centred around a connected kitchen scale with integrated AI-powered food recognition. Its patent-pending technology is designed to identify, weigh, and log food, with the aim of reducing the need for manual data entry in nutrition tracking.
The company is entering a market that includes both app-based calorie tracking tools and connected kitchen devices. Image-based calorie trackers are fast, but recent studies suggest they can be significantly less accurate, with error rates in some cases reaching 65%. Qalzy’s approach combines automated image recognition with weighing functionality, with the objective of improving usability for consumers seeking more streamlined nutrition tracking.
“The way most people track calories today is still far too slow, frustrating, and tedious,” said Kostas Koukoravas, Chief Executive Officer of Qalzy. “We built Qalzy to remove that friction by combining precise weighing with AI so users can accurately log meals in seconds. This funding allows us to expand our production capabilities, further improve recognition accuracy, and launch internationally with the right foundation in place.”
The business has generated early customer interest through Kickstarter pre-orders, providing initial validation ahead of its wider commercial release. Qalzy also operates an online community, “Low Calorie Recipes & Calorie Counting Support” group, which it says has grown to 427,000 members focused on calorie tracking and nutrition, reflecting a sizable engaged audience.
“Qalzy is addressing a common consumer challenge with a technology-led approach,” said Jeffrey Faustin, CIO of Jenson Ventures. “We are pleased to support the team as they continue product development and move towards market launch.”
Founded by former Microsoft engineers and experienced founders, Qalzy is positioning itself as a new entrant in consumer health technology with a product that bridges connected hardware and intelligent nutrition AI. The company’s vision is to bring personalised nutrition insights into the home for the first time, just as wearables did for fitness and sleep. As Qalzy prepares for launch, the company’s focus is on turning crowdfunding traction into long-term adoption by delivering a product that makes calorie counting faster, more accurate, and easier to sustain. With investment, early customer demand, Qalzy is now entering its next phase of growth as it brings its AI nutrition scale to international markets.