Backbone, a Belgian startup building AI for food safety compliance and quality management, has closed a €4 million pre-seed round. Pitchdrive led the financing. Profounders, Passion Capital, 100IN, and Belgian food families including Agristo participated. Tech Funding News reported the round and stated that the capital will support efforts to apply AI in food safety compliance. The source presented the raise as completed and positioned Backbone as focused on that sector. No further details on use of funds or future plans appear in the packet.