Stockholm-based Galdera Labs has launched
with €1.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-driven platform for
financial modelling. The round was led by J12 Ventures, with participation from
Antler and angel investors with experience at companies including Klarna, DeepL,
Stripe, and Plata.
The company is addressing a common challenge
faced by finance teams: financial models are often rebuilt from scratch
whenever business conditions change, resulting in fragmented workflows and
outdated assumptions. This lack of continuity has also limited the impact of AI
in finance, as the systems lack the contextual foundation needed to interpret
financial data effectively.
Founded by Evan Rumpza, Mattia Scolari, and
Giovanni Casula, the team previously worked together at Klarna, where they were
responsible for financial planning across 26 markets during a period of rapid
growth. To manage increasing complexity, they developed an internal system that
replaced static planning cycles with continuously updated models, enabling a
small team to support large-scale financial operations.
Building on that experience, Galdera is
developing what it describes as “reasoning infrastructure” for finance. The
platform combines a high-performance calculation engine with a semantic memory
layer that links financial data to business context, assumptions, and strategic
decisions. This approach allows models to remain continuously updated while
capturing the reasoning behind changes in financial outcomes.
We’ve personally sat with 50 spreadsheets at
two in the morning using tools that were supposed to solve the problem but
didn’t. Financial modelling cannot rely on disposable models, whether they live
in Excel or in a SaaS dashboard. Today, the technology exists for models that
compound with the business. That is the infrastructure we are building with
Galdera,
said Evan Rumpza, co-founder and CEO of Galdera Labs.
The platform enables finance teams to query
models in natural language and simulate complex scenarios more efficiently,
reducing the time required for planning and analysis.
With its launch, Galdera is opening its platform to its first customers, focusing on fast-growing organisations with
complex operations where traditional financial tools struggle to keep pace.
The funding will be used to develop Galdera’s
AI-driven financial modelling platform, build out its reasoning infrastructure,
and support its initial rollout to early customers.