Tag: Financial
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spektr raises $20M Series A to streamline financial compliance
Copenhagen-based spektr, a company building AI infrastructure for compliance in financial services, has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was led by NEA, with participation from existing investors Northzone, Seedcamp, and PSV Tech. Compliance teams continue to spend significant time manually reviewing corporate documents, mapping ownership structures, verifying websites, and preparing risk read more
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Audrey AI secures $1.8M to develop AI platform for financial auditors
Audrey AI, a Dublin-based startup developing AI solutions purpose-built for financial auditors, has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) and Delta Partners, with participation from Enterprise Ireland, Donnchadh Casey (former CEO of Calypso), Conor Jones (former Chief Business Officer at Wayflyer), and several former Big Four read more
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Klarna veterans launch Galdera with €1.5M for AI financial modeling
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 read more
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Starling Bank rolls out “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant”
Starling Bank is rolling out what it says is the “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant”, as it looks to leverage the new technology to help improve day-to-day banking. The UK challenger bank, which has nearly fivemillion customers, said that Starling Assistant can help its customers manage day-to-day finances, share personalised financial insights and give read more
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Cleafy raises €12M to expand financial fraud detection technology
Milan-based Cleafy, a cybersecurity company focused on the banking sector, has raised €12 million in a Series B funding round co-led by United Ventures and eCAPITAL, bringing the company’s total funding to €22 million. Traditional security and anti-fraud systems often operate in silos, analysing isolated signals or individual transactions using predefined rules. As a result, read more
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European Alliance Pledges Financial Support for Artistic Freedom, Iranian Artists Both Terrified and Joyful as War Continues, and More: Morning Links for March 3, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. Good morning! The European Alliance of Academies has launched a nearly $2 million plan to support artistic freedom under pressure in Europe. Iranian artists in the diaspora are torn between the joyful hope of regime change and fear of rising casualties amid the ongoing war. read more
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Alpa lands $3.5M to build financial platform for hospitality
London-based Alpa has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Daphni, with participation from True Capital, 2100 Ventures, Firedrop, Oprtrs Club, Kima Ventures, and Sonorcap. Angel investors include Alexandre Yazdi (Voodoo founder) and Jerome Tafani (former Burger King France CEO and McDonald’s Europe CFO), who has joined the board. Hospitality remains one read more
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Porters closes €2.7M pre-seed funding for financial services backoffice software
Porters has closed a €2.7 million pre-seed funding round to develop AI-based software for banking operations. The round was led by Earlybird, with participation from Seedcamp and a group of fintech founders and industry professionals. Angel investors include Martin Kassing (Upvest), Alexandre Prot (Qonto), Lukas Zörner (Penta and Integral), and Adrien Treccani (Metaco). Additional participants read more
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Healthcare and financial wellbeing startup for over 60s Lateral raises £2.5M
Experts in healthcare and financial serviceshavesecured £2.5 million in seed funding to fund a startup geared towards providing health and wealth products for theover 60s. The funding round in UK-based Lateral was led by UK fintech investorAugmenum with support fromTriple PointandTinyVC. Lateral, which is a nine-strong team,believes it has spotted a gap in the market, read more
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Incard closes £10M Series A to expand its financial platform
London-based Incard, a financial platform for high-growth digital companies, has raised £10 million in Series A funding led by Smartfin, with participation from Founders Capital, MountFund, and angel investors. Incard was founded to address limitations in traditional business banking, which often requires founders to manage cash flow, invoicing, and spending across multiple disconnected tools. Created read more
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Beloved California Art Park Lists Its Estate for $10.9 M. Amid Financial Strife
The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, a beloved art park in Naples, California, that is in the midst of a prolonged period of financial difficulty, has listed its estate for $10.9 million, according a report by the San Francisco Chronicle from last weekend. The park is host to a range of notable works by read more
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Why financial control is becoming a technology problem
For decades, financial control was a function of accounting discipline. Budgets were set annually, spend was reviewed retrospectively, and finance teams relied on reports generated long after money had left the business. Technology supported the process, but it rarely defined it. That model no longer holds. As companies digitise their operations, financial control has quietly read more
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What Makes Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) a Good Investment?
Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron FinTech Fund” third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the third quarter, the fund fell 4.29% (Institutional Shares) compared to a 1.90% decline for the FactSet Global FinTech Index (Benchmark). Since its inception, the fund has appreciated at an read more
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Should You Hold LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA)?
Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron FinTech Fund” third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the third quarter, the fund fell 4.29% (Institutional Shares) compared to a 1.90% decline for the FactSet Global FinTech Index (Benchmark). Since its inception, the fund has appreciated at an read more
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