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Integral, connecting accounting, tax, and payroll in one AI-native firm, led by Lukas Zörner and Anil Can Baykal, has announced an €18m Series A, co-led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman, with its existing investors Cherry Ventures, General Catalyst, and Puzzle Ventures joining again. It brings the total capital raised by Integral to more than €30m. Where Integral Started. Before Integral, the founders spent years building banking and payments products for businesses and sp

Chift, building the agentic infrastructure for financial connectivity, led by Gauthier Henroz, Matthieu Hertoghe, and Henry Hertoghe, has raised a €10.5M Series A to solve Europe's financial connectivity problem. The round is led by BlackFin Capital Partners, the European fintech specialist, with its existing investors Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund, and Wallonie Entreprendre all doubling down. Chift’s latest milestone reflects the support of its investors, employees, and cu

Intermezzo, a global payroll infrastructure company, led by Siddharth Ram and Kumar Ramanathan, has announced $10M in funding from Crosslink Capital, UKG Ventures, CloudPay, Character Capital, Behind Genius Ventures, and leading angel investors. International Payroll. Intermezzo is building a platform to automate the complex and highly regulated world of international payroll. Its founding team brings a combined 40 years of experience leading technical and product teams at In

Limetax, a Berlin-based technology company bringing established tax firms together in one group and building a proprietary AI agent platform for them, led by Christoph Gamon, Christoph Dansard, and Maximilian Meyer, has raised €36 million in financing, comprising €6 million in pre-seed equity led by Motive Partners, with participation from Activant and Heliad, and a €30 million acquisition facility from a consortium of German banks. Angel investors include former German Finan

Fundcraft, Europe’s digital fund operations provider for alternative investment funds, led by Julien De Mayer, Olga Porro, and Christian Senitz, has announced that it has secured €12 million in strategic growth financing co-led by Riverside Acceleration Capital (“RAC”) and CCAP Investments (“CCAP”), with participation from existing investors including 3VC, MiddleGame Ventures and Aperture Capital. The new financing brings Fundcraft’s total capital secured since its founding t

Standard Metrics, an AI‑driven portfolio management platform, led by John Melas-Kyriazi and Deny Khoung, has raised a $20M Series B led by 8VC. Other investors in this round include Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital, January Capital, First Trust Capital Partners, Socii Capital, Kindergarten Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, and more. The company has raised roughly $50M to date, and most of that capital has come from its customers. Why Standard Metrics Exists. Founded in 202

Silicon Data, providing GPU performance data for companies, led by Carmen Li, and the team, has announced a $30.5 million initial closing of its Series A, led by the Valor Atreides AI Fund, with additional investment from CME Ventures, DRW, F-Prime, Samsung Next, VanEck, Further, Jump, Tectonic, and Wintermute. Breed, Hack, Blank VC, Sancus Ventures, and SoGal Ventures also participated. The Series A will support expansion across four areas: benchmark pricing, performance mea

Kita, an AI-native credit assessment built for lending globally, led by Carmel Limcaoco and Rhea Malhotra, has raised $4.5M in seed funding led by BoxGroup, with participation from Y Combinator, Golden Gate Ventures, US News Digital Ventures, BEENEXT, Kaya Founders, Genting Ventures, and Apex Star Capital, the family office of Xiaomi co-founder Lin Bin. The round is supported by angels including Shivani Siroya (Tala), Kaz Nejatian (Opendoor), Linda Du (Valon), Kulveer Taggar

Axle, building AI agents to automate insurance workflows led by Cameron Duncan, Nihar Parikh, and Armaan Sikand, has announced $17.5M in Series A funding led by Base10 Partners, with continued investment from Y Combinator and Gradient Ventures, and participation from Stage2 Capital, Chris Bayley (Co-Founder and CEO of Cover Genius), and other industry angel investors, joined by existing investors, including the early team at Plaid. Over the past six months, Axle has tripled t

River Markets, building prime brokerage for prediction markets, led by Oscar Levy and Antonin Parrot, has announced $8.5M seed round led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Coinbase Ventures, UFO Holdings, Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), TENET, Humbition, Kima Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Stack Asset Management, Perpetual Strategies, Mark Kornfilt, Jacob Fortinsky (Novig), and other amazing angel investors from Citadel, Google, HRT, Tower Research Capita

Ellis, the AI-native operations platform for private credit, led by Ryan Williams, has launched today with more than $10 million in seed funding closed. First Round Capital led the financing with participation from a group of prominent operators and investors, including Kearny Jackson, 645 Ventures, Harlem Capital, Khosla Ventures, Slow Ventures, Wilshire Lane, Westbound, Collide Capital, Gallery Ventures, Ariel Alternatives CEO Mellody Hobson, Thrive Capital Founder Josh Kus

Natural, powering agentic payments, led by Kahlil Lalji, Eric Wang, and Walt Leung, has raised a $30M Series A led by Kirsten Green at Forerunner, with continued participation by all major investors. The round was raised when the company was 193 days old and brings Natural’s total funding to over $40M. The round was supported by Human Capital, Abstract, Genius Ventures, Torch Capital, Restive, SV Angel, Darragh Buckley (CEO of Increase), Pablo Palafox (CEO of HappyRobot), Pau

Flex, the financial home for business owners globally, led by Zaid Rahman and the team, has announced a $70 million Series B1, led by Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney’s Halo Fund with participation from Portage Ventures, Wellington, Crosslink Capital, 53 Stations, Titanium Ventures, Spice, Florida Funders, and others. The round comes just months after the company's $60 million Series B in December 2025. Annualized revenue increased 3x since then as Flex accelerated private banking

Flex, the financial home for business owners globally, led by Zaid Rahman and the team, has announced a $70 million Series B1, led by Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney’s Halo Fund with participation from Portage Ventures, Wellington, Crosslink Capital, 53 Stations, Titanium Ventures, Spice, Florida Funders, and others. The round comes just months after the company's $60 million Series B in December 2025. Annualized revenue increased 3x since then as Flex accelerated private banking

Skalar, providing digital tax consulting for companies, led by Björn Goß, Niklas Wagener, Florian Lang, Martin Gugel, and Christian Pötter, has closed a pre-seed and seed funding round totaling €12 million. The round was led by Headline, with participation from futurepresent, QED Investors, Repeat, MS&AD, and Foreword, as well as several prominent angel investors. Founded in 2025 by former Stocard founder Björn Goß alongside Niklas Wagener, Florian Lang, Martin Gugel, and Chr

Nopan, an account and wallet payments platform, led by Konstantin Surkov, Nick Ryabov, and the team, has raised €7.2 million to date, including a new funding round led by Newion, with follow-on investment from Crane and Seedcamp and support from a group of angel investors with deep experience in merchant payments and fintech. Founded by former Netflix payments leaders Konstantin Surkov and Nick Ryabov, Nopan was created to solve a key challenge in digital payments: launching

Tangos, building investigation intelligence for risk and financial crime, led by Eyal Azoulay and the team, has raised a $20 million seed financing round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Leaders Fund, Clarim Ventures, Ventureisrael, Signal Fire, Clutch Capital, and Selah Ventures, and a strategic investment by Bright Data. Founded in 2025 by serial entrepreneur Eyal Azoulay, Tangos brings together expertise across financial crime investigations, sancti

LinqAlpha, an AI-powered investment research firm that turns fragmented data from global markets into a real edge, led by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Subeen Pang, Yongjin Kim, and Hojun Choi, has announced $22 million in Series A funding. The round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms. Founded by Jacob Choi, Subeen Pang, Jin Kim, and Hojun Choi, LinqAlpha combine

Taxwire, a global sales tax automation platform led by Andrew Rea and Steven Schmatz, has announced $25M in Seed and Series A funding from Headline Ventures, XYZ VC, Vinyl, Recall Capital, and Nomo Ventures. The platform automates the complexities of sales tax collection, allowing businesses of all sizes to save time, reduce financial liabilities, and seamlessly manage compliance in the US and over 100 other countries. Addressing Tax Compliance Complexity. Indirect tax compli

Warp, an AI-native payroll, compliance, and benefits platform, led by Ayush Sharma and the team, has announced a $60 million Series B led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Peak XV, Sound Ventures, and Y Combinator, bringing the total funding to $85 million in just under a year. Support and Market Context. The company is backed by leaders from some of the most influential technology organizations of the past two decades, including Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, former Stri