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Basis , building the next era of accounting with agentic AI, led by Matt Harpe, Mitchell Troyanovsky, and the team, has raised $100 million led by Accel alongside GV (Google Ventures). Basis was founded on the belief that AI agents will soon become central to knowledge work, with accounting emerging as one of the first and most critical domains. Structured, high-stakes, and essential to every business, accounting remains one of the most underbuilt areas in technology. Thre

Hypercore , the company on a mission to modernize loan administration, led by Daniel Liechtenstein, David Yahalomi, Tomer Moshe, and Eitan Frailich, has announced $13.5 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners. The investment will support the launch of Hypercore’s AI Admin Agent, introducing a new category of loan servicing that integrates established loan management technology with AI agents to provide end-to-end operational infrastructure for private credit fund

Stacks , helping reinvent the financial close, led by Albert Malikov and the team, has raised $23M Series A led by Lightspeed , with EQT Ventures , General Catalyst , and S16VC doubling down. The round comes less than a year after Stacks’ $12 million seed financing led by General Catalyst, underscoring the company’s rapid traction and momentum. Finance is becoming the next major enterprise function to be rebuilt with AI, following multibillion-dollar transformations in cus

Unicity Labs , building Agentic marketplaces for machine-speed commerce, led by Mike Gault and the team, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Tawasal Al Kaleej , a Middle East-based communications super app, and Outlier Ventures , a leading Web3 early-stage investor. The funding aligns with the emergence of AI agents as economic participants, with the global agentic AI market projected to exceed $100 billion by 2032. Unici

Sphinx , the company building browser-native compliance agents for financial institutions, led by Alexandre Berkovic and Chrisjan Wust, has raised a $7.1 million seed round led by Cherry Ventures , with participation from Y Combinator , Rebel Fund , Deel Ventures, and Singularity Capital. Unlike traditional RegTech platforms, Sphinx does not require teams to adopt a new system. Its AI agents operate directly within existing tools, case management systems, third-party portals,

ScyAI , building AI-powered risk intelligence for companies with large real asset portfolios, led by Bernhard Rannegger and Alex Sidorenko, has raised a €2 million pre-seed round from AENU and PT1 . The round also attracted unicorn founders, including David Helgason (Unity), Maex Ament and Philip Stehlik (Taulia, Centrifuge), alongside the angel investor alliance Better Ventures . For manufacturers, energy producers, and companies with large physical asset portfolios, clima

Bretton AI , helping the $30T financial services market move faster while protecting against financial crimes that fund terrorism, human trafficking, and other serious threats, led by Will Lawrence and the team, has raised a $75M Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures , with continued investment from all existing institutional investors, including Greylock , Y Combinator , Thomson Reuters Ventures , and Canvas Ventures, and new investor TIAA Ventures . The company u

Sapiom , giving AI agents trusted access to the API economy, led by Ilan Zerbib, has raised a $15.75M Seed round, led by Accel , with participation from Gradient , Array Ventures , Okta Ventures , Menlo Ventures , Anthropic , Coinbase Ventures , Formus Capital , and Operator Collective . For two decades, the internet economy has been built for humans; interfaces, authentication, payments, and risk models all assume a person is present to sign up, manage access, and approve s

Bound , making managing currency risk simple, transparent, and predictable, led by Seth Phillips, Dan Kindler, Marita Cavalcanti, and Gerard Hurley, has secured $24.5M in Series A funding, led by AlbionVC . Existing investor Notion Capital and other investors, including Album VC , Moonfire , GoHub Ventures , and others, participated in the round. The platform enables businesses to automate FX hedging, protect margins, and manage international cash flow with minimal effort. C

Axiology , simplifying access to digital fixed-income instruments by providing infrastructure that connects businesses and retail investors, led by Marius Jurgilas , Andrius Košuba , Andrius Mamontovas , and Algirdas Neciunskas , has raised €5 Million in seed funding led by Exponential Science, e2vc , and Coinvest Capital . It was joined by new investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play . The seed round is also supported by the previous round investors like BSV Ventures , N

Artificial Labs , building the foundations of modern specialty (re)insurance, led by Martin Reith, David King, Johnny Bridges, Artur Kisiolek, and Ed Howkins, has raised $45 million Series B funding round led by CommerzVentures , a leading European Fintech investor, with support from Move Capital Fund I, a leading European B2B Tech investor, and continued backing from existing investors, including Augmentum Fintech , 6 Degrees Capital , FOM, and TrueSight Ventures . “This r

Taxnova , giving finance and engineering teams a faster, safer, and more controlled way to claim what they’re entitled to, led by George Nichkov and Maria Malykh, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding from a16z speedrun , s16vc , Karaoke Club , and 20 operators from tech companies. R&D tax relief lowers tax bills or provides cash for qualifying innovation. In 2023–24, UK companies claimed £7.6B, while the US federal government issues $32B annually, with 30+ states offeri

Bits Technology , the growth engine for the entire compliance lifecycle, led by Fredrik Eriksson, Jonatan Klintberg, Robin Lantz, and others, has raised €12 million in Series A funding led by Alstin Capital , with participation from Cherry Ventures , Unusual Ventures , and Alliance Ventures . Haval van Drumpt, Chief Executive of Tre Sweden, also invested. The round will fast-track product development and European expansion, helping regulated businesses enter new markets more

Rogo , the AI-platform purpose-built for finance, led by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett, and Tumas Rackaitis, has raised a $75 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital , with participation from Henry Kravis and Wells Fargo , and continued support from previous investors Thrive Capital , Khosla Ventures , Tiger Global , and J.P. Morgan , bringing the total funding to more than $165 million. The funding will be deployed to scale the world’s first fully agentic end-to-end AI plat

Slice , making it easy and safe for finance, legal, and HR teams to manage equity globally, led by Maor Levran , Yoel Amir , and Samuel Amar , has raised $25M in Series A funding, led by Insight Partners , with continued support from TLV Partners , R-Squared Ventures , and Jibe Ventures . The funding represents a key milestone for Slice and signals a broader shift in how modern companies approach equity management, compliance, and global scale. Equity operations have not k

Concourse , AI agents for corporate finance teams, led by Matthieu Hafemeister and Ted Michaels, has raised a $12M Series A led by Standard Capital , with participation from Andreessen Horowitz , CRV , Y Combinator , SV Angel , FOG Ventures , and Ritual Capital ; CFOs from companies like Cursor, Vercel, and Carta, 1Password; and executives at OpenAI, Brex, Mercury, Color, and more. A year after emerging from stealth, Concourse AI agents are deployed at Fortune 500 companies,

Zocks , the AI assistant for financial advisors, led by Mark Gilbert and Ákos Ratku, has secured $45 million in Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors , along with participation from Illuminate Financial and all existing investors, including Motive Partners , Expanse Venture Partners , Entrée Capital , and 14Peaks Capital . The round brings total funding for Zocks to $65 million, and follows its $13.8 million Series A in March 2025. With ne

Mysa , building the future of Finance & Banking, led by Arpita Kapoor, Mohit Rangaraju, Ashutosh Panigrahi, and Mohit Jain, has secured $3.4 million in Pre-Series A funding co-led by Blume Ventures and Piper Serica , with participation from new investors Ikemori Ventures, Raise Financial Services , QED Innovation Labs, and existing investors Antler , IIM A Ventures & Neon Fund . Mysa helps regulated, multi-entity organizations manage auditability and payment controls a

Juspay , the global payments operating system, led by Vimal Kumar, Sheetal Lalwani, Ramanathan RV, Magizhan Selvan, and others, has raised $50 million in a Series D follow-on round from WestBridge Capital . The transaction is a mix of Primary and Secondary investments, which values Juspay at $1.2 billion. The secondary component provides liquidity to early investors and employees holding ESOPs, the second such opportunity Juspay has enabled within a year. Juspay has contin

Sinpex , the AI-powered platform for KYB / KYC lifecycle management, led by Dr. Camillo Werdich, Dr. Philipp Eska , Werner Krahe , and others, has secured a €10 million Series A financing round led by BlackFin Capital Partners , Europe’s largest financial services investor, with strong participation from existing investors ACE Ventures and TX Ventures . The new capital will accelerate growth, solidify Sinpex’s leadership in KYB automation in Europe, and support expansion in