Fundz

Aveni raised £11M in a Series A round led by Puma Private Equity, with participation from Lloyds and Nationwide, to enhance its AI solutions for the financial services sector.

PRIVATEJul 29, 2024

Amount Raised

£11 Million

Round Type

Series A

EdinburghFinancial ServicesArtificial IntelligenceFintechMachine LearningNatural Language Processing

Investors

Scottish EnterprisePar EquityNationwideLloyds Banking GroupPuma Private Equity

Description

Aveni, an Edinburgh-based AI fintech, has successfully raised £11 million in a significant Series A funding round. The investment aims to bolster its market presence and develop a financial services-specific large language model, FinLLM.

Quick answer

Aveni raised £11 Million in a Series A round, dated July 29, 2024. Investors: Scottish Enterprise, Par Equity, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group and Puma Private Equity. Aveni is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

How much did Aveni raise?
Aveni raised £11 Million in a Series A round on July 29, 2024.
Who invested in Aveni?
Scottish Enterprise, Par Equity, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group and Puma Private Equity are named as investors in this round.
What does Aveni do?
Ai for a new era of hyper-efficiency in FS Aveni is an award-winning AI FinTech company.
Where is Aveni based and how big is it?
Aveni is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Fundz records about 45 employees.
Who are the decision-makers at Aveni?
Fundz holds 2 contacts at Aveni, including the Head of Talent Acquisition. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Financial Services and Fintech around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Aveni that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • WiseLayer raised $7.2M on August 13, 2024.
  • Bounti Labs raised $16M (Seed) on September 12, 2024.
  • Osavul raised $3.1M (Seed) on September 12, 2024.
  • Purple Transform raised $5.9M (Funding Round) on September 12, 2024.
  • Connectly raised $20M (Series B) on September 11, 2024.
  • webAI raised $60M (Series A) on September 10, 2024.

Who to call at Aveni, and when

A new round usually means Aveni is about to hire and buy. The teams that reach out first get the meeting.

  • An alert the day Aveni raises, hires an executive or expands, scored against what you sell
  • The decision-makers there, with verified emails
  • Who you already know at Aveni, from your own LinkedIn network

Works inside ChatGPT and Claude. Ask who to call at Aveni. With Fundz connected, it knows.

Watch Fundz in
See plan options
Trusted byOracleSnowflakeCloudflareLinkedInGoogleSalesforce 4.8/5 on G2

Company Information

Company

Aveni

Location

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

About

Ai for a new era of hyper-efficiency in FS Aveni is an award-winning AI FinTech company. Our platform seamlessly merges advanced, industry-specific AI with human expertise for enhanced performance. From automated admin support and quality assurance to performance assessment and Consumer Duty management, our AI assistant has been purpose-built to accelerate FS workflows.

AI made execution free. Knowing first is the whole game now.

Fundz sees it the moment Aveni raises, hires an exec or expands, usually minutes after it happens, and tells you who to reach.

Related People

2 contacts
Verified contactsBrendan S., Head of Talent Acquisition hiddenSee plans and pricing
Predictive Intelligence
Strategic

ML-powered predictions for Aveni's next move

See what Strategic adds

Funding Insights

What this usually means
Typical timeline to Series B
Series A companies typically raise their next round in 10-18 months

Aveni raised. Fundz records a round at a median of 3.6 minutes from the SEC filing, with the decision-maker attached.

145 of these a day, filtered to the companies you pick, with the decision-maker attached.

5 screens from a live account. No signup.

Fundz is a real-time business intelligence platform powered by agentic AI that proactively delivers personalized daily signals, including funding rounds, executive changes, M&A activity, 13F institutional filings, SEC 8-K events, investor activity, and website modifications, based on each user's watchlist and ICP. A trusted data source at firms such as BlackRock, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, LinkedIn, HubSpot, and Cloudflare, Fundz democratizes the institutional-grade intelligence that previously required a PitchBook or Bloomberg terminal. Features include Daily Briefing for AI-powered daily briefings, and unified cross-signal alerts across 281,000+ organizations. Developers and data teams can access these signals programmatically via the Fundz Funding Data API, with transparent published pricing.