Kalipso
Category: AI in Fintech
AI-powered regulatory compliance platform that automates the full compliance lifecycle for financial institutions across Europe Kalipso was founded in 2025. The company is led by Pierre Ferran. Based in Barcelona, Spain. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: $3.2M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Varsity, Lanai Partners, Plug and Play Tech Center, Kima Ventures, Vento (Exor Ventures).
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Barcelona, Spain
- Team size
- 2-10
- Total funding
- $3.2M
Value proposition
Unified AI platform that monitors regulatory changes across 40+ jurisdictions, identifies applicable obligations, scans internal policies for gaps, and generates ready-to-implement compliant procedures with full source traceability
Products and solutions
Kalipso Platform (AI-powered regulatory compliance workspace), Kalipso Regulatory Radar (real-time regulatory intelligence layer), AI Assistant (compliance research Q&A), Gap Analysis (policy scanning and remediation generation)
Unique value
Built by professionals with both legal and engineering expertise (lawyers who code), covering the full compliance lifecycle from regulatory monitoring to policy remediation in a single workspace
Target customer
Financial institutions, fintechs, and regulated enterprises in Europe needing to comply with frameworks like DORA, MiCAR, PSD2, AI Act, GDPR, and MiFID II
Industries served
Financial Services, Fintech, Regulated Enterprises
Technology advantage
AI-powered regulatory monitoring across 100+ sources and 40+ jurisdictions; agentic relevance matching; ISO 27001 certified; European sovereign cloud infrastructure; full traceability to source regulatory articles
How they differentiate
Founders combine legal expertise (Stanford LL.M., Klarna legal) with software engineering capability — unlike competitors built by either lawyers or engineers alone. Covers the full compliance lifecycle from monitoring to remediation in one platform, not just alerting.
Main competitors
CUBE (UK, automated regulatory intelligence, backed by Hg), Corlytics (Ireland, regulatory compliance & policy management), Ascent (AI regulatory compliance for financial services)
Key partnerships
Groupe Caisse des Dépôts (selected via Innovéa LegalTech/RegTech Challenge, deploying across group and subsidiaries), Plug and Play Tech Center portfolio company
Notable customers
Groupe Caisse des Dépôts (France), Alma (BNPL provider)
Major milestones
Founded 2025 in Barcelona, Selected by Groupe Caisse des Dépôts from 162 candidates for compliance deployment, Raised $3.2M seed round June 2026, ISO 27001 certified, Monitoring 100+ sources across 40+ jurisdictions
Growth metrics
100+ regulatory sources monitored; 40+ jurisdictions covered; 3,000+ regulatory updates processed daily
Market positioning
Early-stage European regtech startup targeting the compliance automation market ($2.9B in 2024, 16% CAGR), competing with established players like CUBE and Corlytics by offering a unified AI-native platform
Geographic focus
Europe (Spain, France, UK, Italy, Benelux)
About Pierre Ferran
Ex-Managing Legal Counsel at Klarna Engineering; Legal Counsel at Philips; LL.B Maastricht; LL.M Stanford (Science & Technology). Software engineer and lawyer.
Official website: https://kalipso.ai