Stacks
Category: AI in Fintech
An AI-powered financial workspace that automates month-end close processes, reconciliation, and financial reporting using agentic AI technology. Stacks was founded in 2024. The company is led by Albert Malikov. Based in London, United Kingdom (also Amsterdam). Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $35M. Latest round: Series A ($23M, Feb 2026). Key investors include Lightspeed, General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, s16vc.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom (also Amsterdam)
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $35M
Value proposition
Automates up to 90% of reconciliation work and 99% of manual journal entries, reducing financial close time by 47% while improving accuracy and compliance through AI-powered workflows.
Products and solutions
Close Management (journals, accruals, working papers), Account Reconciliations / Transaction Matching, Intercompany Matching & Eliminations, AR & Cash / Payment Application, Journal Entry Automation, AI Flux Analysis (Variance Analysis), Reporting & Analysis Suite, Accounting Agents, Financial Close Workspace Platform
Unique value
First platform to combine deterministic machine learning with agentic AI for finance, creating AI agents that can autonomously handle entire accounting workflows from reconciliation to reporting while maintaining full audit trails and compliance.
Target customer
Mid to large enterprise finance teams, CFOs, controllers, and accounting departments seeking to modernize financial operations
Industries served
Enterprise Finance, Financial Technology, Accounting Automation, Enterprise Software, SaaS/Technology Companies, Financial Services
Technology advantage
Built a unified financial data layer that connects directly to all enterprise financial systems (ERPs, Excel, Slack), enabling real-time visibility and consistent financial views. The agentic AI learns from historical accounting decisions and company-specific rules to automate processes that previously required manual judgment, achieving up to 90% automation of reconciliation tasks.
How they differentiate
AI-native agentic platform with unified financial data layer plus deterministic ML + agents for close, recs, intercompany, AR/cash, and flux—vs BlackLine/HighRadius/OneStream incumbents described by company as costly to deploy and poorly rated; claims 50–60% faster close and high auto-match rates with full audit trails
Main competitors
BlackLine, HighRadius, OneStream
Key partnerships
Google Cloud (Technology & Infrastructure Partner), Lightspeed (Series A Lead Investor), General Catalyst (Seed Lead Investor), EQT Ventures (Pre-seed Lead Investor), Major ERP system integrations (Netsuite, SAP, Oracle, etc.)
Notable customers
Epidemic Sound, Volt, Cleo, Nivoda, Motorway, Bumper, Supermetrics, Juni, Genesis, Future, Datavant, Pleo
Major milestones
Founded in April 2024 by Albert Malikov, $3M pre-seed led by EQT Ventures; $7M seed led by General Catalyst (Feb 2025), Appointed Farid Sedjelmaci as COO for UK growth (Jun 2025), $23M Series A led by Lightspeed with EQT, GC, s16vc (Feb 2026); ~$35M total raised, Expanded product into Intercompany, AR/Cash payment application, Accounting Agents, Flux AI, Google Cloud (Google for Startups Cloud) infrastructure partner, Stacks Summit 2026 scheduled London 29 September
Growth metrics
30+ enterprise customers; 100,000+ hours saved annually (Series A claim); close 50–60% faster (LinkedIn); historically 47% close-time cut and 97% fewer manual reconciliations
Market positioning
Emerging AI-first challenger targeting mid-to-large enterprise finance teams seeking intelligent automation over traditional checklist-based close management
Geographic focus
Europe with London HQ and Amsterdam office; strong UK GTM (COO Farid Sedjelmaci); Stacks Summit 2026 London
Patents and IP
No registered patents publicly disclosed as of latest update
About Albert Malikov
Former Head of Product Europe at Plaid (2020-2024), Product Lead at Uber (Uber Money), Co-Founder/CPO at inShopper (2014-2016), with previous experience at UBS Investment Bank and McKinsey & Company
Latest news about Stacks
- Stacks Technologies B.V. raised $23M Series A led by Lightspeed to bring agentic AI to enterprise finance operations, targeting the $100B+ office of the CFO software market. With 30+ enterprise custom
- Stacks, an AI platform for enterprise accounting teams, has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed, bringing its total funding to $35 million since its seed round 12 months ago. This
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