Galdera aims to build AI native infrastructure to transform financial modelling, making it faster, more scalable and better integrated into decision-making across organisations.
Stockholm-based Galdera Labs has launched with €1.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-driven platform for financial modelling. The round was led by J12 Ventures, with participation from Antler and angel investors with experience at companies including Klarna, DeepL, Stripe, and Plata.
The company is addressing a common challenge faced by finance teams: financial models are often rebuilt from scratch whenever business conditions change, resulting in fragmented workflows and outdated assumptions. This lack of continuity has also limited the impact of AI in finance, as the systems lack the contextual foundation needed to interpret financial data effectively.
Founded by Evan Rumpza, Mattia Scolari, and Giovanni Casula, the team previously worked together at Klarna, where they were responsible for financial planning across 26 markets during a period of rapid growth. To manage increasing complexity, they developed an internal system that replaced static planning cycles with continuously updated models, enabling a small team to support large-scale financial operations.
Building on that experience, Galdera is developing what it describes as “reasoning infrastructure” for finance. The platform combines a high-performance calculation engine with a semantic memory layer that links financial data to business context, assumptions, and strategic decisions. This approach allows models to remain continuously updated while capturing the reasoning behind changes in financial outcomes.
We’ve personally sat with 50 spreadsheets at two in the morning using tools that were supposed to solve the problem but didn’t. Financial modelling cannot rely on disposable models, whether they live in Excel or in a SaaS dashboard. Today, the technology exists for models that compound with the business. That is the infrastructure we are building with Galdera,
said Evan Rumpza, co-founder and CEO of Galdera Labs.
The platform enables finance teams to query models in natural language and simulate complex scenarios more efficiently, reducing the time required for planning and analysis.
With its launch, Galdera is opening its platform to its first customers, focusing on fast-growing organisations with complex operations where traditional financial tools struggle to keep pace.
The funding will be used to develop Galdera’s AI-driven financial modelling platform, build out its reasoning infrastructure, and support its initial rollout to early customers.