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FinCrime start-up ComplyStream emerges from stealth

January, 2025 – ComplyStream, a post-event financial crime (FinCrime) and fraud operations start up, announced its official launch after closing it’s maiden funding round led by Cornerstone VC and Ascension.
- With participation from prominent angel investors at Monzo, ClearBank, Santander, Airwallex and Thunes
- While many solutions focus on detecting financial crime, ComplyStream tackles the complexities that follow an alert
- Built by a team with deep experience at JPMorgan, Tide, BVNK, and Thredd
Financial institutions today face a significant challenge: fragmented tools, disjointed workflows, and siloed data make resolving FinCrime alerts unnecessarily complex and time-consuming. These inefficiencies not only delay operations but also create a high-effort environment for compliance teams, hindering their ability to perform effectively.
ComplyStream is redefining fincrime operations for financial institutions by addressing inefficiencies associated with fragmented tools, false positives, and delayed investigations. Its platform unifies workflows and data, harnessing AI to streamline decision-making and reduce operational friction, enabling institutions to handle post-event financial crime incidents with unparalleled efficiency.
With increasing regulatory scrutiny and operational complexities, traditional approaches to compliance are no longer sufficient. ComplyStream’s founders, Kartik Dabbiru and Sandeep Samantaray, who bring decades of experience in financial crime, payments, and fintech, have identified the critical need for a unified, intelligent compliance platform.
Kartik, Founder and CEO of ComplyStream says:
“Our platform aims to shift the narrative from reactive to proactive compliance. We’re empowering financial institutions by unifying their existing tools to resolve cases faster, and reduce inefficiencies, so they can free up resources to focus on growth. We’re setting a new standard for post-event financial crime operations”
“ComplyStream is addressing a critical pain point for financial institutions,” said Amir Nooriala, FinTech Super Angel. “Their approach to unifying compliance tools and applying AI-driven insights, solves a problem I saw first hand as COO of OakNorth Bank and is precisely what the industry needs to stay ahead in today’s regulatory landscape.”
The investment enables the team to expand, onboard new customers, and continue enhancing the platform’s capabilities.
Rodney Appiah, Managing Partner at Cornerstone VC, said:
“Financial crime remains one of the biggest challenges facing institutions globally and continues to cause huge economic and social harm by undermining the financial system on which billions of people depend. As technological advancements increase the complexity, disruption and sophistication of the threats we are facing, compliance teams and financial crime operations need new tools to respond effectively. We are therefore delighted to back Kartik and Sandi in their mission to redefine financial crime operations and turn it into a strategic advantage for the compliance industry.”
For more information visit ComplyStream.