Claira, a New York-based AI-powered deal intelligence platform for financial institutions, has raised $7 million in a seed funding round.
Investors
The round was co-led by Barclays, Citi, and Reimagine Tech Ventures, with additional participation from Activant Capital, KDX, and OPCO Ventures.
Barclays PLC is a British multinational bank with key operations in the UK and the US. Founded in 1690, it operates five main divisions: retail banking, corporate banking, private banking, wealth management, and investment banking.
Citi is a global financial services company offering various financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions through its two core business divisions Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and Personal Banking & Wealth Management (PBWM). Headquartered in NYC, Citi operates offices in over 100 countries.
Reimagine Tech Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage fintech startups. It combines funding with hands-on support in AI, data science, and financial infrastructure. With over 1,100 companies vetted and 15+ investments across six countries, it helps startups transform financial services through technology.
Claira Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to grow its engineering and go-to-market teams, strengthen partnerships with top financial institutions, and enhance its AI capabilities designed for capital markets.
About Claira
Claira is an AI-powered deal intelligence platform built for institutional finance, including private credit, banks, and investment firms. It uses adaptive AI to extract and structure data from complex deal documents, streamlining due diligence, modeling, compliance, and monitoring. By embedding domain-specific artificial intelligence into deal workflows, Claira helps banks, lenders, and investment professionals scale operations by accelerating due diligence, enhancing insights, and increasing access to historical deal data. Headquartered in New York, Claira empowers financial institutions to make smarter decisions faster through its purpose-built AI.
Funding Details
Company: Claira, Inc.
Raised: $7.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: June 2025
Lead Investors: Barclays, Citi, Reimagine Tech Ventures (co-leads)
Additional Investors: Activant Capital, KDX, OPCO Ventures
Company Website: https://claira.io/
Software Category: AI / Deal Intelligence / Financial Technology
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