Steward, a New York and London, UK–based AI-first compliance platform, has raised $5 million in funding.
Investors
The round was led by Motive Partners, with participation from Outward VC, Cooley, and several prominent angel investors, including Shai Wininger and Mark Ransford.
Motive Partners is a private investment firm exclusively focused on financial technology and technology-enabled business services companies, investing from early-stage ventures to growth equity and buyouts across North America and Europe. The firm invests across five subsectors: banking & payments, capital markets, data & analytics, insurance, and wealth and asset management. With offices in New York, London, and Berlin, the firm provides differentiated insight, connectivity, and capabilities to create long-term value in financial technology companies.
Steward Use of Funds
The company will use the funds to expand product capabilities and scale its team.
About Steward
Steward is an AI-first AML platform purpose-built for complex investor onboarding and ongoing monitoring. Designed to handle complex investor structures, Steward unifies document collection, screening, risk assessment, and ongoing monitoring into a single workflow. Trusted with over $100 billion in investor assets, Steward enables firms to onboard sophisticated investors—including fund-of-funds, family offices, and cross-border entities—with speed and accuracy. Headquartered in New York and London, Steward serves private markets funds, banks, brokers, and institutional allocators.
Funding Details
Company: Steward AI, Inc.
Raised: $5.0M
Round: Undisclosed
Funding Date: March 2026
Lead Investor: Motive Partners
Additional Investors: Outward VC, Cooley, Shai Wininger, Mark Ransford, Tom Keiser, Remy Astié, Ulric Musset, Mushegh Tovmasyan, Keith Grose
Company Website: https://getsteward.ai/
Software Category: Fintech / Compliance AI
Source: https://getsteward.ai/article/post_4403608c-69b7-4b99-a541-54d12808eb23