Claira, an AI-based Deal Intelligence platform for financial institutions, announced the closing of $7 million seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Barclays, Citi, and Reimagine Tech Ventures, with additional participation from Activant Capital, KDX, and OPCO Ventures.
Claira is transforming how private credit funds and financial institutions approach deal analysis and management. By integrating purpose-built, domain-native AI directly into deal workflows, Claira empowers banks, lenders, and investment professionals to scale more effectively, expanding deal flow through accelerated due diligence, deeper insights, and increased time spent on high-conviction opportunities. By centralizing deal analysis, Claira enables easy access to historical deal data and insights, driving more intelligent decision-making and more predictive future analysis.
Problem being addressed: The investment analysis and decision-making for private credit and other private market investments remain antiquated, often relying on humans to remember past lessons.
How the funding will be used: Claira plans to use the funding to expand its engineering and go-to-market teams, deepen partnerships with top financial institutions, and further develop its AI capabilities tailored to the nuances of capital markets.
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“Firms are sitting on a trove of proprietary research which they are not leveraging. Claira is the first platform to both streamline the work and systematically capture and apply institutional investment knowledge to future transactions.”
Eric Chang, CEO of Claira
“We’re excited to back Eric and his team as they apply technology to an area of the market which has traditionally seen an over-reliance on manual process and workflow.”
Kester Keating, Head of US Principal Investments at Barclays
“Claira fits into existing systems and enables more granular, efficient deal analysis. What excites me most is where they’re heading—by being tied into the nuanced processes of institutional investing, Claira is uniquely positioned to build foundational technology for the next generation of financial infrastructure, enabling agentic AI that cuts through complexity, automates workflows, and ultimately drives better investing.”
Neil Agarwal, Founding Partner of OPCO Ventures
