Amsterdam's Neno raises €6.6m for AI-native back office aimed at SMBs
The Dutch startup plans to launch a research unit, expand its accounting and tax teams, and enter new European markets in 2027.
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Neno, an Amsterdam-based startup building AI-native financial services for small and medium-sized businesses, has raised €6.6 million in Seed funding, EU-Startups reported.
The round was led by New York-based early-stage fund AlleyCorp, with participation from Motive Partners, Firstminute Capital and a group of angel investors. According to EU-Startups, the angel backers include executives from Hugging Face, Mollie, Juni, Deel, Miro, Coinbase, PayPal and Navro.
The company said it will use the capital to set up a new research unit, grow its accounting and tax teams, and move into additional European markets in 2027.
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