ABAKA, a London based digital retirement solutions provider, has received a joint investment of $6.5m.
ABAKA, a London based digital retirement solutions provider, has received a joint investment of $6.5m.
London based digital retirement solutions provider ABAKA has completed a series A funding round with a joint investment of $6.5m (£4.6m) from Thames Trust, Ace&Co and Downing Ventures.
The round takes the total investment in ABAKA to date to $10m (£7.6m).
The firm will use the investment to fund research and development.
This includes the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver new retirement solutions for its enterprise clients.
Fahd Rachidy, founder and chief executive at ABAKA, said: “ABAKA is a leader in delivering digital solutions for the pensions and retirement sector.
“It’s great to see our investors supporting our innovation in this market.
“In a world of hyper-personalisation and digital experiences, financial services companies across the globe face the challenge of engaging their customers to plan for a financially secure retirement and the pensions sector is calling out for innovation.
“At ABAKA, we believe that harnessing AI-led solutions has the potential to revolutionise the retirement and savings industry, using what we call Artificial Financial Intelligence to help financial services companies better engage their clients in financial planning.
“We’re incredibly excited about what we’ve started here at ABAKA.
“The completion of our Series A investment round marks another step in our journey to delivering solutions which can help more people to enjoy a financially secure retirement.”
Stefania Ponzo from Downing Ventures added: “We’ve been impressed by the leadership of Fahd and the team in building an impressive solution to address the rising demand for digital advice on long-term savings and retirement, amidst a world of low-margins and profitability challenges for financial institutions.
“Downing Ventures is thrilled to support this venture and are excited to back a talented team, building technology to enable affordable, assessible and transparent financial advice for consumers at the touch of a button, transforming the future of the global pensions and retirement.”
Charles Lorenceau, managing director at Ace&Co, a Swiss based private equity firm, said: “We're delighted to help ABAKA in their mission to build enterprise solutions for the financial institutions that are keen to innovate, build outstanding customer digital experiences and further support the needed engagement on retirement and long-term savings.
“ABAKA has gathered an incredible team of experts in AI and financial services and we're excited about the opportunity to support their accelerating growth."
