Duna, a business identity company founded by former Stripe executives, raised a €30m (about $35.4m) Series A round announced in early February 2026. CapitalG, Alphabet's growth fund, led the round, with Alex Nichols, a general partner, leading the investment, according to TechCrunch.
Index Ventures, Puzzle Ventures and Snowflake chairman Frank Slootman also took part, and FinTech Global described all three as existing backers. Angel investors included former Stripe executives David Singleton, Claire Hughes Johnson and Michael Cocoman, and Adyen's Mariëtte Swart and Ethan Tandowsky, TechCrunch reported. No valuation was disclosed.
“What we want to build over time is a global trust infrastructure where we provide a digital passport for every business.”Duco van Lanschot, co-founder, Duna
What Duna does
Duna sells software that helps banks and fintechs onboard business customers. Its website describes an AI-native compliance platform covering know-your-business and know-your-customer checks and anti-money-laundering controls. The product has three parts: Onboard, for customised onboarding journeys with data pre-fill and registry access, Decide, for automated case management and audit trails, and Lifecycle, for daily screening and periodic reviews.
TechCrunch reported that Duna generates its own data rather than aggregating existing sources, and competes in the know-your-business category with vendors such as Jumio and Veriff. FinTech Global said the company plans to extend the product into a network for shareable identity and one-click onboarding.
Customers named by FinTech Global include Plaid, the Fiserv subsidiary CCV, Moss, bol and SVEA Bank. The company says clients report onboarding more than ten times faster, and Biometric Update, citing CapitalG, reported 35% higher conversion and 90% faster onboarding. The sources do not verify these claims. Biometric Update described a European startup offering onboarding, document and biometric verification, KYC, KYB and AML, with AI tools for business verification, document scanning, sanctions screening and fraud prevention.
The founders and the money so far
FinTech Global said Duna was founded in 2023 by Duco van Lanschot, formerly head of Benelux and DACH at Stripe, and David Schreiber, who previously ran Stripe's largest global business unit. It operates in Germany and the Netherlands, and the sources do not name a headquarters city or a headcount.
TechCrunch reported a €10.7m seed round led by Index Ventures in May 2025. Biometric Update put total funding at more than €40m.
What the money is for
Duna plans to expand its enterprise capabilities, with a focus on compliant and auditable AI that meets bank and enterprise regulatory standards, according to FinTech Global. Biometric Update added that the funds will raise investment in research and development.
Van Lanschot told TechCrunch the aim over time is a global trust infrastructure with a digital passport for every business. Van Lanschot also said in a company release that compliance and identity now consume up to 10 to 20 percent of a bank's total costs. Nichols said it is the rare opportunity to rebuild something as foundational as a Visa and create an amazing business in the process. Schreiber said the company is turning a decades-old compliance cost centre into a core revenue driver.
Company website: duna.com