Chift raises €11 million Series A to become Europe's financial software connector

What's the deal? Brussels-based startup ChiftDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has raised €10.5 million (roughly $12.2 million) in a Series A round to accelerate its expansion across Europe. The company builds the connective layer that lets financial software — and now AI agents — communicate with one another.

What's the endgame? Chift wants to become the invisible layer sitting between financial tools, handling the plumbing so different applications can talk to each other. The fresh capital is earmarked for European growth.

Why now? The push comes as AI agents increasingly need reliable ways to plug into financial systems, a use case Chift is positioning itself to serve.

The signal: The round sits in the upper tier of comparable deals, ranking around the 34th percentile by size — a signal of investor appetite for the infrastructure quietly linking Europe's financial software.

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