Kalipso, a legal compliance platform developed by lawyers and engineers with legal expertise to help organisations adapt to and implement regulatory changes, has raised $3.2 million in a new funding round backed by Vento, Varsity, Lanai, Plug and Play and Kima Ventures. The funds will support expansion into key international markets and the strengthening of the team, in response to growing global demand for regtech infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n
The company has already established partnerships with institutions such as Groupe Caisse des D\u00e9p\u00f4ts in France and Alma (a fintech company), and has seen growing demand from the compliance departments of large organisations and banks, which are required to manage increasingly complex regulatory obligations in the markets in which they operate.<\/p>\n\n
Regulatory compliance tends to hit a snag whenever a new legal requirement emerges that needs to be implemented. When a new provision comes into force, it is necessary to: familiarise oneself with it, interpret it, assess its impact on the company, identify any gaps in the existing documentation, make the necessary changes to company policies and processes, assign responsibilities and controls where required, and demonstrate that everything has been implemented correctly. Today, this process is often managed manually, frequently using Excel spreadsheets or reports generated by various consultancy firms \u2013 all of which are fragmented and unconnected tools. Kalipso has been designed specifically to address this critical issue: to offer an innovative solution to a long-standing problem \u2013 software that contains all the essential information and procedures a company needs to stay informed about regulatory changes and enables it to adapt to them in a simple, consistent and efficient manner in line with its internal processes. <\/p>\n\n
At the heart of Kalipso\u2019s offering is a platform that translates the abstract provisions of new legislation into operational processes. By drawing directly from various sources, the solution analyses any regulatory or legislative updates \u2013 or even mere directives \u2013 in real time, translates these changes into obligations applicable to each organisation, identifies any gaps in existing company policies and practices, and generates ready-to-implement solutions with full traceability of sources, thereby ensuring the organisation\u2019s full legal compliance. Every recommendation or suggestion is directly linked to the relevant regulatory requirement. By centralising the monitoring of sources, the analysis of issues, the assignment of internal responsibilities and the conduct of all audit processes within a single operational environment, Kalipso enables legal and compliance teams to move beyond a reactive and fragmented approach to regulatory compliance through the adoption of continuous monitoring. The platform monitors over 100 sources across more than 40 jurisdictions and processes over 3,000 regulatory updates daily. <\/p>\n\n
Complementing the main platform is the Kalipso Regulatory Radar, a module that enables companies to ensure comprehensive coverage of the entire compliance cycle: from the initial legislative stages of any regulation, through communications from the regulatory body, to definitively approved regulations and guidelines from supervisory authorities, the user is always kept up to date with developments affecting their business model. Thanks to artificial intelligence, the platform is able to highlight the most significant regulatory developments for the client, based on their business model, geographical exposure and operational profile. <\/p>\n\n
This round forms part of a wider transformation of the compliance landscape. The European Commission is, in fact, pursuing an ambitious agenda of regulatory reforms, significantly increasing the operational workload for in-house legal and compliance teams. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cFor too long, compliance teams have had to manage their activities using tools that are disconnected from one another. Kalipso bridges that gap, enabling organisations to move from regulatory changes to the implementation of policies, controls and procedures within a single system. Teams do not need yet another report or communication \u2013 which are often an end in themselves \u2013 but rather an infrastructure that translates regulatory changes into action and the peace of mind that comes from knowing they are always compliant,\u201d says Virginia Debernardi, co-founder and COO of Kalipso, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe hardest part of compliance isn\u2019t interpreting the law. It\u2019s turning it into action. And almost no one who builds solutions in this sector has truly experienced both sides of the coin. I have. At Klarna, I worked at the intersection of the legal and engineering worlds and saw first-hand where and why these processes get stuck. Many tools on the market are developed by lawyers who don\u2019t understand the technological complexities, or by engineers who don\u2019t fully grasp the law. Kalipso was born precisely from the convergence of these two areas of expertise. \u201cWe didn\u2019t just observe this problem from the outside: we lived through it and built the platform that we ourselves would have wanted to use,\u201d says Pierre Ferran, co-founder and CEO of Kalipso (pictured alongside Debernardi). <\/p>\n\n
\u201cI have spent most of my career at one of Europe\u2019s largest banks, where compliance is still largely manual, fragmented and slow. What convinced me about Kalipso is the team: two founding partners who understand the law and possess the engineering skills essential to develop the product, building and tailoring it to a sector they know from the inside. This is the infrastructure the industry needs,\u201d adds Didier Valet, board member and investor, former deputy CEO of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale and co-founder of Varsity.<\/p>\n\n
The co-founders, Ferran and Debernardi, bring together legal, technological and operational expertise gained in high-growth technology companies. Ferran has held senior legal roles at Klarna and Philips and is also a software engineer (LL.M., Stanford), whilst Debernardi specialises in intellectual property compliance, having worked for European institutions and subsequently served as general counsel at Productsup. <\/p>\n\n
As regulatory complexity increases globally, Kalipso plans to significantly expand its team during 2026 and strengthen its presence in key international markets, including Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and the Benelux countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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