• UAE-USA-based finance Saas platform Kudwa has raised $1.1 million in a funding round backed by 1818 Venture Capital, F6 Ventures, Sparked VC, IM Fndg, and IVP.
• Founded in 2023 by Karl Nasr and Sam Arif, the company develops an AI finance manager that automates financial reporting, analysis, forecasting, and insights for businesses.
• The funding will support product development, expanded integrations, and go-to-market scaling, as Kudwa grows its AI-driven financial planning and analytics platform across multiple markets.

Press release:

Kudwa, the AI-powered finance intelligence platform, announced it recently closed a $1.1 million funding round with participation from UK-based 1818 Venture Capital F6 Ventures, US-based Sparked VC, IM Fndg, and IVP. The financing closed ahead of schedule in late 2025 and provided the company with capital to accelerate product development, expand strategic integrations and scale its go‑to‑market efforts across multiple geographies.

Designed as the financial brain for modern finance teams, Kudwa’s platform connects to ERP, accounting and operational systems and delivers real‑time financial planning & analysis. The technology combines data pipelines, forecasting models, intelligent dashboards and scenario planning, freeing finance teams from manual spreadsheet work and enabling data‑driven decision-making, and instantly explaining what changed (and why), so finance teams spend less time in spreadsheets and more time making decisions.

“We closed the round ahead of schedule in late 2025 and went heads-down right away. Our focus has been simple: obsess over customers, ship what they ask for, and build a world-class team that can deliver the AI-powered financial brain businesses rely on.” said the founders of Kudwa. 

Since closing the round, Kudwa has focused on deepening its platform across multi-entity consolidation, consistent reporting, AI analysis and forecasting, cash visibility, and AI-driven insights – while expanding integrations and scaling go-to-market efforts.