It’s not unusual for things to move quickly in the startup world but for us things have definitely been moving at warp speed in the last year. We secured our first pilot at the same time as we launched our brand last October. There was a launch event in Shoreditch that we invited some of our community members to. By December we had acquired the rights to Compliance Star, an end-to-end horizontal compliance solution we’re rebuilding to now be part of the Finspector universe. By January we were in the FCA AI in Innovation Spotlight. By March we had successfully spun out of our parent AI Venture Studio, Goodfolio, and incorporated as a limited company here in the UK and by May the business had grown to the point where I could come in as a full time CEO. Our product and engineering team is now growing into double figures and our team here in London and spread across the UK is also growing pretty quickly as we gear up for our next phase of growth. And all of this before hitting our first Finspector birthday, so yes, it’s been a very busy year for us! The Goodfolio AI Venture Studio was founded by two brothers, Nima and Omid. Nima is a PhD computer scientist with deep expertise in AI and machine learning design, and Omid, a seasoned navigator of the AI journey from initial concept through to Series A. Today, the Studio is a team of 30+ tech and product specialists, supporting four live businesses, including Finspector, with several more in the pipeline. Ultimately, Nima and Omid have always attracted a lot of good people to them. Many of the investors, the partners and the global team today including myself were just friendlies in their network rooting for them and who have now entered the Goodfolio universe. It’s definitely a story that deserves its own limelight for sure and Finspector is proud to be part of that story. I think this is a common rite of passage moment for startups that are growing quickly and want to keep that initial magic of the close-knit team even as they grow. It’s certainly one of the many things that's on my mind as we grow Finspector, certainly. The trick we’re learning is to be ok about letting some things happen organically and others happen intentionally. In this early stage phase, the one we’re still in, there are a lot of moving pieces and what brings us together, the vision of where Finspector can go, the underdog story we lived and breathed in our previous incarnations, the grafting, the tough times and the people who showed up in those tough times and how they showed up – have all become part of the Finspector DNA and the cornerstone to our personality as a business and our culture. From the senior execs to the interns who are joining our team, there is a golden thread of continuing to hire not just people who’ve shown exceptional ability in their area of expertise, but are also fundamentally, just good people and that’s something that I certainly a part of the culture I intend to keep as we grow. Contact: Phil Clements Company: Finspector Website: https://www.finspector.ai/ Finspector is one of the flagship ventures from Goodfolio, an AI venture studio based in London that blends AI with human-in-the-loop thinking across multiple domains and products. Goodfolio’s venture experience ranges from addressing a critical compliance gap financial services here in the UK, to reimagining the future of strategy and business transformation, to developing large vision modelling for the fast-paced retail sector in emerging markets. We hear more from Phil Clements CEO, as Finspector wins its title in our Greater London Enterprise Awards 2025. Best AI-Powered Financial Promotions Compliance Solution 2025 AIM-Jul25321
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