Galdera Raises $1.7M Pre-Seed To Build Financial Models

Galdera, a financial modeling startup founded by former Klarna employees, announced last week it raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding led by J12 Ventures, with participation from Antler, Klarna, Stripe, DeepL and Plata. The company said it will build AI-enabled financial models that combine statistical forecasts, transparent assumptions, version control and audit traceability to serve finance teams as institutional memory. PYMNTS research cited in the release shows widespread CFO interest in generative AI for financial reporting and forecasting.