Auquan

Backed byPeak XV Partners
Total raised$8.0M
StageSeed
Hiring pace3 roles / 90d
Founded2018
Team size11-50
HQLondon, -
Industries
AI/ML

About Auquan

Auquan is the market leader in agentic AI for institutional finance, serving 40% of the top 50 global financial institutions with mission-critical solutions across front, middle, and back office operations. Headquartered in London with offices in New York and Bangalore, the Series A startup processes data from more than two million sources in 76+ languages to deliver intelligent automation at scale. Auquan's clients have collectively saved more than 100,000 hours of manual work, demonstrating the tangible impact of its technology. The company has earned recognition as a 2025 Gartner Cool Vendor in Agentic AI for Banking and Investment Services and is backed by leading investors including Peak XV, Neotribe Ventures, Episode 1, and Stage 2 Capital.

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Company at a glance

Location
London, -
Investors
Episode 1 ·Neotribe Ventures ·Peak XV Partners ·Stage 2 Capital
Websiteauquan.com
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Founders & Leadership

AG

Alex Gonye

Co-Founder @ Stealth | Chief of Staff

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CJ

Chandini Jain

Chief Executive Officer at Auquan

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VL

Ventrice Lam

COO at Auquan | ex-Lemonade | ex-Goldman Sachs

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CJ

Chandini Jain

Founder/CEO @ Auquan

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SJ

Shub Jain

Founder & CTO @ Auquan

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Specialized Operations30%
  • Operations & Management23%
  • Sales & Business Development18%
  • Engineering14%
  • Other7%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.UCL
  2. 2.University of Cambridge
  3. 3.Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  4. 4.University of Oxford
  5. 5.Cornell University

Team Worked At

  • Goldman Sachs
  • Morgan Stanley
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Optiver
  • Tracxn

Team Composition

52 people
  • Research15
  • Operations1 senior6
  • Marketing1 senior5
  • Engineering3
  • Information Technology3
  • Leadership3 senior3
  • Sales1 senior3
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2

Culture & values

High-agency, high-velocity, no-politics environment where engineers move fast and unblock themselves

Office-first culture with team working out of SoHo office most days, collaborating in person

Minimal process with strong bias toward action

End-to-end project ownership with autonomy to ship V1s in days

Direct work with top-tier financial institutions requires engineers to be client-ready with strong communication skills

Engineers expected to go on-site with customers and be credible technical voices

CEO personally meets with every candidate

Values genuine passion for AI and engagement with the AI space

Values eagerness, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to work hard over pedigree alone

Small team environment with things moving quickly and real urgency

Direct architectural influence from day one for team members

Mission centered on liberating brilliant people from worst work to bring meaning back to their roles

Funding History

Cumulative Funding

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