Copenhagen-based Spektr, which develops AI agents for compliance teams in financial services, raised a 20M Series A led by NEA, taking total funding to 26M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Copenhagen-based Spektr, which develops AI agents for compliance teams in financial services, raised a 20M Series A led by NEA, taking total funding to 26M — For the founders of Spektr, the journey didn't start with the Danish startup's inception in 2023; it began a decade ago while working in the trenches of a payments company.

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Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-16

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