Chift secures €10.5M Series A to expand financial software connectivity across Europe

Brussels-based fintech Chift has raised €10.5 million in Series A funding to expand its financial software connectivity platform across Europe and strengthen its AI capabilities. The round was led by BlackFin Capital Partners, with existing investors Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund and Wallonie Entreprendre also taking part.

Founded in 2022 by Gauthier Henroz, Henry Hertoghe and Matthieu Hertoghe, Chift builds infrastructure that helps software companies connect their products to financial tools used by businesses. These include accounting, invoicing, point-of-sale, e-commerce, payment and property management systems.

As businesses increasingly use multiple software solutions to manage their finances, connecting these systems can be complex. Software providers often need to develop and maintain separate integrations for different platforms and markets. Chift addresses this challenge through a unified API that enables companies to integrate once and connect their products to more than 120 financial systems across six categories.

The company expects the growing adoption of AI and the rollout of e-invoicing requirements across Europe to drive demand for better connectivity between financial software. AI-powered financial products need access to data stored across existing business systems, while the wider adoption of electronic invoicing is shifting more financial processes to digital platforms.

Commenting on these changes, Gauthier Henroz, co-founder and CEO of Chift, said:

AI and e-invoicing are rebuilding the entire financial software market, and businesses run on more tools than ever. Interoperability is becoming the defining problem of European SMB finance. Its fragmentation makes that harder to build than anywhere, as systems are split across 27 countries. That is exactly why we build the infrastructure that connects it all.

The Series A funding will help Chift expand into more European markets and strengthen its AI capabilities. The company plans to connect AI-powered products to financial data and develop integrations that require less manual configuration.