Danish startup Plinto raises €2.9M to streamline financial controls

Copenhagen-based AI startup Plinto has raised €2.9 million in a funding round from People Ventures and Emblem to further develop its AI-powered financial transaction monitoring platform, expand its enterprise customer base and support its first steps into international markets. Founded in early 2025 by Jakob Nielsen, Nermina Suljevic and Sebastian Rehnby, Plinto develops AI agents that help companies identify and resolve errors in financial transactions. The platform automates checks that finance teams typically perform manually, helping ensure that transactions comply with contracts, budgets and internal policies. Plinto integrates with companies' existing systems, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, documents, banking systems and communication tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. Its AI agents check transactions against agreed terms, investigate discrepancies and collect supporting evidence. When an issue is identified, the agents can follow up with relevant pa