Dost, an AI-driven finance-automation startup founded in Spain in 2021, has secured £6 million in Series A funding as it launches in the United Kingdom.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from existing backers. The company said the capital will fund its London office, early UK hires and customer-acquisition efforts.
This expansion moves Dost into one of Europe’s most active fintech markets. Industry data shows the UK attracted a significant share of Europe’s fintech investment in 2025, giving automation platforms a larger customer base and faster adoption potential.
AI Models Built For Finance Workflows
Dost’s core platform uses proprietary AI models trained on millions of financial documents.
The system is designed to process complex invoices, extract structured data, manage approval flows and support reconciliation tasks that often slow down finance teams.
The company claims accuracy above 95 percent and cost reductions up to 80 percent for administrative workloads. These capabilities target a segment of the market that still depends heavily on manual entry, spreadsheets and legacy tools.
The platform integrates with enterprise resource planning systems including SAP, Sage and NetSuite, which positions it for mid-market clients that require automation without replacing entire finance infrastructures.
Why UK Mid-Market Finance Is Attractive
Mid-sized enterprises in the UK often manage high invoice volumes but lack the automation maturity seen in large corporations. This creates operational gaps that AI-based tools can address more quickly than traditional software rollouts.
Dost’s leadership sees the UK as a launchpad for broader international expansion, with its chief executive relocating to London to oversee market introduction.
The landscape is also shifting as investors show renewed interest in enterprise-operations automation. Rising regulatory scrutiny around financial accuracy and the pressure to shorten monthly closes have pushed finance leaders to adopt deeper workflow tools.
Dost arrives at a moment when demand for precision, speed and cost-efficiency is increasing.
Notably, finance automation has evolved more slowly than other enterprise functions. Earlier tools focused on narrow tasks, such as scanning or template-based data extraction.
The current wave of AI platforms is built to interpret unstructured documents and support end-to-end processes, opening new opportunities for mid-market firms that lack large technical teams.
Dost’s funding adds momentum to this broader movement. It is part of a growing set of companies targeting the finance-operations layer rather than consumer-facing fintech. This area is drawing interest because it represents large, repetitive workloads that can unlock immediate efficiency gains.
What Comes Next
Dost’s progress in the UK will hinge on integration quality, customer trust and the reliability of its AI models in real-world environments.
Finance teams will look for transparency, auditability and stable performance as they shift workflow responsibility to automation. If the company secures early traction, it could influence how mid-market enterprises across Europe adopt AI inside finance departments.
Dost’s UK entry marks another step in the rise of AI-driven finance operations. The next year will show whether the platform becomes a central tool in mid-market financial transformation or one of several challengers in a rapidly developing category.
