Fintech startup Cascading AI secures $3.9m pre-seed funding to revolutionize the banking industry
Cascading AI, a cutting-edge fintech startup has announced the successful completion of its $3.9 million pre-seed funding round to unlock $1 trillion in value of advanced AI for the global banking industry. Casca, the flagship product of Cascading AI, is revolutionizing the lending landscape as the first AI-native Loan Origination System.
Lukas Haffer, CEO, Cascading AI: "The real game changer is our AI Loan Assistant, Sarah. Imagine a small business owner applying for a loan on a Friday evening and waiting 72 hours for a response from a loan officer. With Casca, they receive an email response within minutes from Sarah - who leads them through the entire application process. Sarah is infinitely patient and infinitely kind; every loan applicant receives the care and attention they deserve. Our mission for the last four months was to build a system that actually brings AI into reality, is useful and fully compliant for one bank and solves problems for them.''
Casca is already showing results by achieving nearly 3x higher conversion rates and reducing manual effort in the back office by 90% compared to traditional methods.
Ryan Hildebrand, Chief Innovation Officer, Bankwell Bank: "We've just seen tremendous success with Casca, even in the first months. Casca's first customer. "Casca helps bring leads that are five or six times the quality of what was coming in through organic marketing."
The pre-seed funding round was led by Peterson Ventures, a renowned investor in the vertical SaaS sector known for identifying disruptive startups. Additional participation came from Y Combinator, The Sarah Smith Fund, and Clocktower Technology Ventures, who share Cascading AI's vision for the future of banking.
The fresh capital infusion will enable Cascading AI to expand its team of world-class AI and machine learning engineers, accelerate the development of the Casca product, enhance its human-in-the-loop, responsible AI capabilities and onboard a select group of new banks
The company is now focused on scaling up the Bankwell installation and onboarding two more banks.
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