Ralio Raises €2.1M Pre-Seed Funding To Build AI Payment Platform In London

The investment will support product development and expansion of its engineering team.

The round was led by Sure Valley Ventures, with participation from Seed X, Love Ventures, Plug and Play, rule30, Adeline Arts and Science, Endurance Ventures, Campus Fund, fintech investor Alan Morgan, and continued backing from Antler.

Founded in 2025 by Ghali Bennani Laafiret and Leonardo Rosales Ralio is building a “trust layer” for agentic business payments. As AI agents become more autonomous the company addresses the gap between traditional payment systems designed for humans and the needs of AI-driven transactions.

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Ralio’s platform adds security through built-in guardrails, identity verification, and full audit trails, enabling AI agents to safely execute payments across bank transfers, cards and even stablecoins. Rather than deciding what AI agents should do, Ralio acts as a control layer verifying intent, enforcing rules and logging every transaction before execution.

Backed by Antler from its early days, the startup’s pre-seed round was three times oversubscribed within just three months of its founding.

Ghali Bennani Laafiret, cofounder and CEO of Ralio, commented, “AI agents are no longer just productivity tools, they are becoming autonomous economic actors capable of procuring services and managing capital. However, the world of finance is still built for human intervention. Ralio is building the missing layer that makes agentic finance safe and scalable for the enterprise. This funding will allow us to accelerate our product development and ensure that as AI begins to transact, it does so within a framework of total accountability.”

Adam French, Partner at Antler, commented, “Ralio is tackling one of the most significant challenges in the next decade of AI adoption. For AI to reach its full potential, it must be able to move value safely. We backed this team because they have the domain expertise to bridge the gap between legacy payment systems and the future of autonomous finance. Their progress since founding just a few months ago has been exceptional, and we are proud to support them as they build a new category in FinTech.”

About Ralio

Ralio provides a secure payments platform designed for AI agents. It enables businesses to safely automate transactions by adding verification, control and audit layers. The platform ensures AI-driven payments are reliable, compliant and easy to manage across different financial systems and payment methods.