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Ravical Funding News- Ravical Raises €7.3M To Put AI At The Heart Of Europe’s Expert Firms

May 21, 2025 | By Kailee Rainse

Ghent-based startup Ravical has raised €7.3 million in Pre-Seed funding to offer AI agents specially trained for tax, legal, accounting, and insurance firms.

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  • Ghent-based startup Ravical has raised €7.3 million in Pre-Seed funding to offer AI agents specially trained for tax, legal, accounting, and insurance firms.

The funding round was led by Lakestar. Ravical was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Joris Van Der Gucht, who previously built and sold Silverfin, an accounting automation company, for €320 million in 2023.

Ravical creates AI agents—virtual employees—that use industry knowledge, company processes, and client data to automate up to 80% of routine work in professional services.

This lets human experts focus on the key 20% of tasks that boost profits and strengthen client relationships.

Joris Van Der Gucht, CEO and founder of Ravical, said: "We don't believe AI will replace expert firms - but we do think that 80 percent of the work in these firms lends itself to AI automation.

We offer these firms agents that deliver high-quality digital services that respect their unique knowledge and culture."

Ravical helps professional services firms tackle hiring and retention challenges that cause staff shortages, strained client relationships, and loss of expertise as AI models advance.

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It also supports firms in turning their repeatable knowledge into scalable, packaged services—something many have aimed to do for years.

According to Van Der Gucht, productisation has proven a hard nut to crack for many professional services firms.

“Our solution can deliver this almost overnight through the automation of expert professional services. It unlocks the ability to focus the firm’s employees on higher value and strategic support, while offering new possibilities to grow revenue."

“Agentic AI is moving from buzzword to board-level priority,” said Enrico Mellis, Partner at Lakestar.

“Ravical’s team has already proven they can automate professional workflows at scale; we’re excited to support them as they bring that playbook to a much broader services market.”

Ravical has already run 10 pilot projects with professional services firms of different sizes and industries.

With the new funding, the company plans to enhance its product, grow its team, and expand internationally.

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