Funding

Smartfin And Newion Invest €2.5M To Fuel SEQUESTO’s Growth

Sep 18, 2025 | By Kailee Rainse

Belgian scale-up SEQUESTO, which is redefining how organizations manage tenders, RFIs, and RFPs, has raised €2.5 million in strategic funding from Smartfin and Newion.

SUMMARY

  • Belgian scale-up SEQUESTO, which is redefining how organizations manage tenders, RFIs, and RFPs, has raised €2.5 million in strategic funding from Smartfin and Newion.

Founded in 2020, SEQUESTO is an AI-first platform that leverages agentic workflows to automate repetitive, error-prone tasks throughout the RFx lifecycle, improving tender teams’ efficiency and boosting win rates.

With tenders increasing in volume and complexity alongside rapid AI advances, the global market for RFP optimization software is gaining momentum. Yet for many organizations, responding to RFPs, RFIs, and other procurement processes remains manual, slow, and costly resulting in persistently low win rates.

Unlike legacy providers offering only incremental gains, SEQUESTO reinvents the entire RFx lifecycle with advanced AI, setting a new industry benchmark.

Beyond time savings, it cuts content management costs, speeds up time to value, and consistently boosts win rates on complex bids.

SEQUESTO, now a global scale-up, operates across major European markets and the U.S., serving both fast-growing SaaS companies and regulated enterprises. The fresh funding will fuel its international expansion and strengthen its market leadership.

About SEQUESTO

SEQUESTO is an AI-powered RFx Response Platform transforming how businesses manage tenders, RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and security questionnaires. With automation and its intelligent “Collective Memory,” it boosts accuracy and efficiency driving 76% more business wins, 63% time savings, and 37% cost reduction through smart content management across languages.

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