Zurich-based Unique, a vertical AI player creating a specialised agentic AI platform for financial firms, today announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round, raising €28.6 million.
This round was led by CommerzVentures and DN Capital, with continued support from existing seed investors including VI Partners and Pictet Group.
Unique’s total investment now stands at €50.5 million.
“We are excited to announce this Series A investment,” said Manuel Grenacher, CEO of Unique. “This funding will significantly boost our global expansion efforts and enhance our ability to deploy agentic solutions for our clients. As a vertical AI leader and a category owner, we are dedicated to advancing the financial services industry, and with the strong backing from our investors, we aim to drive the next wave of innovation.”
Founded in 2021 by Manuel Grenacher, Andreas Hauri, and Michelle Heppler, Unique innovates agentic AI for the financial services industry, providing solutions that empower financial institutions to thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape.
With data security and regulatory compliance ensured, Unique’s platform supports customers to deploy agentic AI, through one of its 25 specialised ‘off the shelf’ use cases, or via customised agents. These solutions for back and middle-office functions can be integrated into existing systems, delivering improved performance and accuracy in processing data and requests.
Unique AI is already deployed by blue-chip companies with more than €2.1 trillion in assets under management, including Pictet Group, UBP, LGT Private Banking, SIX and others.
“We are thrilled to support Unique in this next phase of growth,” said Patrick Meisberger, Managing Partner at CommerzVentures. “Their leadership in the financial services space and their commitment to innovation make them a standout player in the industry. We look forward to seeing their continued success and global impact.”
One of their most prominent clients, Pictet Group, which offers the platform to 6k employees, reports efficiency gains of around 2 hours per week per person. While the platform can quickly filter out investment products and streamline related tasks, human RMs continue to be the core of their client relationship – according to a Citi GPS report.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Unique and support their growth through this capital increase,” said Sven Holstenson, Managing Partner at Pictet Group. “Their innovative approach positions them as market leader, and we look forward to continuing to be part of their journey.”
Unique is also welcoming Dana Ritter as its new Chief Product Officer, effective April 2025. Previously, a Group Product Manager at Google Deepmind, Dana led the successful launch of the Gemini project on Android and drove 15x Confidential growth as Head of Gemini Growth and Retention. Dana also launched and landed Google’s early agentic web capability in 2019 called Duplex on the Web.
Olivier Laplace, Managing Partner at Vi Partners, who led the previous financing round, added: “Our partnership with Manuel and his team goes back a decade when we backed his previous venture. Seeing once again their bold vision and outstanding execution, we are excited to support them in this next stage.”
Guy Ward Thomas, Partner at DN Capital, added: “DN Capital has a strong focus on enterprise software for financial services and Unique’s offering is serving a pressing need for banks and asset managers to deploy compliant and accurate agentic AI solutions. Unique already counts many of Europe’s top financial services institutions as customers and we are excited to support the Company on its internationalization journey.”
