Cense, a provider of a digital asset compliance and evidence platform for financial institutions, has raised €6.5m in a seed funding round co-led by G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments, with significant participation from several angel investors.
The round will be used to accelerate Cense’s expansion across Europe, grow its sales team, and broaden its market position among private and retail banks.
The funding addresses a growing challenge facing banks as digital assets become more widely adopted. Financial institutions are increasingly struggling to trace the movement of funds between wallets, digital asset exchanges, and the traditional financial system, particularly when digital assets are converted and transferred into bank accounts.
Without sufficient visibility into the origin of those funds or the risks attached, including money laundering, sanctions violations, or terrorist financing, banks risk declining transactions, damaging customer relationships, and forgoing business opportunities.
Cense’s platform operates at the junction of digital assets and traditional banking, automating compliance due diligence and generating standardised, auditable documentation. It collects and analyses wallet, exchange, and transaction data to produce consistent reporting that gives institutions a reliable basis for decision-making. The company says it fills a gap left by both conventional anti-money laundering systems, which were not designed with digital assets in mind, and pure digital asset analytics tools, which do not adequately reflect banking regulatory requirements or internal decision-making processes.
G+D Ventures principal Andreas Barthelmes said, “What stands out most is the team behind Cense is that the founders have already built two successful companies, and are early pioneers in the space. They combine strong product expertise with proven entrepreneurial experience. The market opportunity is equally compelling, driven by accelerating institutional adoption of digital assets and an increasingly complex regulatory environment that demands precisely such solutions.”
Rabo Investments director Koen Lenssen said, “Rabo Investments is excited to support the team at Cense in this development, reflecting the strong alignment behind a platform that addresses a clear gap in existing solutions.”
Cense CEO Dennis Wohlfarth said, “Banks need trusted infrastructure to manage digital asset exposure with the same confidence they apply to financial crime and compliance. This investment validates Cense’s position as that infrastructure layer. G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments bring deep expertise, strong banking networks and operational experience, giving us a strong foundation for the continued expansion.”
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