Steward Raises $5 Million in Funding
Steward, a New York and London, UK–based AI-first compliance platform, has raised $5 million in funding.
The round was led by Motive Partners, with participation from Outward VC, Cooley, and several prominent angel investors, including Shai Wininger and Mark Ransford.
Motive Partners is a private investment firm exclusively focused on financial technology and technology-enabled business services companies, investing from early-stage ventures to growth equity and buyouts across North America and Europe. The firm invests across five subsectors: banking & payments, capital markets, data & analytics, insurance, and wealth and asset management. With offices in New York, London, and Berlin, the firm provides differentiated insight, connectivity, and capabilities to create long-term value in financial technology companies.
The company will use the funds to expand product capabilities and scale its team.
Steward is an AI-first AML platform purpose-built for complex investor onboarding and ongoing monitoring. Designed to handle complex investor structures, Steward unifies document collection, screening, risk assessment, and ongoing monitoring into a single workflow. Trusted with over $100 billion in investor assets, Steward enables firms to onboard sophisticated investors—including fund-of-funds, family offices, and cross-border entities—with speed and accuracy. Headquartered in New York and London, Steward serves private markets funds, banks, brokers, and institutional allocators.
Funding Details
Company: Steward AI, Inc.
Raised: $5.0M
Round: Undisclosed
Funding Date: March 2026
Lead Investor: Motive Partners
Additional Investors: Outward VC, Cooley, Shai Wininger, Mark Ransford, Tom Keiser, Remy Astié, Ulric Musset, Mushegh Tovmasyan, Keith Grose
Company Website: https://getsteward.ai/
Software Category: Fintech / Compliance AI