Avendar Closes €2.2M Funding Round to Deploy Sovereign AI Platform for Crime and Fraud Investigations Across Europe

Dutch GovTech startup Avendar has raised €2.2 million in seed funding led by LUMO Labs and the Brabant Development Agency to accelerate its AI-powered investigation platform for public sector institutions. The company helps government agencies transform fragmented data into actionable intelligence, automating signal detection and analysis for applications including criminal investigations and fraud screening.

Co-founder Marijn van Aerle said Europe urgently needs sovereign AI infrastructure for critical investigations, with many public institutions still relying on outdated manual processes. Avendar’s platform is already deployed by the Dutch National Police and the Municipality of Amsterdam, with ongoing implementations through the Ministry of Justice and Safety.

Funding will support engineering expansion, AI capability development, and a broader European go-to-market push targeting institutions facing increasingly complex crime and fraud threats.

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