Overview
Founded in 2025, Ravical is building agentic AI software targeting professional services firms, including consultancies, legal practices, accounting firms, and similar knowledge-work businesses. Agentic AI refers to AI systems that can take multi-step actions, use tools, and complete complex tasks with minimal human intervention.
The company raised EUR 7.3M in a pre-seed round led by Lakestar, a top-tier European VC known for early investments in companies like Spotify and Skype. Co-investors Pitchdrive and Entourage provide Belgian network support. The Lakestar lead at pre-seed stage is unusual and signals strong conviction in the founding team and the market thesis.
At EUR 7.3M, the raise is one of the largest pre-seed rounds in Belgian startup history, giving Ravical an extended runway to validate product-market fit before a Series A.
Media & appearances
- Ben's MentorsYouTubeVan Bootstrappen Tot €300M Exit: Succes is nooit overnight!Joris's second startup building agentic AI infrastructure so advisory/accounting firms can scale advice without depending on billable hours, with 22 people and a raise of over €7M at the start.
- Johan de WitYouTubeHoe 'defensible' is jouw SaaS product nog?New venture announced by Belgian tech entrepreneur Joris Van Der Gucht, building AI agents for professional services firms like accountants and lawyers.
Stated facts & numbers
- Ravical raised more than €7 million at its start, partly own capital and partly an external European partner.Ben's Mentors 2026-03-201:26:50
- Ravical has a team of 22 people.Ben's Mentors 2026-03-201:22:13
- Nearly 100% of Ravical's design partners have become paying customers.Ben's Mentors 2026-03-201:29:52
- By 31 December 2025 Ravical achieved its targeted international proof points in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.Ben's Mentors 2026-03-201:30:23
- Ravical's founding thesis was that around 80% of what happens around SMEs worldwide can be automated by foundational models.Ben's Mentors 2026-03-201:26:20
- Belgian tech entrepreneur Joris Van Der Gucht sold Silverfin roughly two years ago and announced his new venture Ravical (AI agents for professional services) the day before recording.Johan de Wit 2025-05-220:32:47
Funding & milestones
2 events found for Ravical · 2025–2026
Pre-seedVenture / equityDetails€7.3M
Reported amount €7,300,000
Source not attached to this recordDeal recordSeedVenture / equity1 source$17M
Reported amount $17,000,000
Ravical raises $17M to break the link between accounting firms' growth and hiring
InvestorsMMMC
Recorded history so far. Original currencies are preserved; amounts in different currencies are not added together. Debt, grants, acquisitions and listings are separate event types. Undated events appear last.
Profile narrative
- Pre-seed: EUR 7.3M (May 2025), led by Lakestar, co-investors Pitchdrive, Entourage. See Ravical Pre-Seed 2025.
Leadership & org chart
In the news
- So we announced our $17M Seed round at Ravical, and the day got very hectic. In a good way, with a great team event and nice press coverage. Stay tuned, we're only getting started 🚀🚀🚀 De Tijd: https://lnkd.in/etFA44FZ The Next Web: https://lnkd.in/ep5nwU2r
- Our portofolio company Ravical just raised a whopping 17m$ seed round! Congratz Joris Van Der Gucht & team. 🔥
- Gentse AI-start-up Ravical haalt 17 miljoen dollar op voor uitbreiding accountantsplatformHet Gentse Ravical kondigt een nieuwe seedronde van 17 miljoen dollar aan om zijn AI-platform voor accountantskantoren verder uit te rollen in Europa en de VS. In totaal haalde Ravical tot dusver al 25 miljoen dollar op.
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DataNews · 29 Oct 2026
- 18 months of learning, iterating and building. Today, we announce our $17m seed round to take Ravical to the next stage, led by MMC Ventures, with Lakestar, Pitchdrive and Shapers. Our industry has always grown one hire at a time. That model has reached its limits. Every tool so far made people faster. None of them changed the firm. That is what we are building for. A firm that can act as one, that knows what happens across every client, and gives each of them its very best. Thank you to the more than 100 firms building with
- Ravical has raised a $17m seed round, led by MMC Ventures with Lakestar, Pitchdrive and new investor Shapers. More than 100 firms already build on Ravical. The funding will fuel our international expansion and help more firms put AI to work across the whole firm. Thank you to the firms building with us every day, to our team, and to our backers. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e4a9cbKT
- Ravical has raised a $17m seed round, led by MMC Ventures with Lakestar, Pitchdrive and new investor Shapers. More than 100 firms already build on Ravical. The funding will fuel our international expansion and help more firms put AI to work across the whole firm. Thank you to the firms building with us every day, to our team, and to our backers. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e4a9cbKT
- Ravical raises $17M to break the link between accounting firms' growth and hiringRavical, an AI startup developingtechnology for accounting and tax firms, has raised $17 million in seed fundingto support its product development and international expansion. The round wasled by MMC ...
Tech.eu · 29 Oct 2026
- AI-start-up Ravical tankt 17 miljoen dollar voor Europese expansieHet Gentse Ravical, dat werk van accountants- en belastingkantoren helpt automatiseren met AI-agents, heeft zich verzekerd van 17 miljoen dollar groeifinanciering. De kapitaalronde moet de nog piepjonge start-up helpen snelheid te maken in de verovering van Europa.
De Tijd Ondernemen · 29 Oct 2026
Backers
Pitchdrive
Pitchdrive is a venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups, with four funds raised totaling €250K-2M in first-check investments, and a portfolio of over 70 companies backed globally.
- MMMC
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