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Funding and backers

Total raised
$30M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$15M
Series A · Jul 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
7
+4 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Endeavor, FINTOP
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
68/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 28 Recognition Cardo AI named Category Leader in Chartis 2026 RiskTech Quadrants · cardoai.com Jul 28 Raised a round Series A $15M · led by Blackstone Jul 28 Launched Cardo AI launches cash flow modeling tool for asset-based finance, with live rate curves powered by Bloomberg Data · cardoai.com Jul 8 Certified Cardo AI achieves SOC2 Type 2 certification · cardoai.com Jun 8 Launched Cardo AI Launches Cash Flow Modeling Tool for Asset-Based Finance, with Live Rate Curves Powered by Bloomberg Data · YahooFinance May 14 Released an app Flow by Cardo AI · App Store Nov 20, 2024 Raised a round Series A $15M · led by Blackstone · PRNewswire Dec 13, 2022 Partnership Wiserfunding and Cardo AI Partner to Transform Credit Analytics in the Private Debt Market · newswire.com 2018 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.11%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series A Jul 2026 $15M Blackstone lead, FINTOP lead, JAM FINTOP lead cardoai.com
Series A Nov 2024 $15M Blackstone lead, FINTOP lead, JAM FINTOP lead PRNewswire
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How Cardo AI hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Cardo AI scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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Overview

Cardo AI is an Italian technology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Milan. Its platform gives investors and originators loan-level visibility and analytics over private credit and securitisation portfolios. The company works with asset managers and banks across Europe.

News

Blog 2 months ago
State of Private Credit performance Q2 2026
The "State of Private Credit" series covers 73 closed-end funds with fund-level IRR data, vintage cohort analysis, deployment trends, and complete GP rankings.
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Report
Blog 2 months ago
Weekly Deal Roundup August 17 - 21, 2026
13 private credit and asset-based finance deals closed Aug 17-21, 2026, totaling $2.92B. Key risks and takeaways for lenders and managers.
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Report
Blog 2 months ago
Weekly Deal Roundup August 3 - 7, 2026
8 private credit and asset-based finance deals closed Aug 3-7, 2026, totaling $1.6B. Key risks and takeaways for lenders and managers.
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Report
Blog 2 months ago
Earned or Financed? BDC Distribution Sustainability Monitor
Cardo AI's BDC Distribution Sustainability Monitor analyzes non-traded vs. listed BDC payout coverage, dividend cut risks, cash NII, and redemption pressure.
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Report
Blog 2 months ago
Meet us
Join Cardo AI at the world's leading conferences and events. Explore the future of Asset-Based Finance with our experts. Book a 1-on-1 meeting today!
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Blog 2 months ago
Credit BDC Sector Monitor
Explore Cardo AI's Credit BDC Sector Monitor. Based on 252K loan observations across 53 BDCs, get data-driven insights into spread compression and sector risk.
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Report
Blog 2 months ago
Weekly Deal Roundup July 27-31, 2026
Explore the week's $1.47B in private credit and asset-based finance deals, including lender finance, warehouse facilities, ABL trends, and what they mean for asset managers and lenders.
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Blog 3 months ago
Transaction manager
Make transaction management easy. Move from legal docs to automated workflows and approvals in one simple system that keeps your data controlled and accurate.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Cardo AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
23
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
79/100
Languages
SQL
PHP
Python
Frameworks & libraries
Django
FastAPI
Flask
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Figma
Amazon S3
Azure
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Full Cardo AI tech stack 23 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
86/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
7
4 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
174 days
faster than 9% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Design
50% ▲
Management
25% ▲
Marketing
25% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added PHP to stack Oct 2026
Added WordPress to stack Oct 2026
Added Figma to stack Oct 2026
Added Adobe Photoshop to stack Oct 2026
Added Adobe After Effects to stack Oct 2026
New location: Milan Sep 2026
New location: New York Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack Sep 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack Sep 2026
Added Amazon S3 to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
Milan
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Milan Italy
HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Design, Management
seen since Sep 2026 company site
Tirana Albania
Regional office
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, DevOps, Administrative
seen since Jan 2026
New York United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Apr 2026

Jobs

Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Milan
PHP
WordPress
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Figma
Adobe After Effects
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≈ $34k – $84k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Tirana
PHP
WordPress
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Figma
Adobe After Effects
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≈ $35k – $105k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Tirana
Python
SQL
Flask
FastAPI
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Apply
Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Tirana
SQL
Terraform
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
ArgoCD
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon S3
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$30M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2026 $15M Details
Series A 2024 $15M Details