Inicio AI Ltd

Venture roundlatest round · Apr 2025 · 19 mo ago
4backers · Future Planet Capital, Angel Academe
$63kgrants · 1 grant · CORDIS
200+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

Inicio delivers an AI affordability assessment, the only FCA regulated business using AI to process consumer affordability data.

Funding and backers

Latest round
Venture round
Apr 2025 · 19 mo ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Grants
$63k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
4
Future Planet Capital, Angel Academe
The money's age
Due for its next round
19 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
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
Apr 3, 2025 Raised a round Venture round May 30, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Nov 8, 2023 Raised a round Venture round Apr 6, 2023 Raised a round Venture round Nov 1, 2022 Won a grant $63k · CORDIS Feb 17, 2021 Raised a round Venture round Apr 7, 2020 Founded per the company register
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Apr 2025 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round May 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Nov 2023 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Apr 2023 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Nov 2022 $63k — CORDIS
Venture round Feb 2021 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity INICIO AI LTD Companies House
Registered 7 Apr 2020
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Financials

Total raised
$63k
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 — Details
Grant 2022 $63k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 — Details

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Shared investors4
Angel AcademeVia a fund
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MidvenVia a fund
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News

Blog 23 days ago
If Your I&E Assessment Makes No Difference to Collections, You're Doing It Wrong
The industry has spent years treating income and expenditure assessments as a compliance exercise. But what if that thinking is costing creditors millions in missed collections? I've heard a claim repeated across the debt collection industry that income a
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Blog 2 months ago
What to look for in Income and Expenditure (I&E) Assessment Software
Understanding a customer's financial circumstances is fundamental to making informed, responsible decisions about affordability and financial support. For lenders, collections teams and debt advice organisations, income and expenditure (I&E) assessments a
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News Revelio Labs 3 months ago
Inicio AI Number of Employees 2026 Employee Count & Headcount Data
Inicio AI had 18 employees as of March 2026, down 4 (-2.3%) from the prior year. Headcount, salary, location, and hiring trends from Revelio Labs.
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Blog 3 months ago
New Client Announcement - High Court Enforcement Group
Another great client announcement for Inicio AI and a huge thank you to all of the team, on both sides, as they go live with our affordability assessment using conversational AI. Our new client has been working in their sector for 35 years, supporting ind
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Blog 3 months ago
New Client Announcement - Citizens Advice in North & West Kent
We are pleased to announce another new client for Inicio AI. We're working with North & West Kent Citizens Advice and Kent Law Centre, an organisation that gives people the knowledge and confidence they need to find their way forward, whatever their circu
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Blog 3 months ago
How AI Makes Human Conversations More Valuable
For years, organisations have invested in digital channels to make customer journeys faster and more efficient. Today, conversational AI is accelerating that shift even further. Routine interactions are increasingly handled through self-service. Customers
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Blog 4 months ago
New Client Announcement - Evlo
We're delighted to be announcing a fantastic new partnership.Evlo, an award-winning consumer lender, is now implementing the Inicio AI platform, using conversational AI to enhance its customer affordability journey.Evlo is committed to making finance more
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Blog 4 months ago
Inicio July 2026 Newsletter
Click Here Summer has arrived, and so has plenty of exciting news from Inicio AI. Over the last few months we've continued to prove that an Income & Expenditure assessment is far more than just a form. It's an opportunity to better understand customers, i
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Award 5 months ago
Award - Inicio wins two categories at Credit Strategy Awards 2026
At the Credit Strategy Credit Awards 2026, Inicio AI walked away with two awards. Best Technology Provider - Applied AI Best Outsourcing & Partnership Initiative with BPO Collections Ltd We couldn't be happier. Over the past 12 months, our conversational
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Blog 5 months ago
New Client Announcement - Tandem Bank
We're delighted to announce that Tandem Bank has selected Inicio to support its affordability assessment capability. Tandem is a bank with a clear focus on helping customers improve their financial wellbeing, and we're excited to be working together. Usin
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Coventry United Kingdom
HQ
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200-500 est. staff
Registered Office: number three, Siskin Drive, Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry, England, CV3 4FJ. Registered Number: 12549674.
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