Strise Due Diligence
Run due diligence on Strise: check compliance and get alerts when suppliers or ownership change.
Norway · owned by Independent (Norway) · strise.ai · 18 vendors
Strise is a Norwegian AI-powered compliance automation platform that automates KYB, KYC, screening, and ongoing due diligence for financial institutions and other regulated entities. The platform maps beneficial ownership structures, scores risk in real time, and filters false positives so that compliance analysts can focus on judgement-intensive cases. Strise serves major Nordic and European clients including Nordea, SpareBank 1, Vipps MobilePay, Storebrand, and BDO.
Resilience scores
- Digital Sovereignty: 6
- Digital Resilience: 9
- Financial Resilience: 5
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Insights
Last updated 2026-10-05 · revision 2
18 direct vendors, 278 subvendors
Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Norway: 1
- Sweden: 2
- Australia: 1
Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Denmark: 4
- Switzerland: 1
- Germany: 6
Migration Readiness: 9/10
Assessed by AI based on technology stack characteristics (cloud-native vs legacy, containerization, microservices), regulatory environment, data residency requirements, financial stability, and vendor lock-in risks. The score ranges from 0-10, where higher scores indicate better readiness for technology migration.
Strise exhibits high migration readiness. Their technology stack, featuring Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs, and an API-first architecture, suggests a modern, flexible, and likely cloud-friendly infrastructure. The company's strong financial stability, backed by €10M in Series A funding, provides the necessary resources for a significant migration effort. A crucial factor is the low vendor lock-in risk, stemming from a diverse base of 17 vendors with headquarters in 4 different countries, which offers flexibility in choosing new solutions or providers. Furthermore, the absence of publicly verified specific data residency requirements provides greater freedom in selecting migration targets. While maintaining their existing high compliance standards (GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and likely NIS2) during migration will require careful planning, these established frameworks also indicate a mature approach to data governance and security, which is a strong foundation for a compliant migration.
Compliance
9 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.
NIS2 (source) — No public evidence
Strise is a digital provider to the financial sector, which is considered critical infrastructure. As a medium-sized enterprise operating in the EU, they are likely to be classified as an 'Important Entity' under the NIS2 Directive.
SOC 2 (source) — Evidence found
As a SaaS provider to the financial industry, customers and their auditors require assurance over the security, availability, and confidentiality of the service. A SOC 2 report is a standard way to provide this.
DORA (source) — No public evidence
Strise provides services to financial entities within the EU, making them an ICT third-party service provider under the Digital Operational Resilience Act. Their clients are directly regulated by DORA.
Evidence: https://mitratech.com/resource-hub/rc-use-case/eba-outsourcing-guidelines-compliance/, https://alicelabs.ai/en/insights/eu-ai-act-for-financial-services, https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/261001-eba-publishes-updated-guidelines, https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-operational-resilience-act, https://expel.com/blog/how-the-digital-operations-resilience-act-dora-will-affect-your-business/, https://www.pwc.co.uk/industries/financial-services/insights/dora-and-its-impact-on-uk-financial-entities-and-ict-service-providers.html
Financials
Three-year financials
- 2025: revenue NOK 45.6M, EBIT NOK -35.8M, equity NOK 46.2M
- 2024: revenue NOK 36.6M, EBIT NOK -29.3M, equity NOK 83.6M
- 2023: revenue NOK 19.5M, EBIT NOK -27.7M, equity NOK 108.2M
Financial Resilience Score: 5/10
Strise shows strong top-line momentum with revenue scaling roughly 32x from NOK 1.4M in 2020 to NOK 45.6M in 2025, backed by a blue-chip Nordic customer base (70% of top-tier Nordic banks) and marquee 2025 contract wins such as Storebrand. The company is well-funded with ~$15.7M in cumulative VC investment from reputable investors (Atomico, Activant Capital, Investinor, Curiosity, Maki), and a Later Stage VC round closed in July 2025 provides additional runway. Equity remains positive at NOK 46.2M at year-end 2025. However, financial resilience is weakened by persistent and widening operating losses (EBIT loss grew ~22% in 2025 while revenue growth decelerated to 25% from 87% in 2024), indicating operating leverage has not yet materialized. Equity has eroded by ~57% over two years, and at the current ~NOK 36-37M annual burn, fresh capital will likely be required in 2026. Total liabilities rose from NOK 28M in 2023 to NOK 120M in 2025, and Purehelp's driftscore has deteriorated from 17 (2023) to 13 (2025) with profitability, cash flow, and debt service components all at 0. International expansion into the UK and broader Europe adds execution risk against well-funded incumbents like Fourthline, Hawk AI, and Verafin.
Key strengths: Revenue grew ~32x from 2020 to 2025 (NOK 1.4M to NOK 45.6M), 70% of top-tier Nordic banks as customers (Nordea, Handelsbanken, Vipps MobilePay), Strategic 2025 Storebrand partnership (NOK 1,281B AUM), ~$15.7M cumulative VC funding incl. Atomico-led Series A and July 2025 Later Stage round, Positive equity cushion of NOK 46.2M at year-end 2025, Product KPIs: 30-40% false positive reduction, up to 10x case-handling capacity
Risk factors: Operating losses widening (EBIT -NOK 35.8M in 2025, up 22% YoY), Equity eroded 57% in two years (NOK 108M to NOK 46M), Revenue growth decelerated sharply from 87% (2024) to 25% (2025), Total liabilities quadrupled from NOK 28M (2023) to NOK 120M (2025), Deteriorating Purehelp driftscore (17 → 13); profitability/cash flow/debt service all score 0, Likely need for new capital raise in 2026 given current burn rate, Execution risk from UK/European expansion vs. well-funded incumbents (Fourthline, Hawk AI, Verafin)
Revenue by geography
- Nordics: 85%
- United Kingdom and Rest of Europe: 15%
Revenue by product/service
- AML/KYB/KYC Compliance Platform: 100%
Workforce by country
- Norway: 32
- United Kingdom: 5
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