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Omaha Insights Raises 3.5M€ in Seed Led by Ventech

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November 12, 2024

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Omaha Insights Raises 3.5M€in Seed Funding Led by Ventech to Launch 'The Intelligent Investor’s Framework'

Press Release – Paris,France and Chicago, USA

Omaha Insights, a next-generation fintechcompany co-founded by Bryant Matthews (USA) and Jordan Alloun (FR) to transformhow investors assess and value companies, has raised 3.5M€ in Seed fundingled by Ventech, with participation from Axeleo Capital.

Harnessing over 10 years of research andcutting-edge technology, Omaha Insights offers asset managers, investmentbanks, private banks, and analysts a breakthrough platform that normalizesaccounting data and provides deeper, forward-looking insights into companies’financial risks and opportunities, enhanced by AI.

Financial analysts today face significant challenges: scattered Excelsheets across teams and institutional partners, limited data visibility, hiddencapital expenditures, off-balance sheet assets and liabilities. Even the mostestablished financial institutions managing billions in assets aren’t immune tothese pain points caused by traditional accounting practices.

Omaha Insights turns accounting data into actionable economic insights,enabling a more accurate evaluation of companies’ fundamentals and prospects.

The company addresses these challenges with its AI-boosted platform,offering precise and transparent economic adjustments that significantly increasevaluation accuracy and improve stock analysis, while saving teams considerable processingtime compared to traditional Excel-based approaches. Omaha’s proprietary toolstandardizes, corrects, and transforms thousands of companies’ accountsglobally. This valuable data is available either through a platform—allowingdiscretionary asset managers and analysts to value, compare and analyze stocks—oras an API/data-feed to enhance quantitative funds’ alpha. Moreover, the tool's flexibilityoffers unparalleled customization options.

A Trusted Partnership by a Franco-American FoundingTeam with Extensive Product Research

Omaha Insights was founded through a uniquetransatlantic collaboration between two seasoned industry experts: BryantMatthews, former Global Head of Research at HOLT, with over 25 years ofexperience, and Jordan Alloun, a French equity research professional with adecade of expertise, having held positions at Goldman Sachs and VIA AM, wherehe specialized in accounting normalization models and technologies.

Throughits founders, Omaha Insights unites two renowned research methodologies tocreate a unique corporate performance and valuation framework, designed fortoday’s market complexities. By embedding advanced valuation tools within acohesive and consistent platform, Omaha ensures users can make reliable,data-driven comparisons and valuations across industries, countries andaccounting norms. Assisted by AI, the platform’s framework offers unrivaled insights,enabling investors to make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

BryantMatthews commented, “Omaha Insights is built topush the boundaries of company valuation. Our technology-driven platform givesinvestors the tools they need to navigate increasingly complex markets, and redefinesthe way equity investments are evaluated. This seed round is a great way tokick-start the equity research revolution we are aiming for.”

"OmahaInsights is a real ‘pain-remover’ for all asset managers and analysts. They bringtogether something that investors are always looking for: a perfectcomplementarity between the partners with an effective product and a good GTM.They have extensive experience in equity research, proven expertise in thesoftware industry, and an international approach by design. This first round offunding, just six months after the startup's creation, further demonstrates theambition and total credibility of the duo," explains AudreySoussan, General Partner at Ventech.

Press contacts:

·       Yakun Wang, Head of Communication andMarketing at Ventech, yakun.wang@ventechvc.com, +33 - 06 16 44 14 87

·       Alexis Bollaert, abollaert@casablancas.eu, +336 63 73 82 97

About Omaha Insights

Omaha Insights is an innovativefinancial technology firm dedicated to empowering institutional investorsthrough objective and comprehensive financial data normalization. Backed byover 30 years of research, Omaha’s methodology transforms complex financialstatements into straightforward insights, helping investors accurately assess acompany's intrinsic value.

Headquartered in Paris, Omaha Insightsserves a global client base, providing a distinct approach to valuation thatprioritizes accuracy and actionable intelligence.

For more information, please reach outto benjamin@omaha-insights.com or visit www.omaha-insights.com


About Ventech

Ventech is a global early-stageventure capital firm with a strong digital focus. Founded in 1998, Ventechbacks the most innovative and visionary tech entrepreneurs with a globalambition. With its dual structure platform, Ventech has dedicated funds forEurope (Paris, Munich, Berlin & Helsinki) and Asia (Shanghai and HongKong).

Since its inception, Ventech hasraised nearly 1B€, and has realized over 220 investments, (including VestiaireCollective, Passion.io,Ogury, Picanova, Veo, Reveal, Speexx) and over 90 exits (Fintecsystems -acquired by Tink; Believe (BLV.PA) – listed on Euronext; Arteris (AIP) listedon Nasdaq).

For more information, visitwww.ventechvc.com

Follow us on LinkedInand Twitter@Ventech_VC        

About Axeleo Capital

Axeleo Capital (AXC) is an Emerging independent early-stageVC, trusted and backed by seasoned entrepreneurs and industry experts acrossEurope, focusing on B2B software and Greentech startups

With €300 million in assets under management, 5 successfulfund raises so far and 13 employees, the firm has made over 70 investmentsacross the EU, and has achieved 18 successful exits within the past 36 months.AXC provides a unique framework for European early stage startups. It offers acomprehensive range of support, including equity investments from seed toSeries B stages, operational guidance and strategic assistance. The firm boastsan active ecosystem of more than 150 high-level partners, sector experts andmentors who have been instrumental in numerous success stories across Europeand the US.

For more information: www.axc.vc

Contact : Eric Burdier, Founding Partner, eburdier@axc.vc