Belgium-based AI startup Ravical secured €7.3mn in pre-seed funding on May 21, 2025, to automate work at professional services firms.
Ravical’s CEO and co-founder, Joris Van Der Gucht, stated that the company’s AI agents can perform 80% of the work in tax, legal, accounting, and insurance firms. The “virtual employees” take on repetitive tasks, such as retrieving data, checking regulations, or reading policies, allowing experts to focus on more impactful work.
Van Der Gucht emphasized that the AI agents are designed to suggest, not act independently, and each AI-generated output is traceable and audible. He also downplayed concerns about job losses, saying “We don’t expect job losses… It’s not about replacing experts, it’s about creating space for them to be more impactful and reimagining how they engage with their clients.”
Ravical’s AI agents are designed to support experts, and the company has already undertaken 10 pilot projects with professional services firms of various sizes and across multiple industries. The company plans to refine its algorithms and expand its team with the fresh funding.
Enrico Mellis, partner at lead investor Lakestar, expressed excitement to support Ravical in bringing its experience in automation to the agentic AI market, stating “Agentic AI is moving from buzzword to board-level priority.”
Ravical’s founder, Joris Van Der Gucht, previously co-founded Silverfin, a cloud-based accounting automation software company, which he sold for €320mn in 2023. He founded Ravical in February alongside AI experts Ken Bastiaensen and Benjamin Vandermarliere, and the company is now eyeing international expansion.
