AI×Compliance Tech Company NaLaLys Raises JPY 250m in Pre-Series A Round
NaLaLys, which operates the SaaS platform "NaLaLys" for advancing and streamlining corporate compliance, has completed a fundraising of 250 million yen in a Pre-Series A round.
In this round, Delight Ventures served as the lead investor, with DNX Ventures and WPower Fund (MPower) participating in a third-party allocation of new shares. This brings the total cumulative fundraising to 300 million yen.
Through this funding, the company will focus on strengthening its product development structure, capital investments, talent acquisition, and organizational expansion, aiming to become the No.1 Compliance Tech Company.
Background and Purpose of Fundraising
NaLaLys' fraud risk detection and analysis tool "NaLaLys," released in 2023, is a product that leverages cutting-edge AI technology to analyze vast amounts of data that previously could not be analyzed manually, detecting signs of fraud and potential misconduct.
In recent years, various forms of misconduct including bid-rigging, price manipulation, cartels, and quality fraud have come to light across a wide range of industries. As business models and markets have become more complex, corporate fraud methods and content have also become more sophisticated, leading to strengthened internal control reporting standards in 2024. However, as compliance mechanisms become more layered and complex, a phenomenon called "compliance fatigue" has emerged, and combined with fundamental resource shortages, many companies face challenges regarding their approach to compliance.
NaLaLys uses AI trained on actual fraud cases as teacher data and proprietary logic based on fraud investigation methods to analyze fraud risks in emails, chats, and other communications, protecting workplace environments without requiring manual labor and extensive man-hours. The product has achieved steady growth, with implementation beginning at multiple major listed companies.
The fraud detection and prevention market is expected to grow to 5.3 trillion yen by 2026, and demand for digital tools to streamline and advance compliance-related operations is projected to expand.
Moving forward, the company aims to become not just a business efficiency tool, but a "Compliance DX Platform" that combines high-level fraud investigation expertise with advanced IT technology to protect companies and their employees. Using this fundraising as an opportunity, the company will expand its business scale through proactive investment in talent acquisition and technical/organizational development, continuing its challenge to reduce the number of people who become involved in or caught up in fraud.
Norbert Gehrke
