Round
Entrepreneur First '22London, GB · Founded 2022 · 18 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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Round Treasury offers an AI-powered platform that automates treasury, accounts payable, and payroll for finance teams, including cash sweeps, invoice processing, yield optimisation on idle cash via money market funds, and payment runs. It integrates with existing tools such as Xero, NetSuite, and Slack, and serves UK and EU businesses.
Also known as Round Financial Limited · Round Treasury
Founders & leadership
Round was founded in 2022 by Pac O'Shea and Hayyaan Ahmad.


Investors · 3
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Round (Round Financial Limited, trading as Round Treasury) operates a finance automation platform that combines treasury management, accounts payable, payroll and multi-entity cash visibility in a single system. Core modules let companies hold idle cash in money market funds and savings accounts, sweep and top up operational balances automatically, capture and code supplier invoices, route approvals, execute domestic and international payments, and run payroll from uploaded files or payslips. The company markets a set of AI "agents" and "AI Operators" — including an AI Treasury Manager, Account Opening Agent, AP Agent, Payroll Agent, Cash Positioning Agent and FX Agent — described as executing multi-step workflows end-to-end rather than automating single tasks, with several agent and workflow features listed as "coming soon" (drag-and-drop and generative workflow builders, HRIS integrations, Stripe integration, multi-currency payroll).
The platform integrates with accounting and operational tools including Xero (two-way real-time bill and bank-feed sync), NetSuite and custom ERPs, plus Pleo, Stripe, Slack, Google Sheets and WhatsApp/email notifications. Customers can approve invoices, withdrawals, payments and payroll from Slack or email. Multi-currency accounts are offered in GBP, USD and EUR, with FX execution built into the payment stack. Security and compliance claims on the site include ISO 27001 certification, FCA-regulated rails, FSCS protection via partner banks, multi-layer permissions and immutable audit trails.
Regulatory disclosures identify Round Financial Limited as authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 1050315), registered in England and Wales under company number 14609702, with a registered office at Senna Building, Gorsuch Place, London E2 8JF. Round acts as an agent of Plaid Financial Limited for account information services, as an introducer to Insignis Asset Management Limited (Insignis Cash) in return for a revenue share, and is appointed under Regulation 33 of the Electronic Money Regulations to distribute and redeem e-money on behalf of Keel Money Ltd; it is not itself authorised to issue e-money or provide payment services.
Founding story
The company frames its origin around repeated complaints from founders, CFOs and finance leads about logging into multiple bank portals, chasing approvals by email and copying figures between spreadsheets, and the question of why finance operations still work that way.
Business model
Round sells subscription software tiers alongside transaction- and asset-linked revenue. The pricing page lists a free Launch plan (£0/month) for founders and smaller teams, a Growth plan and an Enterprise plan, both quoted on request. Usage-based charges include per-invoice overages (£1.20 on Launch, £0.80 on Growth, £0.50 on Enterprise), per-payroll-payment overages (£1.00 / £0.50 / £0.25) and FX fees (0.50% on Launch, 0.30% on Growth, as low as 0.10% on Enterprise). Money market yield is quoted net of a 0.6% AUM fee, and Round discloses that it receives a revenue share for introducing clients to Insignis Cash.
Tiered SaaS subscriptions with included volumes of invoices, payroll payments and workflow runs; per-transaction overage charges; FX spreads/fees by plan; a 0.6% AUM fee embedded in money market fund yields; and revenue share from introducing clients to Insignis Asset Management.
Traction
The website reports more than $500M processed on the platform, 32+ G2 reviews averaging 4.9 stars, and a claimed #1 G2 ranking for treasury software in Winter 2026. Published case studies cover Passion Capital (2x savings), RoomZero, Tiny VC and a fractional finance firm, with customer-reported outcomes including ~4% yield on idle balances, a 4x yield improvement worth $240k additional annual return, and a 75% reduction in weekly reconciliation time.
Latest developments
Announcement of a $6M raise to build AI-powered finance automation; a claimed #1 G2 treasury software ranking for Winter 2026; and a roadmap of features marked "coming soon," including Stripe and HRIS integrations, multi-currency payroll, drag-and-drop and generative workflow builders, advanced approval routing, and Cash Positioning, FX and Payroll agents.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positions itself as the first finance automation system built for the modern CFO and as a category shift from "managed finance" to "operated finance," contrasting with point solutions, dashboards and spreadsheet-based processes. The site cites a G2 Winter 2026 #1 ranking for treasury software and a 4.9-star rating from 32+ reviews. One customer testimonial cites replacing Revolut for recurring FX payments.
Bundles treasury yield, FX, accounts payable, payroll and multi-entity reporting in one system rather than requiring separate tools and bank portals; funds remain in high-yield money market funds and are drawn only on the day a bill is due; access to 100+ savings accounts across 25 banks and BlackRock liquidity funds; approvals executed inside Slack or email; two-way ERP sync for automatic reconciliation.
Technology
AI-based document processing and agentic workflow execution: OCR invoice capture, line-item auto-coding, duplicate and fraud checks, payslip reading, balance monitoring with just-in-time liquidation, and automated sweeps into money market funds and savings accounts. Workflows can be built from templates, described in natural language to an AI builder, or assembled in a visual drag-and-drop builder. Bank connectivity is aggregated via account information services provided as an agent of Plaid; accounting sync is two-way with Xero and NetSuite.
Go-to-market
Self-serve signup on a free tier plus a sales-assisted "book a demo" motion for Growth and Enterprise plans. The site emphasises rapid onboarding (day 1 connection, autonomy by week 2), human onboarding, a dedicated Slack channel per customer, published case studies, a referral scheme, blog and FAQ content, and G2 reviews as social proof.
UK and multi-entity businesses with idle cash and manual finance operations, segmented on the site by role into venture capital firms, founders and CFOs/finance teams. Customer references include Passion Capital, Tiny VC, RoomZero and a fractional finance provider.
Geography
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom (registered office Senna Building, Gorsuch Place, E2 8JF). Marketing targets UK teams, with multi-currency accounts and payments in GBP, USD and EUR and FSCS protection via UK partner banks.
History
The about page lists Pac O'Shea as Co-Founder & CEO and Hayyaan Ahmad as Co-Founder & CTO, alongside team members in product, growth, engineering, design and product operations. Round Financial Limited is registered in England and Wales with company number 14609702 and is FCA-authorised under FRN 1050315. A $6M raise for AI-powered finance automation is announced across the site.
Risks & controversies
Round's own disclosures state that capital is at risk when investing, that it does not provide financial advice, and that e-money held via Keel Money Ltd is safeguarded but not FSCS-protected. FSCS cover applies only via partner banks and is capped (up to £120,000 per eligible business per bank; plan-level cover quoted up to £3.5m). Round is not itself authorised to issue e-money or provide payment services and depends on third parties (Plaid, Insignis Asset Management, Keel Money, BlackRock funds) for regulated services, and it earns a revenue share for introducing clients to Insignis Cash. Several advertised capabilities are not yet live. Performance and efficiency figures on the site are self-reported.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsCompany site states Round was ranked #1 Treasury Software by finance teams in G2's Winter 2026 listing.
A site-wide banner announces that Round raised $6M to build AI-powered finance automation. The about page lists investors as Alstin Capital, Backed VC, Love Ventures, Passion Capital and Indeed.com founder Paul Forster.
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primary sources listed
- Roundroundtreasury.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Round do?
- UK-based Round provides an AI-driven platform automating corporate treasury, accounts payable and payroll for finance teams.
- Who founded Round?
- Round was founded by Pac O'Shea, Hayyaan Ahmad in 2022.
- Who are Round's investors?
- Round's investors include Entrepreneur First, Samos Investments.
- Where is Round headquartered?
- Round is headquartered in London, GB.

