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Filament Syfter raises £3.5m Series A led by FINTOP to scale AI engine for private market dealmakers

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Filament Syfter
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Phil Westcott
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£3.5m
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London, United Kingdom
Jun 5, 2025

Filament Syfter, an AI-enabled data platform for private market dealmakers, has raised £3.5m in Series A funding. The round was led by FINTOP Capital and will support the company’s global expansion and product development efforts.

The investment will be used to grow operations and further enhance the platform’s capabilities for private equity and investment banking clients.

Filament Syfter helps firms unlock the full potential of their data ecosystems, improving deal sourcing and driving better returns on existing technology investments. The platform is already in use by leading firms including Astorg, Inflexion and Cavendish.

Founded by Phil Westcott, former European Director of IBM Watson, the company brings together a team of experts in data engineering, NLP and machine learning. Filament Syfter enables private markets firms to build and train proprietary AI tools tailored to their workflows and intelligence needs.

Having Fintop’s investment, financial services industry specialization and operational leadership will undoubtedly enable Filament Syfter to scale worldwide. Given their track record investing in best-of-breed technology for dealmakers, we are thrilled to have their endorsement.
Phil Westcott, Founder & CEO
Most firms have spent precious time and resources deploying CRMs and other technologies over the past decade but still lack the ability to harmonise and enrich their data ecosystem at scale. Filament Syfter is filling that gap.
Rick Kushel, Managing Partner at FINTOP Capital
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