French AI governance startup Naaia has raised €6 million in Series A funding to strengthen its position as a European platform for trusted artificial intelligence. The round was led by pan-European venture capital firm Ventech, with participation from operational software investors, including founders and executives from a fintech unicorn. The company said the funding will support its expansion in France and Europe, while accelerating the development of AI-powered automation features for risk, compliance, and audit management.
Funding and Strategic Context
The investment comes as companies are rapidly expanding their use of artificial intelligence across business functions, creating new governance and compliance challenges. Organizations often face fragmented inventories, manual assessments, scattered documentation, unclear responsibilities, and rising audit preparation costs as AI adoption grows. Naaia aims to address these issues by giving public and private organizations a centralized platform to monitor, assess, and control AI systems at scale.
Platform and Market Need
Naaia’s platform is designed to act as a control tower for enterprise AI governance, helping companies move from experimentation to industrial deployment. It centralizes AI systems in a single registry, qualifies risks, assigns responsibilities, automates controls, tracks action plans, and supports continuous monitoring of AI use cases. The company says this approach helps organizations increase the number of AI systems they deploy while keeping governance complexity, operational costs, and risk exposure under control.
Company Background
Founded in 2022 by Nathalie Beslay, Benjamin May, Olivia Rime, and Côme Sauzay, Naaia began commercializing its platform in 2023. The company works with large enterprises and mid-sized companies to support AI governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and internal control processes. Its platform is already used by several CAC 40 groups and leading mid-market companies, reflecting growing demand for structured AI oversight in regulated and enterprise environments.
Regulatory and Product Expansion
Naaia supports compliance with major AI and digital risk frameworks, including the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, OWASP, and the Cyber Resilience Act. With the new funding, the company plans to expand its commercial, product, and technical teams while developing AI agents that help customer teams move faster in monitoring their AI products. It also intends to add more regulatory, sector-specific, and standards-based frameworks so organizations can manage broader digital trust requirements through one platform.
Naaia’s Series A round reflects the growing importance of AI governance as enterprises move beyond pilot projects and embed AI into core operations. For Ventech, the company addresses a critical requirement for the large-scale deployment of AI agents, where compliance and auditability are becoming essential infrastructure. The funding gives Naaia additional resources to scale its European presence and position itself as a reference platform for trusted, secure, and compliant AI deployment.