OpenFin builds a web-based OS and application interface aimed at financial services to unify desktop apps and workflows. Its platform offers a single search interface—what the CEO described as “Spotlight Search on steroids”—to search across apps, reduce the industry’s so-called “toggle tax,” and drive richer workflows. The company says its software is used by more than 3,800 banks and wealth and asset management firms across 60+ countries. OpenFin recently closed a $35M Series D, bringing total capital raised to $82M. It competes with enterprise browser-like offerings such as Island and counts major banks and trading firms among its customers and investors. The company has expanded its footprint with a deal with the London Stock Exchange and into the U.S. government sector via a strategic partnership and investment from In-Q-Tel. OpenFin offers a desktop operating platform that sits above native operating systems (Windows, macOS) to let users view, use, and integrate multiple apps on one screen. The platform automatically synchronizes updates across apps and allows customers to build and integrate custom apps, reducing time lost to app switching and duplicate data entry. OpenFin targets knowledge-worker productivity and aims to displace traditional web browsers such as Chrome and Edge, competing with emerging browser startups like Island. The company emphasizes security and user experience as differentiators. Historically focused on finance customers including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, OpenFin is expanding into the government sector through a partnership with In-Q-Tel. Its recent funding includes a $10 million investment from ING Ventures and an additional undisclosed investment from In-Q-Tel. OpenFin is a NYC-based provider of a web-based operating system for financial firms. Led by CEO Mazy Dar, its OS is used at more than 1,500 banks and buy-side firms across nearly 200,000 desktops in 60+ countries. The company also maintains offices in London. It raised an additional $5m as part of its Series C, bringing that round to $22m and total funding to date to $45m. Investors in the Series C include HSBC, Bain Capital Ventures, Barclays, CME Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, J.P. Morgan, NYCA Partners, Pivot Investment Partners and Wells Fargo. OpenFin said it will use the financing to expand its product offering into Asian markets and to fund new product initiatives. OpenFin provides an operating system for the financial services industry that enables easier app deployment, faster security assurances, and interoperability across desktop applications. Its platform prevents apps from accessing local file systems to simplify security reviews for banks and institutions. OpenFin launched OpenFin Cloud Services to let firms create private local app stores without coding. The company reports more than 1,500 major financial firms as customers, nearly 40 leading vendors, 15 of the world’s 20 largest banks, and over 1,000 apps built on the OS. Deployments exceed 200,000 desktops, and since its February 2017 Series B its deployments and headcount have more than doubled while its European presence has tripled. OpenFin plans to use new capital for hiring and to expand its footprint across more desktops globally, aiming to become the core operating infrastructure for financial application developers. OpenFin provides a common operating layer for financial desktop applications using a modern, open technology stack and Google’s Chromium engine to deliver a secure, sandboxed environment across Windows, Mac and Linux. The platform enables rapid development and ‘instant’ deployment of desktop apps, shrinking deployment and update cycles from 6–18 months to immediate rollout. OpenFin’s technology is licensed across over 100,000 desktops and is used by applications from 35 of the world’s largest banks and trading platforms. Customers use the platform to redesign and unify front‑end experiences for traders and other end users, and to deploy applications both in‑house and to buy‑ and sell‑side clients. Strategic partners are integrating with the platform—Euclid Opportunities said it is bringing NEX Optimisation services onto OpenFin—indicating enterprise fintech adoption. Financially, OpenFin announced a $15 million Series B and has raised $22 million in total venture funding to date.

Total raised

$89M

Funding rounds

7

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

May 2023