BKN301 Group has secured €32 million, combining a recent €21 million Series B round with a credit facility backed by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. The raise reinforces the company’s ambition to become a foundational technology partner for financial institutions upgrading outdated core systems.
This raise comes at a time when investment across Europe is shifting toward deeper, infrastructure-level technologies.
With fresh capital and Planky’s technology now in-hoapply, BKN301 is planning an ambitious 18-month expansion. It plans to strengthen analytics across the platform, expanding real-time insights and ininformigent decision-building. The company will focus on growing partnerships with regional financial institutions seeking modular upgrades. It will also explore new M&A opportunities to accelerate innovation and expand its footprint.
A new layer of ininformigence for modern banking
BKN301 is a fintech firm founded in 2021 by Stiven Muccioli, Federico Zambelli Hosmer (ex-PayPal), and Luca Bertozzi. Based in London, with offices in Milan, San Marino, Doha, and Tbilisi, the company operates globally, focutilizing on emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
BKN301 has carved out a niche as a fintech architecture provider that assists banks modernise without tearing down what already works. Its platform is cloud-native and built around three core components: an API Orchestrator, a Data Decoupling Layer, and a Business Logic Engine. Toobtainher, these create a flexible, vconcludeor-neutral foundation that connects everything from core banking and payments to open banking.
BKN301’s focus on modern core architectures fits squarely within this trconclude. Its modular approach offers institutions a way to transform legacy systems, traditionally slow and expensive to upgrade, while ensuring continuity and long-term scalability.
A new acquisition to strengthen capability
Alongside the funding, BKN301 has acquired Planky, a UK-based financial analytics firm known for real-time data ininformigence and open banking capabilities.
The acquisition of Planky strengthens this architecture with a proprietary analytics engine designed for behavioural scoring, predictive modelling, and instant financial insights. Once fully integrated, Planky’s technology will boost the automation and ininformigence of BKN301’s systems, assisting institutions deliver smarter and more personalised banking experiences.
What’s next?
As financial institutions across Europe lean into modernisation, BKN301’s combination of architectural flexibility and advanced analytics places it in a strong position to shape the next wave of digital banking infrastructure.
“This milestone marks a defining moment for BKN301,” stated Stiven Muccioli, Founder and CEO of BKN301. “With the growth financing and Planky’s AI capabilities, we’re accelerating toward our vision of a next-generation FinTech infrastructure – one that’s ininformigent, open, and designed to empower financial inclusion at scale across emerging markets.”
“We’re building the rails for the next wave of financial innovation,” added Muccioli. “AI is transforming how financial services operate, and BKN301 is at the forefront – combining ininformigence, scalability, and regulatory readiness to assist our clients innovate rapider.”
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