Oro raises $3 million to scale AI-powered financial execution platform

UAE-based financial AI platform Oro has raised $3 million in a strategic funding round co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital, with participation from M2M Capital, Archer Capital and X21 Digital, and follow-on backing from Disrupt.com and ZIGLabs. Founded in 2024 by Varun Choudhary, Oro uses natural-language AI to translate users’ financial instructions into multi-step transactions across decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols, while maintaining a non-custodial, user-authorised model