Flanks
Flanks sells AI-powered wealth data infrastructure to financial institutions, automating portfolio aggregation and analysis across asset classes. The Barcelona-based company has raised $25M and employs 106 people.
The growth story
Flanks grew from 18 to 106 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $25M along the way, most recently a Series B in February 2025.
About
Flanks provides software that helps banks, asset managers, and other financial institutions automate the collection and analysis of complex investment portfolios. Their system handles all asset types, including alternative investments, to give institutions a complete view of client wealth.
The company has grown to 106 employees since its 2019 founding and secured $25M in funding, including a Series B round in February 2025. Its investor group includes Battery Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Flanks' largest department with 17 staff. The company has a median employee tenure of 1 year, suggesting rapid organizational growth or turnover.
The Flanks org chart
Joaquim De la Cruz (Co-founder & CEO) leads 37 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 29 (+7% YoY), Finance 14 (+27% YoY), Sales 12 (+33% YoY), Business Development 10 (-17% YoY), Information Technology 7 (-12% YoY), Product Management 7 (+17% YoY).
Talent flow
Flanks recruits heavily from Spanish financial and tech firms, with multiple hires from everis, Santander, and Banco Sabadell. Alumni often move to fintech companies like Revolut and Andbank.
Most common previous employers of Flanks staff: everis (3), zenital (2), Lognext (2), Santander (2), FNZ (2), Banco Sabadell (2). Former Flanks employees most often moved to Autodesk (2), Northstar Bridge (2), Revolut (2), Andbank (2), WUAI Consulting & Mentoring (1), Apolownia (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Flanks mafia
Four Flanks alumni have founded companies, including Apolownia and Northstar Bridge. These startups employ a total of 7 people.
4Alexandre Brunet-Lemercier, was Business Development Manager until 2024Benjamin Parotte, was Chief Revenue Officer until 2025Alfonso Schroeder, was Senior Business Development Manager until 2023Eduard Arnau Umbert, was Senior Customer Success Manager until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 45% direct, 41% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Flanks: Teamwork (47), Project Management (40), English (38), Communication (36), Microsoft Office (35), Microsoft Excel (31), Problem Solving (29), Python (Programming Language) (29).
Where the team actually sits
Flanks people are concentrated in Catalonia, Spain (39), Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area (13), Spain (11), Île-de-France, France (2). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
Flanks attracts about 195 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 13 ranking keywords and lost 11 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 2.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Flanks has 106 employees as of September 2026.
Flanks has raised $25M in total, most recently a Series B round in February 2025.
Flanks was founded in 2019 by Joaquim De la Cruz, Alvaro Morales, Anna Crespo Estivill, Sergi L..
Joaquim De la Cruz (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Flanks's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Flanks staff are everis (3 people), zenital (2 people), Lognext (2 people).
Former Flanks employees most often move to Autodesk (2), Northstar Bridge (2), Revolut (2).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Flanks, including Apolownia, Northstar Bridge, WUAI Consulting & Mentoring.
Flanks attracts about 195 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Flanks staff are Teamwork, Project Management, English, Communication, Microsoft Office.
Flanks staff are concentrated in Catalonia, Spain (39), Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area (13), Spain (11).
Flanks has about 29 people in Engineering, up 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Flanks has about 14 people in Finance, up 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 79 current and 67 former Flanks profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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