PANTA has raised £3 million in new funding to accelerate the development and rollout of its index technology platform.
The round includes £1.5 million from Fuel Ventures, one of the UK’s leading venture capital funds, and a £1.5 million Innovate UK Innovation Loan. The investment follows early backing from strategic investors. It supports PANTA’s next stage of growth as the company expands its product capabilities, grows its engineering team and moves from pilot phase to broader commercial rollout.
Modern index infrastructure for a changing market
PANTA is building modern infrastructure for the index industry. The market now underpins more than £9.1 trillion in UK assets under management and more than £120 trillion globally. However, many workflows used to design, calculate and manage indices still rely on manual processes, spreadsheets and legacy systems.
Demand for flexible, data-driven index products continues to grow. As a result, asset managers, index providers and data platforms need technology that supports faster innovation, stronger governance and operational scale.
Index technology platform for the full lifecycle
Tobias Sproehnle and Mark Pralle founded PANTA to replace fragmented index workflows with a modern, end-to-end system for index design, calculation and delivery. Both founders bring deep industry experience from Markit and Morningstar.
The platform combines intuitive front-end design tools with a scalable calculation engine. Clients can create, test and launch indices faster, while automating rebalancing, reporting and compliance workflows.
For clients, this means shorter time-to-market, lower operational burden and a more scalable foundation for index innovation.
Supporting product and commercial growth
PANTA has already onboarded its first live clients and established relationships with major strategic partners. The new funding will help the company grow its engineering team, accelerate product development and scale commercial operations ahead of a planned Series A in early 2027.
Tobias Sproehnle, CEO and Co-Founder of PANTA, said:
“Producers and users of indices have been limited for too long by outdated systems. PANTA digitalises the entire value chain, helping clients innovate faster, operate more efficiently and deliver greater value to investors.”
Mark Pearson, Managing Partner at Fuel Ventures, said:
“Tobias and Mark are exactly the kind of experienced founders we look to back – combining decades of sector knowledge with the technical ambition to reimagine how an entire industry operates. The index market is long overdue for transformation, and PANTA’s platform is bringing a level of automation and scalability it’s never seen before. With their proven track record of building and exiting high-growth businesses, we’re confident the team is well placed to lead the next wave of innovation in financial data infrastructure.”
The funding marks an important step in PANTA’s growth. The focus remains clear: giving the index industry the technology it needs to design, launch and manage modern index products at scale.
