# Rabih Ramadi

> Rabih Ramadi is the co-founder and CEO of Avantos, a New York fintech building an AI-native operating system for client onboarding and servicing inside banks, asset managers, and insurers. He spent a career on the inside of financial services - technology strategy at The Bank of New York, leading capital markets as a senior partner at KPMG, then helping build Unqork from the ground floor as a founding team member and chief revenue officer - before deciding the client-service layer of finance needed to be rebuilt around a knowledge graph and AI agents. In early 2026 Avantos raised a $25 million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $35 million.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Avantos
- **Organizations:** Avantos, Unqork, KPMG, The Bank of New York (BNY), Leathwaite
- **Education:** MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, ME (Master of Engineering), Cornell University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Avantos, an AI-native operating system for client management in financial services, Raised $35M total for Avantos, including a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Attracted strategic investors including The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, SEI, Vanguard, M13, Mercer Advisors and Blue Collective

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Worked on technology strategy at The Bank of New York (BNY)
- **—** — Senior Partner and Capital Markets Lead at KPMG
- **—** — Founding team member, Head of Industry Solutions, and Chief Revenue Officer at Unqork
- **2024** — Co-founded Avantos in New York with Bassam Chaptini
- **2024-09** — Avantos closed a $10M seed round led by the E14 Fund
- **—** — Appointed Non-Executive Director on the Leathwaite board
- **2026-02** — Avantos raised a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $35M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Avantos, an AI-native operating system for client management in financial services
- Raised $35M total for Avantos, including a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners
- Attracted strategic investors including The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, SEI, Vanguard, M13, Mercer Advisors and Blue Collective
- Founding team member and Chief Revenue Officer at Unqork, a no-code enterprise platform
- Led the Capital Markets sector as a Senior Partner at KPMG
- Serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Leathwaite board

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Avantos announced a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Guardian, SEI, Vanguard and existing seed investors, bringing total funding to $35M.

## Links

- Website: https://avantos.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rabih-ramadi-87b583

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Last updated: 2026-06-08