adesso Invests in ComplyDo to Scale AI-Driven Compliance Across Regulated Markets

DORA, NIS-2, ISO 27001, BSI C5, AI Act – the list of mandatory compliance requirements for regulated sectors such as financial services, insurance and technology is growing faster than the teams tasked with managing them. The start-up ComplyDo, founded in 2025 by Moritz Moser, Matthias Schneider and Leo Schuhmann, addresses this problem with a specialised AI platform. This automatically maps regulatory requirements alongside internal controls and compliance documents, identifies gaps, prepares audit evidence and automatically completes customer questionnaires. According to the company, the platform helps businesses save on consultancy costs and reduce the manual effort involved in compliance operations by an average of more than 80 per cent. Alongside adesso ventures, investors include the world-renowned Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator, as well as Gokul Rajaram, a board member of companies including Coinbase and Pinterest. ComplyDo is receiving additional support during the start-up phase from hubraum, Deutsche Telekom’s technology incubator.

The investment fits seamlessly into adesso venture’s own investment strategy: alongside capital, the venture arm of the adesso Group brings targeted client access, technological expertise and sales support to the table. The adesso network, with more than 12,000 employees and a client base deeply rooted in banking, insurance and the public sector, gives ComplyDo direct access to companies under significant regulatory pressure. In return, adesso and its clients benefit from access to a technology that is already making an impact on the market and continues to mature with every new regulatory framework it covers.

adesso has tested the platform internally as part of the investment. The compliance team successfully tested ComplyDo against various regulatory frameworks such as ISO 27001 and NIS-2, noting significant time savings, both in gap analysis against new requirements and in the automatic pre-filling of client questionnaires.

Given the growing regulatory complexity in Europe and an EU-wide target audience that extends far beyond the German-speaking countries, the timing of the partnership is opportune. Together, adesso and ComplyDo aim to demonstrate that regulatory requirements and operational efficiency are not mutually exclusive.