Barker – AI-driven fintech
What if your appraisal came with an insurance policy?
Illiquid assets are hard to value. When valuations are wrong, lenders can lose billions.
Barker is a New York-based fintech that turns those valuations into insured instruments. The company has raised $3.5M in funding led by Walkabout VC to scale its warrantied AI valuation platform.
CEO Thomas Galbraith and his team built an AI model whose valuations are backed by Munich Re's aiSure performance guarantee. If an asset ultimately sells for less than Barker's price, Munich Re reimburses Barker for the gap so Barker can cover the shortfall to its customers. Valuations stop being just opinions and start behaving like enforceable contracts.
Since the partnership launched in the first quarter of 2025, Barker has processed around $2B in valuations and secured approvals from bulge bracket banks and private lenders. The company earns fees on each valuation and plans to expand into more asset classes, from aircraft and equipment to energy and luxury assets.
With private credit booming and risk teams desperate for certainty, combining AI pricing with insurance protection looks like a new asset class goldmine. If Barker delivers, it could change how we price everything from jets to solar farms.
Photo: PR Newswire / Twyla press release
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