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London, 19th March 2026: Flanks, Europe's leading WealthTech company redefining the industry through AI-powered automation and data-led insights., today announces that its CEO and co-founder, Joaquim De La Cruz, has been named a winner in the Rising Star Under 40 category at the WealthBriefing European Awards 2026.
The recognition follows Joaquim's inclusion on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Finance category in 2024 - as the only Spaniard selected - and underscores the momentum Flanks has built since its founding in Barcelona in 2019.
The WealthBriefing European Awards recognise the most innovative and exceptional firms, teams and individuals across the European wealth management industry. Winners are selected by an esteemed panel of senior professionals drawn from private banks, family offices and advisory firms - each required to evaluate submissions on merit, set out their reasoning in writing, and cast a final vote. The process is fully independent and widely regarded as among the most rigorous in the sector.
The Rising Star Under 40 category specifically seeks individuals driving the industry forward through new initiatives, measurable impact, or exceptional personal growth within their organisation.
The WealthBriefing European Awards are part of a global programme run by WealthBriefing and its sister publications, WealthBriefingAsia and Family Wealth Report, encompassing all of the world’s major wealth management centres.
Commenting on the award, Joaquim De La Cruz, CEO of Flanks, said:
"When I co-founded Flanks, the goal was simple: make the kind of holistic, personalised wealth management that top-tier clients take for granted accessible to everyone. You can only do that with data that works. This award is a reminder of why we started - and how far we still want to go."
Flanks combines deep wealth management expertise with technology to aggregate, validate, enrich and transform complex financial data at scale. Its platform processes over 500,000 portfolios monthly across more than 600 connections with financial institutions in 33 countries and territories across five continents. Clients include private banks, family offices and wealth managers who depend on Flanks to eliminate manual data work and free their advisors to focus on client relationships and expanding business AUM
The company raised €14m in equity funding in February 2025 and has been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the FT 1000 list of Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies (2026), Sifted's WealthTech Startups to Watch (2026), and the CB Insights Fintech 100 (2025).
Winners were announced on 19 March 2026 at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Grosvenor Square, London
About Flanks
Flanks is a WealthTech company redefining the industry through data-led insights and automation. Its modular, all-in-one solution empowers global financial institutions - including banks, family offices, asset managers, pension plans providers, and tech companies - to deliver faster, high-quality, and personalised advice by automatically transforming complex, fragmented wealth data into actionable insights. Founded in 2019 in Barcelona by Joaquim de la Cruz, Sergi Lao and Álvaro Morales, former Global Head of Santander Private Banking. Flanks now processes over 500,000 portfolios monthly across more than 15 countries, managing assets worth more than €39 billion. For more information, visit flanks.io.
About Clearview Financial Media Ltd (“Clearview”)
Clearview Financial Media was founded in 2004 by Chief Executive Stephen Harris, with a mission to deliver high-quality, ‘need-to-know’ intelligence for the global private wealth community.
Headquartered in London with a truly international reach, Clearview is the publisher of the WealthBriefing group of newswires, complemented by in-depth research reports, newsletters, and a global program of thought-leadership events and prestigious awards.
Clearview continues to serve as a trusted source of insight, recognition, and connection for leading professionals in the wealth management and family office sectors worldwide.
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About Flanks
Flanks is a wealth management technology company (wealthtech) that is redefining the industry through automation and data-driven insights. Its modular and all-in-one solution empowers global financial institutions, including banks, family offices, asset managers, pension plan providers, and technology companies, to offer faster, higher-quality, and personalised advice by transforming complex and fragmented wealth data into valuable insights.
Flanks was founded in 2019 in Barcelona by Joaquim de la Cruz, Sergi Lao, and Álvaro Morales, former Global Head of Santander Private Banking. Currently, the company aggregates data from 600+ connections with global financial institutions and processes more than 500,000 portfolios per month in over 33 countries, managing assets worth more than €39 billion. For more information, visit flanks.io.
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