A new standard for regulated software
InfraForge IO was born from a shared frustration: why do the world's most regulated industries still depend on software from the 1980s? Banks running COBOL. Insurers with systems that take months to update. Hospitals with interfaces that look pre‑internet. Compliance teams fighting with spreadsheets to prove that everything is in order.
We decided this had to change. We founded InfraForge IO in February 2025, but our work began much earlier. Since 2023, we've been developing the platforms we launched in January 2026—Infranotes (Banking‑as‑a‑Service) and Infra‑UCE (Universal Compliance Engine).
We're a Portuguese company with global ambitions. Our team combines experience in mission‑critical banking systems, defense infrastructure, cybersecurity, and large‑scale cloud architectures. Our mission is simple: prove that regulation and innovation can coexist, that compliance can be deterministic rather than a black box—and that regulated software can be modern, elegant, and even pleasant to use.
Our Story
InfraForge IO didn't start with a pitch deck. It started with engineers and operators who had spent years inside mission-critical banking and defense systems, watching teams struggle with legacy cores, brittle compliance tools, and software that couldn't keep up with regulation or innovation. The idea was simple: build deterministic, secure, and modern infrastructure for regulated industries without asking teams to choose between compliance and progress.
Timeline
2023
Started development of Infranotes and Infra-UCE. Architecture definition, technology selection (Rust, Go, PostgreSQL), first prototypes.
2024
Intensive development. Infranotes MVP. Infra-UCE Phase 1 (rule engine, CLI, PCI/ISO/GDPR rulepacks). Testing with early-adopter partners.
February 2025
Official founding of InfraForge IO in Portugal. Company structuring and core team assembled.
Q4 2025
Infra-UCE Phase 1 complete. Go bindings, compliance-adapter, payment gateway integration.
January 2026
Official launch of Infranotes and Infra-UCE. UCE Phase 2 100% complete (170+ rules, 10 frameworks, mTLS, multi-tenancy).
2026+
Modern Core Banking, market expansion, new compliance frameworks, and rulepack marketplace.
Areas of Expertise
Our team didn't learn banking in a classroom. We learned it in production in systems processing millions of transactions, in infrastructure that cannot fail, in environments where a mistake means real losses.
Banking Systems
Core banking, payment rails, ledger systems, SWIFT, ISO 20022.
Cybersecurity
Threat modeling, penetration testing, secure architectures, incident response.
Regulated Infrastructure
Air‑gapped deployments, compliance automation, immutable audit trails.
Military Infrastructure
High‑security systems, advanced cryptography, zero‑trust architectures.
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, observability.
Compliance
PCI DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR, DORA, PSD2, HIPAA, NIST, CIS and more.
Where compliance meets innovation
Why we exist, where we're going, and the principles that guide every decision—from architecture to how we work with regulators.
Our Mission
Why InfraForge IO exists
Transform regulated industries through modern, secure, and deterministic technology—proving that compliance and innovation are not mutually exclusive.
Our Vision
Where we're going
To be the global benchmark in financial infrastructure and deterministic compliance—the company that banks, fintechs, insurers, and healthcare organizations choose when they need to replace legacy systems with the future, without compromising security or compliance.
What We Believe
A few principles shape how we design systems, ship features, and work with our customers and regulators.
Regulation is not the enemy.
It is an opportunity to build more robust, transparent, and trustworthy systems that become competitive advantages, not just costs.
Determinism over opaque AI.
In a world obsessed with black-box models, we choose deterministic systems where every decision is explainable, reproducible, and auditable.
Security from Day 0.
We think about threats before writing code. Architectures are threat-modeled, not patched after the fact.
Regulated software can be beautiful.
Critical systems do not have to look or feel like they were built in the 1990s. Elegant UX and rigorous compliance can coexist.
Our Values
These principles show up in our architecture, our roadmap, and how we support customers in production.
Security from Day 0
Security isn't an add-on. It's built into every line of code, every architecture, every decision.
Determinism over Opacity
Every compliance result is 100% reproducible and explainable. No opaque AI, no surprises.
Elegance in Regulation
Regulated software can and should be modern, intuitive, and pleasant to use.
Total Transparency
Clients and regulators can see exactly how every decision was made, with evidence to back it.
Long-Term Partnership
We don't deliver projects and disappear. We build ongoing support relationships with our customers.