About Us
The Cambridge SupTech Lab accelerates the digital transformation of financial supervision and supervisory agencies. The Lab delivers world-class online leadership education, experiential training, ground-breaking research, market intelligence, new analytical frameworks, innovative digital tools, and cutting-edge suptech applications.
Financial supervisors trained from 40 countries
Suptech proofs of concept created
Financial authorities from 120+ countries surveyed for the State of SupTech Report
Production-grade working prototypes
Technical assistance projects delivered
Solutions from 144 vendors mapped in the SupTech Marketplace
Users of the Diagnostic & Readiness Tool and Data Gymnasium
Agency reports with 9,500+ responses in the Diagnostic & Readiness Tool
Participants at Suptech Week
Outlining our core beliefs and strategic vision, this manifesto serves as a guiding framework for our commitment to innovation, integrity, and excellence in all our endeavours and initiatives.
- Effective digital supervision and regulation of the financial sector are critical components to making our economies and societies more equitable and sustainable. We’ll enable sustainable delivery of innovative financial services, greater protection of consumers, and the pursuit of other policy objectives such as financial stability and integrity, as well as more accountability in the management of environmental, governance, and other emerging risks.
- We believe in reducing the current dependency on the relatively scarce, expensive set of international experts and instead developing an online community supported by augmentative digital tools to increase financial authorities’ capabilities and peer-collaboration among supervisors.
- We are also a home for answering deeper, longer-term questions around collaboration and the adoption of technology across the global supervisory community. For example: Where are the opportunities for cross-jurisdictional collaboration? How might data be more effectively shared via data commons or exchanges? What components of the suptech solutions live in the private sector’s vendor marketplace vs as digital public goods vs open-source software?
Foundational values guiding our actions and decisions for sustained excellence and integrity
- Our initiatives are gender intentional, aiming to seek and encourage the participation and engagement of female regulators, supervisors, and technologists, as well as incorporating gender equality / inclusiveness into the design of the suptech applications and conceptualisation of data analytics.
- Moreover, we are very intentional in designing and developing applications that level the digital divides rather than deepening them. We intend to drive fairness in AI systems reducing algorithmic bias. We are aware that technology can exacerbate exclusion. Therefore, our explicit goal is to use data and tools for better inclusion outcomes.
- We are also keenly aware of the sustainability challenges of the 21st century and strive for environmental sustainability in our work settings
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The Cambridge SupTech Lab accelerates the digital transformation of financial supervision to foster resilient, transparent, accountable, sustainable, and inclusive financial sectors.
- Founding year: 2021
- Implementers: Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS)
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Global reach:
- Projects in 34 countries.
- 232 public agencies surveyed
- 2,000+ public sector experts trainined
- Sector: Supervisory Technologies (SupTech)
- Clients: central banks, securities commissions, multilateral organizations, regional development banks, donors
- Notable partnerships: Arab Monetary Found (ADB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), Nvidia, World Economic Forum (WEF), World Bank
Cambridge SupTech Lab & Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) release State of SupTech Report 2024
August 2025
RESEARCH
From the Lab founders and leadership
Simone di Castri, Co-Founder & Co-Head
“Suptech is not just about digitalising supervision — it’s about redefining how financial authorities see, understand, and act in the age of AI.
“We help supervisory authorities leverage their leadership in technology – not only to do more with less, but to supervise better, faster, and more transparently.”
“We support supervisors to become innovators: bold in strategy, practical in implementation, and measurable in impact.”
“GovSpace turns digital transformation into a collaborative system — linking diagnostics, data, and design into one intelligent environment for ongoing innovation.”
Matt Grasser, Co-Founder & Co-Head
“We believe in technology that serves people and markets, not the other way around – and in building systems that are responsible, inclusive, and resilient.”
“We help supervisors become technology innovators. Design capabilities aren’t just for startups – suptech is human-centred innovation applied to the public interest.”
“We design tools and experiences that make it easier for supervisors to adopt technology – turning complexity into clarity and data into decisions.”
“GovSpace is built as a composable architecture for public innovation — open, modular, and AI-native, so agencies can evolve faster, from whithin.”
Juliet Ongwae, Director, Africa
“Data-driven supervision builds inclusive, transparent systems and strengthens public trust – no authority serving citizens should operate without it.”
“Many strong tools exist for finance and fintech – we build suptech systems that evolve, scale, and are designed for the unique realities of supervisory work.”
Elia Resch, Director of Partnerships & Ecosystem Acceleration
“Our teams work alongside supervisors – embedding data science, design, and engineering expertise within their institutions. We operate globally, supporting authorities from early experimentation to full digital transformation.”
Key Talking Points
- The Cambridge SupTech Lab works directly with financial authorities to design, prototype strategy, align stakeholders, and implement systems at scale.
- We build open, interoperable supervisory infrastructures to improve oversight, inclusion, and market integrity.
- Our teams work alongside supervisors – embedding data science, design, and engineering expertise within their institutions.
- We operate globally, supporting authorities from early experimentation to full digital transformation.
- We operate globally, supporting authorities from early experimentation to full digital transformation.
- We empower supervisory teams with the tools, skills, and partnerships needed to lead digital transformation in finance and beyond.
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GovSpace is our collaborative platform for data-driven diagnostics, co-design, and digital solution deployment. Built to power digital transformation and innovation across the SupTech ecosystem.
A community of communities that connects local priorities and innovation leaders to peers and global partners.
GovSpace will soon unify digital tools, knowledge assets, and collaboration environments developed by the Cambridge SupTech Lab into one secure and immersive AI-powered space.
As we transition, you may notice tools and services gradually moving under the GovSpace banner.
