Blockaid is a technology company that specializes in digital security. It develops a security platform designed to safeguard users from fraud, phishing, and hacks. The company employs a range of security features, including blockchain technology, to ensure the safety and security of users' data. This enables online businesses to offer their services with confidence, knowing that their customers' data is protected.
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.
SpoofSense
Non Equity Assistance in 2023
SpoofSense provides AI-powered face liveness detection and fraud prevention through a software-as-a-service platform. It passively verifies whether a face in an image is real or a spoof, using deep learning to distinguish genuine faces from fraudulent ones without requiring active participation from end users. The solution helps organizations defend against spoofing and digital fraud by identifying counterfeit attempts in real time, enabling scalable protection across sectors such as finance, retail, and online services.
Resistant AI
Series A in 2023
Resistant AI is a technology company that provides risk management software for machine learning systems and digital financial services. Its offerings focus on protecting automated financial platforms from adversarial manipulation and fraud, including document fraud detection and transaction monitoring. The company helps banks, insurance companies, payment platforms, and lenders secure digital transactions and perform identity forensics to guard against manipulation by organized fraudsters. By combining ML risk detection with ongoing monitoring, Resistant AI aims to enable responsible deployment of AI and machine learning while identifying, managing, and resolving risks associated with AI adoption and automated finance.
Upollo
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Upollo enhances subscription business growth by predicting customer behavior such as churn, conversion, and expansion. It analyzes vast amounts of data to provide actionable insights for customer success, sales, and marketing teams.
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.
Resistant AI
Series A in 2021
Resistant AI is a technology company that provides risk management software for machine learning systems and digital financial services. Its offerings focus on protecting automated financial platforms from adversarial manipulation and fraud, including document fraud detection and transaction monitoring. The company helps banks, insurance companies, payment platforms, and lenders secure digital transactions and perform identity forensics to guard against manipulation by organized fraudsters. By combining ML risk detection with ongoing monitoring, Resistant AI aims to enable responsible deployment of AI and machine learning while identifying, managing, and resolving risks associated with AI adoption and automated finance.
Neo4j, Inc. is a developer of a graph database platform that helps organizations uncover the business value of connections, influences, and relationships within their data. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers a platform that supports various applications, including artificial intelligence, fraud detection, identity management, analytics, and recommendation systems. Neo4j's technology is utilized by a diverse range of industries such as financial services, retail, government, and telecommunications, enabling clients to adapt to changing business needs and scale their analytical workloads effectively. The platform is available both as a fully managed cloud service and as a self-hosted solution, providing flexibility for developers and data scientists to build intelligent applications and machine learning workflows.
Stripe
Secondary Market in 2020
Stripe develops APIs and tools for businesses to accept and manage online payments securely. It supports various international debit/credit cards, serving e-commerce platforms, SaaS companies, marketplaces, and non-profits globally.
Stripe develops APIs and tools for businesses to accept and manage online payments securely. It supports various international debit/credit cards, serving e-commerce platforms, SaaS companies, marketplaces, and non-profits globally.
Pindrop specializes in voice-driven security and intelligence solutions for enterprises. It leverages unique audio analysis technology to authenticate calls, detect fraud, and enhance customer experiences across various industries.
Shape Security
Series D in 2016
Shape Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in protecting web and mobile applications from automated cyber-attacks. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Sydney and London, the company utilizes AI-powered defenses to mitigate fraud, abuse, and attacks on applications and APIs. Its key products include ShapeShifter Elements, which enforces real-time security measures, and Shape Protection Manager, a cloud-based management tool for its services. Shape Security has successfully deflected over $1 billion in fraud losses across various sectors, including retail, finance, travel, healthcare, and government, safeguarding organizations from reputational damage and financial losses.
Pindrop specializes in voice-driven security and intelligence solutions for enterprises. It leverages unique audio analysis technology to authenticate calls, detect fraud, and enhance customer experiences across various industries.
Shape Security
Series C in 2014
Shape Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in protecting web and mobile applications from automated cyber-attacks. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Sydney and London, the company utilizes AI-powered defenses to mitigate fraud, abuse, and attacks on applications and APIs. Its key products include ShapeShifter Elements, which enforces real-time security measures, and Shape Protection Manager, a cloud-based management tool for its services. Shape Security has successfully deflected over $1 billion in fraud losses across various sectors, including retail, finance, travel, healthcare, and government, safeguarding organizations from reputational damage and financial losses.
Spider.io
Acquisition in 2014
Spider.io is a specialized company focused on combating online advertising fraud by offering anti-malware solutions. Unlike traditional anti-malware firms that protect personal devices from being compromised, Spider.io's services are designed to prevent compromised devices from being used to defraud advertisers. The company employs real-time identification techniques to determine the specific automated agents responsible for each ad request, thereby safeguarding the integrity of online advertising. Through its innovative approach, Spider.io addresses the critical issue of traffic fraud in digital advertising, ensuring that advertisers can trust the authenticity of their ad engagements.
Impermium
Acquisition in 2014
Impermium is a cybersecurity technology startup that specializes in protecting online platforms from cybercrime. The company offers a risk-evaluation platform designed to monitor the web in real-time, effectively addressing issues such as user-generated spam, account hacking, and fraudulent interactions. With a focus on enhancing account management, Impermium successfully identifies fraudulent registrations, compromised logins, and risky transactions. Its advanced technology employs a combination of machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and a proprietary database of known malicious actors, enabling it to stop fraudulent user account registrations in real-time. Over its three-year history, Impermium has protected more than 1.5 million websites and processed over 8 billion transactions, serving many of the largest consumer Internet companies.
Shape Security
Series B in 2013
Shape Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in protecting web and mobile applications from automated cyber-attacks. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Sydney and London, the company utilizes AI-powered defenses to mitigate fraud, abuse, and attacks on applications and APIs. Its key products include ShapeShifter Elements, which enforces real-time security measures, and Shape Protection Manager, a cloud-based management tool for its services. Shape Security has successfully deflected over $1 billion in fraud losses across various sectors, including retail, finance, travel, healthcare, and government, safeguarding organizations from reputational damage and financial losses.
Shape Security
Series A in 2012
Shape Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in protecting web and mobile applications from automated cyber-attacks. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Sydney and London, the company utilizes AI-powered defenses to mitigate fraud, abuse, and attacks on applications and APIs. Its key products include ShapeShifter Elements, which enforces real-time security measures, and Shape Protection Manager, a cloud-based management tool for its services. Shape Security has successfully deflected over $1 billion in fraud losses across various sectors, including retail, finance, travel, healthcare, and government, safeguarding organizations from reputational damage and financial losses.