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CFX Labs is a fintech company specializing in cross-border payments and embedded wallet technology. It supports global payment processing and offers MoveMoney as a key platform for accepting and disbursing electronic payments from credit cards, debit cards, bank accounts, and digital wallets. The company provides value-added services including know-your-customer compliance, currency conversion, settlement, risk management, reconciliation, reporting, remittance, and fraud prevention, enabling users to streamline payment workflows and, in some offerings, monetize foreign exchange slippage. Operating in a heavily regulated environment, CFX Labs emphasizes security and regulatory compliance and maintains a private ownership structure with a small team.

AnChain.AI is a California-based provider of AI-powered cybersecurity, blockchain data analytics, and risk and compliance solutions. It connects wallet addresses and cryptocurrency transactions to real-world entities to support KYC/AML, quantify risk, and secure endpoints across multiple public and private chains. The company offers a Transaction Analytics Platform with automated alerts, anomaly detection, and user profiling, alongside a Smart Contract Auditing Sandbox for Solidity contracts. It also provides Crypto Ransomware Response capabilities that trace adversaries and minimize losses along the monetization lifecycle. AnChain.AI serves exchanges, custodians, protocols, issuers/miners, wallets, financial institutions, investors, hedge funds, and enterprise security teams. Founded in 2018, it is headquartered in California.

Castle is a technology company that specializes in online fraud prevention. It offers an API-based solution that enables businesses of all sizes to detect and mitigate user account fraud, a capability previously accessible only to large financial institutions. Castle's platform tracks and analyzes user behavior in real-time, using a wide range of signals such as device fingerprints, keystroke dynamics, and browsing history. When suspicious activity is detected, both the business administrator and the affected user are alerted, allowing for swift and appropriate action. This service is designed to protect a broad spectrum of online businesses, including e-commerce platforms, mobile applications, and cryptocurrency services.

Authy is a security technology company that offers two-factor authentication solutions. It provides a smartphone app for consumers, an API for developers, and an authentication platform for enterprises. Authy enables users to customize their security settings and ensures compliance with various global regulatory standards such as PCI, HIPAA, and FIPS 140. Its services protect numerous apps including Facebook, Gmail, and Dropbox, offering verification methods like unique codes, text messages, or singular answer questions displayed only on the user's mobile device.

Mines.io, Inc. is a financial analytics company that operates a platform focused on mobile data. Its flagship product, Mteka, is an in-memory analytics solution capable of processing vast amounts of mobile carrier data rapidly, allowing for the creation and deployment of predictive models in real time. The company's services are designed to assist mobile operators in monetizing their data while enabling financial institutions to expand their customer reach. Among its offerings are a credit scoring service that evaluates consumer credit risk based on mobile behavior, a fraud detection system that identifies suspicious activities in real time, and behavior modeling tools that enhance customer identity verification. Additionally, the company employs risk analysis and machine learning techniques to help insurance providers tailor premiums based on consumer risk profiles. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Mines.io aims to leverage mobile data to improve financial services and consumer access to credit.