Feedzai, a late-stage fintech startup, is the latest entrant into cybersecurity’s unicorn club after snagging a new $200 million funding round that values the company at more than $1 billion.
The San Mateo, Calif.- based Feedzai said the latest Series D round was led by KKR, one of the most prominent global investment firms. Existing investors Sapphire Ventures and Citi Ventures also participated.
KKR said the Feedzai investment was made through its Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II, a fund dedicated to growth equity investment opportunities in the technology space.
Feedzai sells a cloud-based financial risk management platform that combines AI/ML-based tools to help banks and other financial services firm to fight against online fraud.
The company said new money comes amidst rising demand for anti-fraud tools and capabilities. Feedzai says it monitors companies with more than 800 million customers in 190 countries, as well as four of the five largest banks in North America.
Feedzai joins a growing list of cybersecurity companies boasting billion-dollar valuations after banking new funding. The list includes ID.me, Orca Security, Aqua, Axonius, BigID, Coalition, Forter, Lacework, OwnBackup, Socure, Venafi and Wiz.
Related: SentinelOne Achieves Unicorn Status After $200M Funding
Related: Snyk is Latest Cybersecurity Unicorn After banking $150M
Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series. He is a security community engagement expert who has built programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and GReAT. Ryan is a founding-director of the Security Tinkerers non-profit, an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, and a regular speaker at security conferences around the world.
More from Ryan Naraine
- Keep Aware Raises $2.4M to Eliminate Browser Blind Spots
- OpenAI Unveils Million-Dollar Cybersecurity Grant Program
- Galvanick Banks $10 Million for Industrial XDR Technology
- Microsoft Catches Chinese .Gov Hackers Targeting US Critical Infrastructure
- Researchers Spot APTs Targeting Small Business MSPs
- Mikrotik Belatedly Patches RouterOS Flaw Exploited at Pwn2Own
- Red Hat Pushes New Tools to Secure Software Supply Chain
- Investors Make $6M Bet on Manifest for SBOM Management Technology
Latest News
- AntChain, Intel Create New Privacy-Preserving Computing Platform for AI Training
- Keep Aware Raises $2.4M to Eliminate Browser Blind Spots
- Google Workspace Gets Passkey Authentication
- Cybersecurity Startup Elba Raises €2.5 Million for Employee-Focused Product
- Zoom Expands Privacy Options for European Customers
- Several Major Organizations Confirm Being Impacted by MOVEit Attack
- Apple Unveils Upcoming Privacy and Security Features
- Verizon 2023 DBIR: Human Error Involved in Many Breaches, Ransomware Cost Surges
