ThetaRay
Company typePrivate
IndustryBig data analytics
Founded2013
Founders
Headquarters
Hod HaSharon
,
Israel
Websitewww.thetaray.com
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ThetaRay is a fintech software and big data analytics company with headquarters in Hod HaSharon, Israel and New York, and offices in Madrid, London, and Singapore.

The company provides AI-powered SaaS and on-premises anti-money-laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and sanctions screening software for banks,[1] fintechs, and government Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs).

The platform is also used to uncover unknown opportunities based on big data.[2] The company utilizes patented mathematical algorithms developed by the company founders.[3]

History

ThetaRay was founded in 2013 by Amir Averbuch and Ronald Coifman.[4] Averbuch is a professor of computer science at Tel Aviv University with a main research focus on big data processing and analysis.[5][6] Coifman is a professor of mathematics at Yale University and recipient of the 1999 National Medal of Science. His main research focus is on efficient computation and numerical analysis.[7] Mark Gazit, an international security expert and serial startup entrepreneur,[8][9] is co-founder and CEO of ThetaRay.[10]

In June 2013, ThetaRay raised its seed funding from Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) as part of their cybersecurity portfolio.[11] Two months later, General Electric (GE) joined JVP as an investor[12] and ThetaRay launched its Advanced Analytics Platform for big data.[13] It was followed by operational risk solutions for financial organizations in April 2015.[14] In July 2015, ThetaRay opened an office in New York,[15] and two months later launched its Credit Risk Detection Model for online lending.[16] In December 2015, ThetaRay and PricewaterhouseCoopers signed a Joint Business Relations agreement.[17][18] ThetaRay has customers such as ING Group that purchased ThetaRay’s Advanced Analytics solution for fraud detection.[19] ThetaRay opened an office in Singapore in July 2016.[20]

Starting in 2017, ThetaRay pivoted to focus and tailor its platform for the needs of financial institutions that were showing interest in the value of its AI technology for anti-fraud and anti-money laundering monitoring operations and its low false positive rates.[21]

Version 4.0 of ThetaRay’s flagship product, released in July 2019, included major capability upgrades to help global banks detect and prevent financial crime[NG1]  based on its powerful AI, replicating the powerful decision-making capabilities of human intuition to detect "unknown unknowns" that cannot be identified by first-generation AI or legacy products.[22]

In late 2019, Banco Santander began implementing ThetaRay’s solution to detect money laundering in cross-border payments, signing an agreement in June 2020 to operate the AML system in its branches.[23]

In April 2021, ThetaRay launched SONAR, a cloud-native SaaS version of its AML solution for transaction monitoring.[24]  

In May 2021, ThetaRay raised $31 million in a Series C round, bringing to some $100 million the total investment in the company, by the following key investors:  Jerusalem Venture Partners, OurCrowd, Saints Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, and Bank Hapoalim.[25]

Awards

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References

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  16. ^ "ThetaRay Presents its Fraud and Credit Risk, Big Data Analytics Program". Finovate. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  17. ^ "PwC and ThetaRay Sign Joint Business Relationship to Help Companies Minimize Critical Risks". ForwardGeek. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  18. ^ "PwC, ThetaRay Partner on Data Analytics". eWeek. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  19. ^ "ThetaRay Signs with ING Netherlands to Detect SME Lending Fraud". Finovate. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  20. ^ "SG Dealbook: ThetaRay opens office; Noble rights issue oversubscribed". DealStreetAsia. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  21. ^ "Transforming the way the world deals with data - intelligent anomaly detection by ThetaRay". The Silicon Review. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  22. ^ "ThetaRay offering uses AI against financial cybercrime". SecurityBrief Asia. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  23. ^ June 2020, 4th (2020-06-04). "Santander deploys ThetaRay's AML solution for correspondent banking". FinTech Futures. Retrieved 2022-05-10.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "ThetaRay launches anti-money laundering AI and analytics for the cloud". VentureBeat. 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  25. ^ May 2021, 20th (2021-05-20). "ThetaRay raises $31m to fuel cross-border payments expansion". FinTech Futures. Retrieved 2022-05-10.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  29. ^ "Cool Vendors in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2015". Gartner. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  30. ^ "2022 Winners". FinTech Breakthrough Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  31. ^ "Meet Our Winners - CrossTech". Retrieved 2022-12-05.

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