SentiLink
SentiLink, the leading provider of innovative identity and risk solutions, empowers institutions and individuals to transact confidently with one another by preventing synthetic fraud, identity theft, and emerging forms of first party fraud at the point of account application. Its solutions enable these secure transactions by leveraging a deep understanding of identity and risk, and are informed by machine learning models and insights from a team of top risk analysts. SentiLink proudly serves a broad array of financial institutions, from the largest U.S. banks to leading credit unions and fintech unicorns to help stop fraud at account opening and beyond. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company was founded in 2017 by Naftali Harris and Max Blumenfeld and it has raised $85M to date from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, and NYCA Partners, among others.
Founding Year
2017
Headquarters
San Francisco
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United States
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Funding State
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Total Funding Amount
$84.00M
Funds that Investested
9Yards Capital
9Yards is a global private investment firm focused on foundational industries, beginning with fintech and supply chain tech. They aim to be a strategic capital partner through unique perspectives and connectivity in each industry.
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Caffeinated Capital
$50M seed-stage operator fund led by Raymond Tonsing. Thesis and stage agnostic firm. They typically partner with founders at the inception stage and invest throughout the life of the company.
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Craft Ventures
Early-stage venture fund specializing in the craft of building great companies. They assembled a team of senior operators and investors with one goal: to help founders build great companies.
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Investors that Investested
Alex Rampell
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Alex focuses on investing in financial services. Prior to joining the firm, Alex co-founded multiple companies including Affirm ($AFRM), which he co-founded with Max Levchin, FraudEliminator (acquired by McAfee in 2006), Point, TrialPay (acquired by Visa in 2015), TXN (acquired by Envestnest in 2019), and Yub (acquired by Coupons.com in 2013). Holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University.
Pre-Seed
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Series A
Series B+
David Sacks
Partner, Craft Ventures
David has been a successful founder and investor for over two decades, building and investing in some of the most iconic companies in tech. David has invested in over 20 unicorns, including Affirm, AirBnB, Bird, ClickUp, Eventbrite, Facebook, Houzz, Lyft, OpenDoor, Palantir, Postmates, Reddit, Slack, SpaceX, Twitter, Uber, and Wish. David first got involved in the technology industry in 1999 when he joined early-stage startup Confinity, later renamed PayPal. Serving as the company’s first product leader and then as COO, David built and ran many of the company’s key teams, including product management and design, sales and marketing, business development, international, customer service, fraud operations, and HR. David is well known in Silicon Valley for his product acumen. AngelList’s Naval Ravikant has called David “the world’s best product strategist.” David likes to begin pitch meetings by seeing a product demo.
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Theo Osborne
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, 9Yards Capital
Prior to 9Yards, Theo co-founded Force Over Mass Capital, a London-based venture capital firm where he specialized in fintech and logistics investments. Prior to Force Over Mass, Theo was an entrepreneur and active early-stage investor often times cited as one of Europe's best-known angels.
Pre-Seed
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Series A
Series B+
Max Levchin
Founder & General Partner, SciFi VC
Co-founder and CEO of Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) Co-founder of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL)
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