ThetaRay
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Big data analytics |
| Founded | 2013 |
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| Headquarters | , Israel |
| Website | www |
 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (May 2022) |
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
[edit]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]
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.[21]
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.[22]
In April 2021, ThetaRay launched SONAR, a cloud-native SaaS version of its AML solution for transaction monitoring.[23]
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.[24]
Awards
[edit]- Winner of the 2014 Red Herring Top 100 Award, sector Security[25]
- Winner of the 2014 TiE50 Award[26]
- Winner of the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award[27]
- Named Gartner Cool Vendor in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2015[28]
- Winner of 2022 FinTech Breakthrough Award for Best AML Solution.[29]
- Winner of the 2022 CrossTech Innovation Award for Compliance Solution of the Year.[30]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cornwell, Alexander (2022-02-14). "Israeli cyber security firm ThetaRay seals first Emirati contract". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ "Company Overwiew of TheaPays Ltd". Bloomberg. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "ThetaRay Advanced Analytics Platform". SC Magazine. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Israel's ThetaRay turns to maths to detect cyber threats". Reuters. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Amir Averbuch". Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". North Dakota State University. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Ronald Coifman, Ph.D., University of Geneva, 1965". Yale University. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Shay Livnat Buying SkyVision for $4 Million". Israel News. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Mark Gazit". Bloomberg. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "10 security start-ups to watch". Network World. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Start-ups ride a cybersecurity wave into Israel". Times of Israel. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Cyber Security firm ThetaRay bags investment from General Electric". Venture Capital Post. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Cool Startup: ThetaRay". Bizety. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Finding Fraud, Cyberthreats When You Don't Know Where to Look". American Banker. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "ThetaRay Launches US Office and North American Push". Infosecurity Magazine. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "ThetaRay Presents its Fraud and Credit Risk, Big Data Analytics Program". Finovate. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "PwC and ThetaRay Sign Joint Business Relationship to Help Companies Minimize Critical Risks". ForwardGeek. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "PwC, ThetaRay Partner on Data Analytics". eWeek. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "ThetaRay Signs with ING Netherlands to Detect SME Lending Fraud". Finovate. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "SG Dealbook: ThetaRay opens office; Noble rights issue oversubscribed". DealStreetAsia. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "ThetaRay offering uses AI against financial cybercrime". SecurityBrief Asia. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ 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) - ^ "ThetaRay launches anti-money laundering AI and analytics for the cloud". VentureBeat. 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ 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) - ^ "2014 Red Herring Europe Top 100 Winners". Red Herring. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "2014 TiE50 Winners". TiE. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Frost & Sullivan Applauds ThetaRay's Path Breaking, Context-free Intrusion Detection Technology for the Industrial Internet and Financial Institutions". Frost & Sullivan. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Cool Vendors in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2015". Gartner. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "2022 Winners". FinTech Breakthrough Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ "Meet Our Winners - CrossTech". Retrieved 2022-12-05.