Ravelin

London, United Kingdom Fintech Acquired

Ravelin is a London-based AI-native fraud detection and prevention platform that helps online merchants identify and stop payment fraud, account takeover, refund and policy abuse, marketplace fraud, and other e-commerce threats. Its products combine machine learning, graph network analysis, behavioural analytics, customisable rules, and 3D Secure authentication to let merchants accept more legitimate payments while blocking fraud. Ravelin was founded in 2014 by Martin Sweeney, Leonard Austin, Mairtin O'Riada, Nick Lally, and Stephen Whitworth, and announced it would be acquired by Worldpay in February 2025.

Acquired

Ravelin has been acquired

Acquired by Worldpay February 4, 2025

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2014

Employees

130–200

Total Funding

$34.5M

4 rounds

Funding

Total raised $34.5M across 4 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series C

Date

July 15, 2020

Amount

$20M

Valuation

Lead Investors

Draper Esprit
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
July 15, 2020 Series C $20M Draper Esprit
September 11, 2018 Series B $10.5M Amadeus Capital Partners
2016 Series A $4M Not disclosed

Prominent Investors

draperesprit.com Amadeus Capital Partners BlackFin Capital Partners SAS Passion Capital Draper Esprit Passion Capital Black Fin Tech Amadeus Capital Partners

Leadership

  • Martin Sweeney

    Co-Founder & CEO

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  • Leonard Austin

    Co-Founder & CTO

  • Nick Lally

    Co-Founder & CFO

  • Mairtin O'Riada

    Co-Founder

  • Stephen Whitworth

    Co-Founder

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

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  • Forter

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  • Signifyd

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  • SEON

    Fraud prevention platform using digital footprint analysis, device intelligence, and machine learning to stop online fraud.

  • ClearSale

    E-commerce fraud prevention provider combining machine learning and human review with chargeback guarantees.

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