{{Short description|Portuguese data science company}} {{COI|date=February 2021}} {{Notability|organisation|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Feedzai | logo = Feedzai logo, 2020.svg | logo_caption = | type = Private | num_employees = 500+<ref name=observador>{{Cite web|last=Pimentel|first=Ana|title=Feedzai is worth over a billion dollars and is the fourth unicorn founded by the Portuguese|url=https://observador.pt/2021/03/24/feedzai-vale-mais-de-mil-milhoes-de-dolares-e-e-o-quarto-unicornio-fundado-por-portugueses|access-date=2021-11-22|website= Observador|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115122709/https://observador.pt/2021/03/24/feedzai-vale-mais-de-mil-milhoes-de-dolares-e-e-o-quarto-unicornio-fundado-por-portugueses/|archive-date=January 15, 2022| language=pt-PT}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://feedzai.com}} | industry = Financial technology, enterprise software | founded = 2011 | hq_location_city = Coimbra | hq_location_country = Portugal | subsid = {{ublist | Feedzai Lda (Portugal) | Feedzai Inc. (USA) | Feedzai PLC (UK) }} | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Nuno Sebastião, CEO | products = Feedzai Enterprise, Feedzai Solutions | services = Artificial intelligence, machine learning, SaaS, big data analytics }}
'''Feedzai''' is a data science company that develops real-time machine learning tools to identify fraudulent payment transactions and minimize risk in the financial services, retail, and e-commerce industries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=2021-03-24 |title=Feedzai raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation for AI tools to fight financial fraud |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/24/feedzai-raises-200m-at-a-1b-valuation-for-ai-tools-to-fight-financial-fraud/ |access-date=2021-11-22 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-05-18 |title=Feedzai Raises $17.5M for Fraud Detection, Prevention |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/DJFVW00120150518eb5ioo370 |access-date=2021-11-22 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ferreira|first=Victor|date=2021-06-28|title=Feedzai e Universidade de Coimbra juntam-se para transformar o ensino|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/06/28/economia/noticia/feedzai-universidade-coimbra-juntamse-transformar-ensino-1968215|access-date=2021-11-22|website=PÚBLICO|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Batista|first=Alexandre|date=2019-02-14|title=Guardião do cofre|url=https://www.forbespt.com/guardiao-do-cofre-2/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Forbes Portugal|language=pt-PT}}</ref> The company has been classified as a unicorn startup since March 2021, after a Series D funding round pushed its value above $1 billion.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Irrera |first=Anna |date=2021-03-24 |title=Fintech startup Feedzai valued at $1 billion in KKR-led funding round |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-feedzai-kkr-investment-idUSKBN2BG0QQ |access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref><ref name=observador /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Victor |date=2021-03-24 |title=Feedzai angaria 170 milhões e torna-se o quarto "unicórnio" português |url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/24/economia/noticia/feedzai-angaria-170-milhoes-tornase-quarto-unicornio-portugues-1955712 |access-date=2021-11-22 |website=Publico |language=pt}}</ref>
Feedzai is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Santos|first=Juliana Nogueira|date=2021-03-29|title=Feedzai é a primeira empresa portuguesa ao nível "startup unicórnio" com sede em Portugal?|url=https://poligrafo.sapo.pt/fact-check/feedzai-e-a-primeira-empresa-portuguesa-ao-nivel-startup-unicornio-com-sede-em-portugal|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Polígrafo Sapo|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ferreira|first=Victor|date=2021-03-29|title="Para mim, é estratégico: a criação de conhecimento primário é em Portugal"|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/29/economia/noticia/mim-estrategico-criacao-conhecimento-primario-portugal-1956107|access-date=2021-11-22|website=PÚBLICO|language=pt}}</ref> The company's U.S. headquarters is in San Mateo, California, in the Silicon Valley.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Onfro|first=Jillian|date=2019-09-17|title=AI 50: America's Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jilliandonfro/2019/09/17/ai-50-americas-most-promising-artificial-intelligence-companies/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>
The company was founded in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bandeira|first=Mariana|date=2021-08-04|title=Feedzai compra tecnologia biométrica para prevenir fraudes através de mudanças de comportamento (com áudio)|url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/feedzai-compra-plataforma-de-tecnologia-biometrica-para-prevenir-fraudes-770191|access-date=2021-11-22|website=O Jornal Económico|language=pt-PT}}</ref> by Nuno Sebastião, Pedro Bizarro and Paulo Marques.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://maebd.di.fct.unl.pt/ano_1920/Seminario/Relatorios/Feedzai_Seminarios_56861.pdf |title=Detecting data changes in data streams by Joao Camacho, Nova University Lisbon |access-date=2022-06-12 |archive-date=2022-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614135653/https://maebd.di.fct.unl.pt/ano_1920/Seminario/Relatorios/Feedzai_Seminarios_56861.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company first began selling its solutions for fraud detection and operational intelligence in Europe and later expanded to the United States in 2014.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leibel|first=Michael|date=2014-01-29|title=Feedzai launches fraud detection software in U.S. to help retailers stop data theft|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/feedzai-launches-fraud-detection-software-in-u-s-to-help-retailers-stop-data-theft/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}</ref>
The company has been selected by the ECB to provide the Fraud & Risk Management solution for the Digital Euro (together with Capgemini Germany). <ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-10-05|title=ECB selects digital euro service providers|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/intro/news/html/ecb.mipnews251002.en.html|access-date=2026-01-15|website=ECB|language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Technology companies of Portugal Category:Organisations based in Coimbra