Worldpay acquires leading AI-native fraud prevention platform Ravelin

We are a fraud prevention and payments optimization leader.

Ravelin fuels secure growth for ambitious companies that sell online.

Co-Founders

Martin Sweeney

CEO

Nick Lally

CFO

Martin O’Riada

COO

Fuelling secure growth in ecommerce

We are a AI-native company building technology which helps 300+ merchants face evolving fraud threats, accepting more payments – and more customers – with confidence.

Combining machine learning, graph networks, behavioral analysis, nuanced consortium data, and expert rules, we empower merchants to draw deeper insights from their customer data, block fraud and abuse, and increase payment acceptance for over 10 years.

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The story so far

2014

Ravelin is founded

2015

Ravelin joins Barclays Techstars

Ravelin monitors over 1 million transactions

First office dartboard installed

2016

Series A funding round £3.4M

2017

Ravelin prevents over $10M in fraud

2018

Series B funding round £8M

2019

Ravelin's US office opens

RavCon—Ravelin’s first fraud & payments conference

Ravelin calculates 1 billion fraud scores for clients

2020

Series C funding round £16.9M

Ravelin prevents over $100M in fraud

2021

Ravelin hires its 100th employee

2022

RavCon 2022 back with a bang

2023

RavCon 2023: bigger and better

10.7bn fraud scores calculated in 2023

2024

RavCon 24

Ravelin is 10 years old!

2025

Acquisition by Worldpay

RavCon 25 – our biggest yet

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World’s largest marketplace for digital products implements Ravelin for fraud prevention

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Why are we
called Ravelin?

A ravelin is a fortification or a kind of rampart on a medieval fortress, which makes those inside secure, safe, and defensible.

Our logo is a starfort that incorporates several ravelins.

Our values are integrity, ambition, resourcefulness and thoughtfulness. Our mission is to eradicate fraud as we know it from the internet. And our support is industry-leading.

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