When was Featurespace founded?

Featurespace was founded in 2008 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Featurespace located?

Featurespace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Which legal entities is Featurespace associated with?

Featurespace is associated with DESIGN INNOVATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURE, PLLC and 1 other.

How many employees does Featurespace have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Featurespace is 283.

Is Featurespace a funded company?

Featurespace is a funded company, having raised a total of $111M across 9 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jun 19, 2008.

How much is Featurespace worth?

The last known valuation of Featurespace was $***** as of May 15, 2020.

When was the latest funding round of Featurespace?

Featurespace's latest funding was a $***** Grant (prize money) round on Nov 22, 2022, with participation from 2 investors. Its primary sector is RegTech. In United Kingdom, the RegTech sector has seen $295M in funding in 2026 to date.

What is the annual revenue of Featurespace?

Annual revenue of Featurespace is between £50M and £100M as on Dec 31, 2024

Where does Featurespace rank among its competitors?

Featurespace ranks 10th amongst 1047 active competitors, of which 215 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Sift, which secured $507K in Oct, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Featurespace?

Featurespace's top competitors include ComplyAdvantage, Riskified and Simplex. Among them, Sift secured the most recent funding round in October, 2025.

Featurespace - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Featurespace is an acquired company based in Cambridge (United Kingdom), founded in 2008 by Bill Fitzgerald, Marianne Fitzgerald Klein and Dave Excell. It operates as a Developer of risk management and fraud prevention software solutions. Featurespace has raised $111M in funding from investors like Imperial Innovations, Insight Partners and TTV Capital, with last known valuation of $*****. The company has 1047 active competitors, including 215 funded and 156 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like ComplyAdvantage, Riskified and Simplex.

Company Details

Developer of risk management and fraud prevention software solutions. The company provides a platform designed to model and predict individual behavior in real time. This platform is used for fraud prevention and anti-money laundering purposes. It allows computers to understand when an individual customer’s behavior is out of character. The platform evaluates risk automatically.

Website: www.featurespace.com/
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Email ID: *****@featurespace.com
Phone Number: +44 **********

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2008

Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$111M in 9 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Grant (prize money), Nov 22, 2022, $*****

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on May 15, 2020

Investors

Imperial Innovations & 25 more

Ranked

10^th among 1047 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£50M - £100M as on Dec 31, 2024

Employee Count

283 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Riskified & 837 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Visa (Sep 26, 2024)

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Featurespace is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
FEATURESPACE LIMITED CIN: 05640420 , United Kingdom, Active	Nov 30, 2005	£50M - £100M (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-
DESIGN INNOVATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURE, PLLC CIN: 5640420 , United States, Active	Oct 18, 2019	-	-	-

Featurespace got acquired by Visa on Sep 26, 2024.

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Featurespace has raised a total funding of $111M over 9 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 19, 2008. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Nov 22, 2022 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Featurespace has 16 institutional investors and 10 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Featurespace:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Nov 22, 2022	8485639	Grant (prize money)	9485863	5357482	5666647	1259511
May 13, 2020	1897907	Series E	1384776	6906931	3015289	4351464
Jan 25, 2019	6327295	Series D	2572486	5078794	Insight Partners & 1 more	Invoke Capital & 4 more

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The founders of Featurespace are Bill Fitzgerald, Marianne Fitzgerald Klein and Dave Excell.

Here are the details of Featurespace's key team members:

Bill Fitzgerald: Co-Founder of Featurespace.
Marianne Fitzgerald Klein: Co-Founder of Featurespace.
Dave Excell: Co-Founder of Featurespace.
Contact Info: 1 email address

Featurespace's Board of Directors

Featurespace's board has 2 active members. Sharon Julie Dean and Jason Patrik Blackhurst are independent board members.

Here is the list of Featurespace's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
vxmofwm	Team	-	Past	1y 4m
jq{r{op	Team	-	Past	3y 7m
Sharon Julie Dean	Independent board member	-	Current	1y 6m
hmuoebe	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 4m
gwyhyhq	Independent board member	-	Past	8y 4m
{srefva	Independent board member	-	Past	3y 2m
blmfwfi	Independent board member	-	Past	8y 3m

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Featurespace's employee count trend

Featurespace has 283 employees as of May 26. Here is Featurespace's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Featurespace include ComplyAdvantage, Riskified and Simplex. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Featurespace, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	ComplyAdvantage 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series C	Cloud-based AML solutions	$171M	Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Balderton Capital ... & 46 others	75/100
2nd	Riskified 2013, New York City (United States), Public	AI-based payment fraud prevention solutions for e-commerce solution	$232M	Founder Collective, Entree Capital & 21 others	74/100
3rd	Simplex 2014, Ramat Gan (Israel), Acquired	AI-based crypto payments and fraud prevention solutions for businesses	$19M	Cumberland Mining, BITMAIN & 12 others	73/100
4th	Entrust 1969, Dallas (United States), Acquired	Provider of identity-centric security solutions, including issuance and data protection	-	Thoma Bravo, Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions ... & 2 others	72/100
5th	Signifyd 2011, Palo Alto (United States), Series E	Provider of fraud prevention and payment validation for online retailers	$394M	Resolute Ventures, Owl Rock & 29 others	70/100
6th	Sift 1997, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Provider of an AI-powered platform for fraud detection and prevention	$162M	Insight Partners, Spark Capital & 22 others	70/100
7th	Fenergo 2009, Dublin (Ireland), Acquired	Cloud based KYC and AML management software	$181M	Ergo, Insight Partners & 26 others	70/100
8th	NICE Actimize 1999, Hoboken (United States), Acquired	Provider of AI-driven anti-money laundering and fraud detection solutions	$24M	Viola Group, Giza Venture Capital & 3 others	70/100
9th	EverC 2011, New York (United States), Acquired	AI-enabled transaction monitoring solutions for financial institutions	$48M	Viola Group, Red Dot Capital Partners & 7 others	69/100
10th	Featurespace 2008, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Acquired	Developer of risk management and fraud prevention software solutions	$111M	Merian Global Investors, Insight Partners ... & 24 others	69/100