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Overview
Ballerine is an AI-native, open-source merchant risk decisioning platform for financial institutions, payment providers, PSPs, fintechs, and acquirers. It turns fragmented KYB/KYC, web, transaction, and document signals into explainable risk profiles and workflows for onboarding, underwriting, monitoring, and compliance.
Primary product
AI-powered merchant risk decisioning platform
Founded
2022
Headquarters
New York, United States
Team size
11-50
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Merchant risk management / financial crime management software
Offices
3101 Park Blvd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
22 Cross St, Singapore 048421
Lincoln St 20, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 6713412
Business model
open-source core
hosted SaaS
enterprise software
self-hosted/on-prem deployments
support and implementation services
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$19.1M
Latest round
Seed Round · Jan 2025
Latest amount
$13.5M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and CPO
Co-Founder and CTO
Chief Risk Officer
Dean Pogroske
VP of Revenue
VP Risk & APAC Region
VP R&D
Gadi Ben-Amram
Head of Product & Data Science
Work & culture
The company presents itself as fast-moving, low-ego, collaborative, and growth-oriented, with an emphasis on shipping quickly, learning continuously, and working across teams.
Compensation
No public salary bands or compensation ranges were found in the available sources.
Benefits
quarterly offsites
team hangouts
happy hours
collaborative culture
continuous learning
ownership-oriented work
Product & market
Pricing
Open-source core plus commercial hosted/enterprise offerings; exact pricing is not publicly disclosed.
Differentiators
- —open-source and modular architecture
- —AI-agent-driven analysis
- —explainable, context-aware risk assessments
- —single integration across KYB/KYC/monitoring workflows
- —self-host/on-prem data ownership option
- —web, registry, transaction, and document signal orchestration
- —manual review back office and workflow engine
- —Mastercard MMSP-certified merchant monitoring
Technology
TypeScript
Rust
Svelte
JavaScript
PostgreSQL
Docker
HCL
Shell
Customers
financial institutions
payment providers
PSPs
fintechs
acquirers
marketplaces
e-commerce businesses
SaaS companies
Competitors
Persona
Alloy
Onfido
Seon
Sumsub
Silverfort
Ory Corp
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
under $1M
Estimated monthly visits
8.7K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
PR Newswire · Jan 2026
Ballerine launched a Trusted Agentic Commerce Governance Platform for PSPs and PayFacs, positioning its product as real-time governance for agent-driven commerce and emphasizing continuous merchant oversight, policy enforcement, and audit-ready evidence.
Global Banking & Finance Review · Apr 2025
Ballerine announced a Mastercard Engage partnership and described its platform as helping acquirers, PSPs, and fintechs automate onboarding and ongoing merchant risk monitoring at scale.
FF News | Fintech Finance · Feb 2025
Ballerine named former Visa risk executive Cihat Fitzgerald as Chief Risk Officer to strengthen payments risk and compliance leadership.
FinTech Global · May 2024
A profile of Ballerine's AI-driven merchant risk assessment approach, highlighting faster onboarding, lower operating cost, and broader web and data-signal analysis.
Business Wire · May 2023
Ballerine announced a $5 million seed round led by Team8 with participation from Y Combinator, Vera Equity, and angel investors from several fintech companies.
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