Italian Cybersecurity Startup Cleafy Raises €12 Million Series B to…

Team S · 2026-03-13T14:22:52.000Z

Italian cybersecurity company Cleafy has secured €12 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate the development of its predictive cybersecurity technology designed to protect financial institutions from sophisticated fraud and cyberattacks. The round was co-led by United Ventures and eCAPITAL, bringing the company’s total funding to approximately €22 million. Cleafy focuses on protecting digital banking systems by detecting and preventing fraud before financial damage occurs. Unlike traditional security systems that respond after an attack has happened, Cleafy’s technology reconstructs the entire lifecycle of a cyberattack identifying attacker infrastructure, patterns, and intent before fraud takes place. Founded in 2014 by Matteo Bogana, Nicolò Pastore, and Carmine Giangregorio, the company provides advanced fraud-prevention solutions for banks and financial institutions. Its platform analyzes telemetry across web, mobile, backend, and network channels, enabling organizations to detect threats early and stop attacks before they spread through financial systems. Today, Cleafy serves more than 150 financial institutions across Europe and Latin America, protecting over 250 million end users from cyber-fraud and digital banking attacks. Major clients include organizations such as ING, BCC Iccrea Group, Illimity Bank, and BPS (Suisse). The newly raised capital will be used to enhance Cleafy’s predictive security capabilities, expand its global threat-intelligence infrastructure, and scale operations across key banking markets in Europe and Latin America. The investment comes at a time when stricter European regulations including DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) and NIS2 cybersecurity requirements are pushing financial institutions to strengthen digital resilience and fraud-prevention systems.

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