Feedzai
{{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
| 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.{{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 }}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} The company has been classified as a unicorn startup since March 2021, after a Series D funding round pushed its value above $1 billion.{{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}}{{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}}
Feedzai is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.{{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}}{{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}} The company's U.S. headquarters is in San Mateo, California, in the Silicon Valley.{{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}}
The company was founded in 2011{{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}} by Nuno Sebastião, Pedro Bizarro and Paulo Marques.[https://maebd.di.fct.unl.pt/ano_1920/Seminario/Relatorios/Feedzai_Seminarios_56861.pdf Detecting data changes in data streams by Joao Camacho, Nova University Lisbon] The company first began selling its solutions for fraud detection and operational intelligence in Europe and later expanded to the United States in 2014.{{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}}