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Cleafy

Milan, IT · Founded 2014 · 99 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors

Cleafy provides fraud detection and threat intelligence software, offered as SaaS, to protect banks and financial institutions against online and mobile banking fraud. Serving major banks in Italy, the EU, and Latin America, its LABS team researches banking malware threats.

Founders & leadership

Cleafy was founded in 2014 by Nicolò Pastore and Matteo Bogana.

NPNicolò Pastore
Nicolò PastoreinCo-FounderFounder of Cleafy, which provides SaaS-based fraud detection and threat intelligence software to protect banks and financial institutions against online and mobile banking fraud.
MBMatteo Bogana
Matteo BoganainCEO and Co-Founder

Investors · 2

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements
  • Undisclosed amountSeries BMar 2026 · 2 sources
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Competitors · 6

by search overlap
Malwarebytes52 shared keywordsMalwarebytes provides consumer and small-business cybersecurity software, including antivirus and web protection, a privacy VPN, ad/tracker blocking, and identity theft monitoring with insurance. It also offers a browser extension that blocks unsafe content and detects tech support scams, plus a tool for checking suspicious links and screenshots.
Trend Micro41 shared keywordsTrendAI (Trend Micro) provides enterprise cybersecurity through its TrendAI Vision One platform, which unifies endpoint, network, cloud, and identity security with XDR visibility, threat intelligence, and AI-focused threat protection. It serves enterprise customers across 185 countries, including hybrid cloud, virtualized data center, and modern SOC environments.
illusive networks39 shared keywordsProofpoint offers a suite of enterprise security and compliance products that protect people, email, cloud apps, and data from human-centric cyber threats using machine learning and AI. Its tools also cover data loss prevention, communications archiving, e-discovery, compliance supervision, identity threat detection, and security awareness training.
Varonis Systems39 shared keywordsVaronis provides a data security platform that discovers, classifies, and monitors data across multi-cloud, SaaS, hybrid, and AI environments, managing permissions and detecting threats in real time. It also offers AI-native email and browser security and agentless database monitoring for enterprise security teams.
Cloudflare Turnstile33 shared keywordsCloudflare provides a global cloud network platform delivering security, performance, and development services through sixty-plus integrated services including SASE, application security, and full-stack development infrastructure.
Stripe30 shared keywordsStripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Cleafy do?
Cleafy provides fraud detection and threat intelligence software, offered as SaaS, to protect banks and financial institutions against online and mobile banking fraud. Serving major banks in Italy, the EU, and Latin America, its LABS team researches banking malware threats.
Who founded Cleafy?
Cleafy was founded by Nicolò Pastore, Matteo Bogana in 2014.
Who are Cleafy's investors?
Cleafy's investors include United Ventures, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS.
Where is Cleafy headquartered?
Cleafy is headquartered in Milan, IT.